Word: enigma
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...Country is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma-inside cellophane. The setting is a seedy, book-infested cottage in the woods. Hilary (Alec Guinness) and his wife Bron (Rachel Kempson) potter around, she arranging flowers and he devising puzzles...
...wanted to be an enigma. I wanted to be the kid who could have gone anywhere in the country and went to Harvard. People who weren't involved with basketball were impressed but a lot of those who were felt that I had thrown my basketball career out the window. I was ready to change Harvard basketball. I wanted a good education--no, a Harvard education. The biggest reason why anybody comes to Harvard is because it's Harvard...
...enigma and paradox of the so-called Messianic Jews are that they have apparently rejected their own (and Jesus') Judaism, of which many seem to be quite ignorant, in favor of someone else's (Paul's) Christianity...
...concern for image is fully laid out. One cannot complain that they have ignored those aspects of MacArthur's nature that his critics deplored. On the other hand, they have not done much with them, which is to say they have tiptoed up to the most fascinating enigma of his character, and then quietly backed away from...
...your moviegoing attention. Firstly, not every character flounders through life in the throes of utter despondency. The exception appears in the form of the superstar vocalist Eric Wood, played by Richard Baskin (who also wrote the scores for Welcome and Nashville). He serves the function of being the token enigma in the cast, providing a refreshing contrast with the honesty-chic psychobabble of the Los Angelenos. Rudolph deliberately made no effort to flesh out the character, to probe his innermost feelings. The viewer never sees Wood outside of the recording studio, and he maintains his aloofness even within...