Word: mask
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...splits hairs on the heads of bald men, this was as close as he had come to saying, "Can't fool you, can I?" It was the only moment of the morning that worried White House aides--because, as one low-level handler put it, "he left the mask off for a minute...
...often engaging in long heart-to-hearts with Laraine, even counseling Dave about her stepdaughter. "She was Johnny-on-the-spot for us," Dave says. But Monica's family problems, compounded by those of adolescence, resulted in large weight gains (she was almost 225 lbs. at one point). To mask it, Lewinsky often wore black clothes and black makeup. Dave says she "worked with [Monica] on exercise and eating right and getting into the psychological perspective...how beautiful she is, and how beautiful she would be if she slimmed down." Monica had impulsively dumped Adam because he was inattentive...
Naturally the revolution-based government could not remain indifferent to these plots, and certain strict measures were taken to thwart chaos. Some blamed freedom itself for the cause of the instability and even used religion as a mask to justify their shortsightedness. Autocracy has become our second nature. We Iranians are all dictators, in a sense...
When Gore wants to, his formality gives way to real charm, but even that is carefully calibrated. It is commonplace to say Gore wears a wooden mask in public and removes it in private to reveal a funny, knowing, ironic man of the world. But the quick wit Gore deploys in White House meetings or off-the-record encounters with reporters is just another layer of the onion, another protective device. He trusts almost no one, worries about leaks and guards himself to such an extent that some aides are not sure they have ever met the real Gore. "When...
...lethally boring. And yet, Damon avoids the pitfall of being one-dimensional. Instead, he keeps shedding layer upon layer of complexity during the film until finally we reach the core of his character near the end. It's almost as if he knows Will is all an act, a mask for something much deeper and thankfully less heroic...