Beyond the storm, Mr. Lhota's record at the helm of the nation's largest subway system was complicated, marked by nimble political calculations and, occasionally, unforced errors.
Fortunately, there were no ownerless dogs in Mindoro, so complicated mark-recapture models to estimate dog population size were not necessary, a simple house-to-house survey was sufficient.
That complicated opponents' marking structures and also meant that Corinthians could pin in the opposing full-backs, something that was vital to their fine defensive record.
Things aren't complicated at The Mark.
Setting the cutoff mark is complicated by academic rates that vary widely from sport to sport and by the N.C.A.A.'s desire to compare athletes' progress rates to those of the entire student body.
The first idea that emerged was too complicated and missed the mark with customers, so the team went back to the drawing board and developed the Snack Wrap.
"He became obsessed with the history of English porcelain manufacturers," Ms. Fenichell said, noting that the field is complicated because few factories marked their wares.
These evolutionary biologists use a novel statistical analysis to show that warming and cooling periods, in two cases complicated by species migrations, marked the transition from one dominant grouping to the next.
But to end on a positive note: along with It's Complicated by Nancy Meyer, Kids marks a promising new direction for films by and about women.
This is further complicated as the lunistices marking the limits of the Moon's movement move on an 18.6 year cycle.
Earlier this evening, at a dilapidated school a few blocks from Tahrir square, smartly dressed businessmen, burkha-clad women, and jean-wearing students scanned through dozens of possible choices on impossibly complicated voting sheets before marking an "X".
