Word: denouement
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...perhaps the principal moral theme is the story of Miss Bacall. The Puritanical bent, the Horatio Alger ambition of these three women is given a philosophic basis in Miss Bacall's history. The denouement of her experience can only be classified as Calvinistic: despite all our efforts, we can only obtain Paradise through Grace...
...shoot-em-up fans have their day at the Brattle, where one of the finest French gangster flicks of all time is now showing. Razzia leaves nothing to be desired. The mystery which runs through the entire film does not reach its denouement until the very end, and there is enough violence to last all but the most sadistic for several weeks. Again Gabin is masterful, although he leaves the shooting to several excellently portrayed gangster types who expires at the film's end in a burst of machine gun fire...
...biannual autumnal electioneering exhibition draws nearer its November denouement, both parties find accuracy less and less requisite in their campaigns. Vice-President Nixon might well be correct in saying, "The public memory is very short," but he and his party are insulting the voters' intelligence in proclaiming that the Democratic Party was responsible for the defeat of the Kennedy-Ives labor reform bill...
Then Mama Kerr said to Papa Kerr, or maybe it was Papa Kerr who said to Mama Kerr, "What shall we do about character development, consistency, originality, and a believable denouement...
Between the lines of confusion, renewed determination, and unsure reassurance, one message stands out, italicized against the blur of conflicting emotions: If America can learn anything from the current denouement, it is that our adolescence is past. This country has been fortunate; its youth has grown strong and vigorous under every conceivable circumstance. But we have consistently tended to confuse luck with talent, and have been satisfied to rest on our big oars, failing to see that the sea could get rougher. The nation, swollen with pride of accomplishment, has been content to play the strapping fair-haired boy, stepping...