Word: denouements
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...strangest aspect of the denouement was the joint TV interview that occurred with both a revived Tyson and a victorious Lewis in the ring minutes after the fight. Tyson, who had done more than his share of trash-talking before the bout, was suddenly the model of contrition, a veritable Boy Scout. He professed his regard for Lewis ("He knows I love both him and his mother"), said that all his bad-mouthing had only been to hype the fight, and suggested that he'd like a rematch...
...forty gunmen and bystanders took refuge in the church but in time agreed to leave it. The end of the siege last week, after long negotiations that nearly went off a cliff several times, brought relief to officials on both sides: to the Palestinians, who had feared a violent denouement, and to the Israelis, who were increasingly embarrassed by the presence of their troops around one of Christianity's most venerable shrines...
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...critics are forgetting the initial warnings from the Pentagon and the White House that this would be a long, complicated war in which previous definitions no longer apply. There's some merit to this criticism. Deep down, the entertainment-driven media culture of the past decade expects a denouement within days. And nobody ever made a talking-head career out of telling audiences how well things are going...
...plight in a swinging, Cy Colemanesque number, "Oh! Ain't That Sweet," that almost stops the show. The irony is somewhat jarring, since nothing in the oh-so-serious first act prepares us for it. Still, it achieves the purpose of giving us an attitude toward the tragic denouement, apart from sheer depression, which is not a good thing to be humming on your way out of a Broadway musical...