Word: enigmas
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...shroud would be more of an enigma if it were proved to be a 14th century artifact. However, even if it is the handiwork of a person, it seems to represent some force or intelligence beyond our understanding. Perhaps it should be regarded as a revelation from an unknown prophet to a future generation, an expression so tangible that even an age so obsessed with material things as our own might understand it, just as the disciple Thomas was allowed to touch the wounds of our Lord with his own hands in order to believe and have faith. DANIEL MERCER...
...College is the topic in question, it seems as if no one can get a straight answer. While prospective first-years and their parents who attended yesterday's "President's Welcome" learned about Cambridge's glorious weather and the College's amazing Faculty, the status of Radcliffe remained an enigma...
Britons' overwhelming reaction to the death of Diana no doubt stemmed in part from her unique efforts to modernize, humanize and gain acceptance for an institution that is a source of great fascination and pride to the British but still an enigma to them. CHRIS LUSHER Jakarta...
Returning to the frenzied pop rock thread on the album, "Anchor" again explores the enigma Hanley deems lyricism. Opening with "the anchor is a kickstands/so you are going down with me/to the wrong side of the-quicksand," the band immerses the not-so-lucid message in flawless lollipop rock to create a confusing but lovable tune. "Anchor" is a musical advertisement for the lead singer--refreshing to match Hanley's slicker fashion sense and newly cropped bright red hair, and oblique enough to equal the message straining to come out from her internal vault...
...movie ever made. A friend remembers how he was "all animated and yelling" when he saw the film at its San Diego premiere, finding particular delight in the scene where a man gets his head inadvertently blown off in the back of a car. It is thus a minor enigma, one of the many Cunanan has left behind, whether his final, apparently desperate act was also an attempted coup de theatre, in which the fugitive of a thousand faces--seen everywhere and nowhere--tries to destroy the only one he has left in order to remain forever masked in mystery...