Word: enigma
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...force holding the nucleus together was still an enigma. Theoretically, a nucleus should fly apart since it is composed of identically charge particles. The gravitational attraction of two protons is negligible when compared to their electric, or electromagnetic, repulsion. In fact, atomic nuclei are very tightly bound. Confronted with an otherwise successful theory and this apparent empirical contradiction, physicists simply invented another force, which protons and neutrons feel, but to which electrons are immune. Because it is so strong, they named it the "strong" force...
After all that has been said and written about him during a long campaign, he is still an enigma to millions of Americans, including many who voted for him. He is complex and sometimes contradictory. His creed combines traditionally antithetical elements of help-the-deprived populism and deny-thyself fiscal conservatism. A Harris poll last month reported that 61% of those surveyed expect Carter to be a good or excellent President. Despite that hope, the people are waiting to be shown by Jimmy Carter, to see if he really has the wisdom and judgment and balance needed to succeed...
...remake, it could not match the original. They were right. Kong is a primal dream work, a symbolization of some deep and basic special anxiety of the species-and the only one created directly for the movies, having no ready roots in literature or folk lore. The crudities, the enigma of the original Kong's expression, are part of that work's strength. The wowing Technicolor virtuosity of the remake reduces the tale's mythic resonances and turns it into a safe PG entertainment. It may be that though the legend of Kong works on something that...
...find complete satisfaction in Lawrence D. Cohen's screenplay. Carrie remains the eternal enigma down to her last act of self-destruction; when asked if she is enjoying herself at the outset of the prom, she answers with a cryptic "It's like being on Mars." The character is never fleshed out, although this may be the conscious intention of the script. In any case, we are left with one-dimensional identity that lingers in the mind--the One with the Power who is never quite accepted...
...Sherlock Holmes and his historical contemporary Sigmund Freud, the world's two greatest investigative minds, join forces to unravel a mystery. While undergoing treatment for his addiction, Holmes pursues the case of Freud's beautiful ex-patient Lola Devereaux (who has been abducted). Freud, meanwhile, seeks to explain the enigma of Sherlock Holmes himself...