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...ever, was scoring with what amounted to half-hour, chart-filled TV commercials; Bush was coming up in the polls, though not necessarily in likely electoral votes; Clinton was campaigning hard again, warning his followers that they dare not become so complacent as not to vote. Though the denouement seemed newly uncertain, two things were relatively sure: to get even this far, given where he started, Clinton has waged a remarkable drive. And if he does hold on to win, his campaign will enter the textbooks as a model of how to prevail on the road to the White House...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bill Clinton: The Long Road | 11/2/1992 | See Source »

...what point does "a little" become "too much"? The nervous boy who cried "Wolf!" in the admonitory tale told one lie too many and was eaten alive. The irony of this denouement, of course, is that when the boy met his fate, he was, at last, hollering the truth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The U.S. Political Campaign: Lies, Lies, Lies | 10/5/1992 | See Source »

Frank (Paul Schulze), a guy whose clean shave and straight Irish face belie his penchant for illegal activities, arrives from Florida with a cache of illegal guns. This volatile cargo draws us into the denouement of the film...

Author: By Sarah C. Dry, | Title: 'Gravity' Is Down to Earth | 10/1/1992 | See Source »

...denouement depicts Eve's death and Adam's realization that although they had been expelled from Eden, for Adam "wherever Eve was, there was Eden." Schwartz direct this scene well and the combined effects of the set, the lights and the music along with the spatial placement of the characters present a dramatic and effective finale...

Author: By Aparajita Ramakrishnan, | Title: Direction Gives Spark, Sensuality To an Unimpressive Apple Tree: | 4/23/1992 | See Source »

...denouement reveals Martin re-discovering the trust that he lost when he refused to believe his mother. In full circle, the viewer watches the development of Martin's security, using Celia and Andy as the catalysts in a visually and acoustically stimulating environment...

Author: By Aparajita Ramakrishnan, | Title: No Sight, But Plenty of Sensation | 4/2/1992 | See Source »

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