Word: interwoven
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...sharply from Kissinger's strategy of dealing with the Soviets; he held that all U.S.-U.S.S.R. ties were interwoven, meaning that progress on one front, like SALT, would lead eventually to advances in other areas like human rights. Vowing to continue speaking out on human rights, Carter nonetheless has repeatedly assured Moscow that he has no "inclination to single out the Soviet Union as the only place where human rights are being abridged," and that he is "not trying to overthrow the Soviet government nor to intrude ourselves into their affairs." But the Kremlin keeps on fuming...
...task force's report has been delayed because of the sheer complexity of its task. It must determine the fairest balance of money and personnel within the Faculty, and so must first disentangle the conflicting and interwoven interests involved...
...Concord" Sonata, by Stephen Drury. The work is an unquestioned landmark in contemporary music, and is mammoth both in length and in conception. The four movements, or rather, intellectual portraits of Emerson, Hawthorne, the Alcotts, and Thoreau, are linked only by two brief themes, which are often interwoven into unrecognizable form. While the latter half of the sonata is more tonal and thus more accessible, the work presents an extreme challenge both to the listener and the performer...
...characters--the Nazi, Dr. Szell, a dentist who makes a practice of extracting information from people by using the tools of his trade, most notably a high-powered drill, in highly dubious fashion, is Laurence Olivier--are interwoven in an intricate but readily comprehensible story which moves through France and Uruguay and finally reaches its culmination in New York. The graduate student, played by Dustin Hoffman, is an aspiring marathon runner who jogs in Central Park before and after classes, dreaming of Olympic stardom; his developing skills at endurance running turn out to come in quite handy--hence the title...
They are up to it. Dunnock unfalteringly reveals the interwoven strands of love and hate in a mother's heart, and Joseph Maher is splendid in conveying the sleazy, yet captivating charm of one of life's eternal dropouts...