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Psychoanalysis. an unconscious desire of a son to kill his mother.

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It was a complex task they were asked to do, and every cultural and experiential advantage would be required.
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However, their presence shows that Mars could have a more complex and evolving chemical story.
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KSM enters the complex through a “Sally Port,” a series of gates designed to allow just one vehicle in at a time.
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We are a huge, complex, diverse country still offering freedom, opportunity and hope.
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If Congress struggles to keep the lights on, how could it deal with issues as complex as police brutality?
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The act of the Covenanting Society is complex, and is the aggregate of the actings of all who compose it.
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He knows when a sentiment is simple and when it is complex, when the heart is a dupe of the mind and when of the senses.
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The solution of the problem, if complex in all clinical affections, is especially so in epilepsy.
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Bud did not say anything; your efficient chauffeur reserves his eloquence for something more complex than a dead engine.
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It is the most complex of all, as the lines contain internal rimes.
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