Word: mask
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...erotic life force, and his last name Anthony for "a saint in the desert, exorcising a demon." In plot terms, Anthony goes to work for Brown and loses his creative urge and his life. But to secure Anthony's widow (Catherine Helmond) Brown must don Anthony's mask to appropriate Anthony's passion. Thus a transfer of identities is completed. Finally, each character's mask is a device for social camouflage. Worn, it is protective armor against the hostility and misunderstanding of the world. Dropping it marks the true and vulnerable self...
...barbed and beastly rationalist. The colloquies between patient and healer are of a high order; now and then they veer unexpectedly into a mad kind of comedy, as when he tells of the attempt of his socially ambitious stepmother and an inept dentist friend to mold a plastic death mask from his father's corpse, with the result that the old man goes to his grave lacking eyebrows...
...best, the Helsinki negotiations could lead to an overcoming of the old hostilities and suspicions and the establishment of a new era of accommodation and mutual benefit between the two blocs in Europe. At worst, the talks could merely mask the fact that differences between East and West remain irreconcilable. The one sure thing is that for the first time since the alliance of the Western powers and the Soviet Union fell apart after World War II the nations of Europe are making a concerted effort to bring an end to the schism...
...year to year, vintage dating has an indisputable raisin d'être. But in California, where sunlight is plentiful and rainfall consistent, one year's wine is not much different from the next. To help maintain uniformity further, many California vintners blend wines from different years to mask annual variations in quality. The trained tongue, however, can detect some yearly differences. This year's harvest, some of which will be on the shelves by next spring, will definitely be distinguished; the spring frost reduced the number of grapes on each vine, and surviving grapes had less competition...
...pretend to speak for Bobby [because] Bobby and I disagree on politics," said Dr. Regina Pustan, mother of Chess Champion Bobby Fischer. As it happened, police in Washington, D.C., disagreed too. Dr. Pustan arrived at the White House with an Uncle Sam Halloween mask, a plastic pumpkin and sign declaring TRICK OR TREAT: UNCLE SAM SAYS SIGN ON THE DOTTED LINE. PEACE BY OCT. 31. Asked for her parade permit, she said, "This seems very peculiar. Do you need a permit to walk up and down with a sign?" Yes indeed, said a policeman as he put her under arrest...