Word: revealing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...study, based on 9811 low-income black women in Atlanta, Ga., did not reveal a connection between the pill and cancer of the lower portion of the uterus...
...declined to reveal the description given by the woman...
Moreover, there was no assurance that the new prosecutor could not be fired by Nixon if he pushed too hard for evidence that the President did not want to reveal. Even more than the objectionable Stennis proposal on the tapes, it had been Nixon's direct order to Cox to stop seeking more tapes and presidential documents in court that led to the Justice Department resignations...
CHAPLIN'S performance itself is an extraordinary evocation of contradictory emotions. The murderer he plays is both compassionate and utterly despicable--not a split personality but both, simultaneously. The details which reveal Verdoux's character are not mere signposts, as in most films. Chaplin does not show us a man playing with a cat and then expect us to assume on that basis alone that the man has a redeeming facet. Instead, every detail--including the feeding of the cat, every vicious maneuver, every noble gesture, every sparkle in his eyes--contributes to the development of two sides of Verdoux...
...figure, it's a steal. But Jabbar has a sprained thumb, and the Braves have won 23 straight at home. The Bucks win it, but by only four points. Lotsa people bet big." Meaning that there's always more to any game than strict measures of talent reveal. You've got to research a game before you bet. The bookies don't; their job never goes beyond quoting the line and handling the cash. Despite their practical, day-to-day importance, they're only middlemen in an art. The important distinction is that you bet with your bookie...