Word: nouements
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...ends too abruptly. The film’s conclusion certainly offers nothing resembling closure—but life rarely gives closure either. Comedies, like “The Royal Tenenbaums,” are required to tie up all of their loose ends in the dénouement. Dramas are free to leave them unresolved, especially if the lack of resolution is truer to life, which is certainly the case in the instance of divorce. The final moments of “Squid” may feel amputated, but the phantom ache of the missing scenes is precisely...
...rock hit “Step On,” which breaks out with ultra-catchy piano and the shimmering backing vocals of Rowetta, whose feminine presence gives universality to the pills’ apparent take-over. The album closes with its darkest moments and an uplifting dénouement. “Holiday” enters with the sound of a plane flying overhead, but the holiday of the title is no global jaunt. In his most affected sneer, Ryder describes a drug binge under belted-out celebratory cries of “Holiday!” Sounds...
...hands helped Bush understand that a way out required accommodating both sides' sensitivities. So a few carefully chosen words ended a potentially explosive standoff. The dénouement was crafted to exact concessions from both sides but leave each able to claim victory. China yielded on its demand that Washington take full blame and didn't force the U.S. to end its airborne surveillance. The Bush administration used language of regret that earned charges of "national humiliation" from the Republicans' conservative ranks...