Word: enigma
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...would be, some said, a sort of assistant President, a second Eleanor Roosevelt, a presidential wife of high purpose and influence. But after 18 months in the White House, Rosalynn Carter remains something of an enigma, her public statements rare, her public activities largely ignored. She seems to be the First Lady nobody knows...
What that culture was like remains an enigma. What, for instance, is the significance of the Venus figures, with their exaggerated sexual features? What role did the great cave paintings play in the lives of those ancient people? Whatever the answers, it is clear the art is exceptionally complex, more than simple "hunting magic," as some turn-of-the-century scholars thought. Every indication is that Cro-Magnon man was deeply involved in rituals, ceremonies, myths, perhaps even a kind of religion...
Despite 13 unmanned missions to Venus since 1961, ten by the Soviet Union and three by the U.S., Earth's nearest planetary neighbor has remained an enigma. Shrouded in a veil of fast-moving, pale yellow clouds, its surface temperature about 480° C. (900° F.)-hot enough to melt lead-Venus has tenaciously resisted attempts to probe its secrets. As Earth and Venus move closer together this year, two American and two Russian space probes will again test the formidable Venusian defenses. Last week, after a successful launch from Cape Canaveral, the first U.S. ship was speeding...
...Biographer Bair had six years of work cut out for her. They were worth it. Samuel Beckett could have come swaddled in doctoral dissertationese, a hedging, clotted tongue as dead as ancient Babylonian. Instead, the book is a model of judicious, lively scholarship, an impressive translation of an enigma into...
...Carter is an enigma to many voters, he is nonetheless in many ways just the kind of President that could have been expected. While he inspires neither love nor hate, he is open, unassuming and accessible. He is willing to talk to people, and he listens to what they have to say. He is not ruthless or vindictive. If he does not forgive his enemies all their transgressions, he does not try to punish them either-a forbearance very few Presidents have shown. While others may have lost confidence in him, he appears to remain serenely confident in himself...