Word: labyrinthic
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...Today, the serene yet slightly mad-looking stupa (it's meant to be viewed from the sky) is beset by a very modern evil: rapacious commercialism. The grounds around its entrance are a labyrinth of souvenir stands and caf?s where vendors have greatly outnumbered visitors since the bombings in Bali. Tourists in Borobudur are subjected to a grueling gauntlet of hawkers selling the usual range of junky stuff imprinted or embroidered with the name of the place. The asongan, as the vendors are known, are aggressive, sometimes to the edge of frenzy...
...front steps were closed earlier this week as construction crews began a six-month project designed to modernize Widener’s lobby and first floor. And students say the new Mass. Ave. entrance opens into a confusing array of detours that serve as a veritable labyrinth...
...make the Loeb Experimental Theater into a labyrinth? This is the challenge faced by director Jesse A. Green ’02-’03 in adapting Information for Foreigners (IFF), Griselda Gambaro’s experimental 1972 play concerning the disorienting violence of Argentina’s Dirty War. Though unable to construct a complex of separate stages, Green has developed a variety of techniques, primarily utilizing film, to transpose the play’s concerns of voyeurism and power to the intimate...
Since Sanders was released, TIME has followed him through a labyrinth of bureaucracy and temptation. Most of the time, he is optimistic, almost irrationally so. He envisions a better life for himself, whereas most would see a life half wasted. And like almost all ex-cons, he can rattle off a litany of reasons he should be forgiven. "I have a good heart, I have a halfway good brain, and I believe in myself," he says. "People gravitate toward me." And it's true. In welfare waiting rooms, small children toddle over to him unprompted. On the subway, the same...
...various electronic games have intriguing names, such as “Levitating Challenge” and “Labyrinth.” However, while the actual games seem interesting, in reality, they are rather complicated and not suited for hours of fun. For example, the Powercaster Playset consists of a platform on which two action figures are placed as well as two casting stones. Depending on the strength of the spell of the casting stone used, one of the figures is ejected. The strength of the casting stone is always the same, so the possible outcomes are limited...