Word: revealed
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...subtitle ought to provoke knowing smiles from Philip Roth's devoted readers. A confession, from this guy? C'mon. Throughout his career, which is now in its 36th year, Roth has reacted with high exasperation to suggestions that his novels document his life or reveal anything about him except his imagination. It hasn't helped his case, of course, that he has filled his best books (among them, Portnoy's Complaint, My Life as a Man and The Ghost Writer) with heroes who, like him, are brainy, funny, Jewish men -- usually writers -- with intense memories of Newark, New Jersey, childhoods...
...like to see athletics department officials work with coaches, athletes and the faculty committee that oversees the department--and find ways to redress this imbalance by redistributing funds. Of course, that won't happen unless Toland and Cleary reveal the closely guarded details of their budget...
Final warning: we're about to reveal a secret of The Crying Game, and we don't want to spoil the pleasure of the uninitiated. So you who have not seen this film, turn the page, or tear it out and save it to consult later. Any cheating will be punished. No kidding. We have ways...
...best moment is the first, when an old lion of a man taps his way, tentative yet trying to be ferocious, toward the hospital bed at center stage. He removes wraparound dark glasses to reveal eyes that do not focus, that plainly cannot see. He fumbles, with slow majesty, to untie the sash of his robe. An audience cannot help feeling the brave pathos of the character and the star power of the actor. Unfortunately, at this point the play's dialogue begins, and the illusion of believability slips irretrievably away...
Chase did reveal, however, that he plans to perform with the musical guests on the show. Chase, who was featured in the Paul Simon video "You Can Call Me Al," said he has a long-standing interest in music...