Word: revealing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Sartrean dilemma of being and nothingness by throwing himself down on all fours "to pretend to be a hyena"--a cameo that culminates in Rabinowitz taking a chunk out of the leg of a fellow guest. Kudos to Fitch for giving Rabinowitz several chances throughout the play to reveal his amazing repertoire of vocal sound effects...
...Federal District Court is trying a former Yale professor on charges that he neglected to reveal his activities as a Nazi propagandist when he applied for permission to immigrate...
...young man invested with Montross's spirit, tells Diana that her grandfather has come back to reveal the sordid truth about her parents' past. Diana, in her attempt to unravel this cryptic mesage, somewhat predictably falls in love with Day. Her mission, then, becomes not only to pacify her grandfather's restless spirit, but to liberate Day from this psychic bond which prevents him from forming any more conventional ones with Diana...
...reason readers won't get a feel for the real Texas is that Michener picked an epic story to tell the state's tale. The characters and the romantic story line hide more about Texas than they reveal. They show the legend and myth, a surprising amount of which is true, but they obscure the more subtle, underlying truths about the history of Texas and Texans...
Although campaign bumperstickers and buttons reveal the names haven't changed much since the 1983 election, they don't mention that the field of candidates has grown significantly from 16 to 22 in two years. The scramble for the city's most coveted political prizes started as far back as last June when the unoccupied seat of a long-time incumbent, the late Mayor Leonard J. Russell, suddenly intensified the pace of a sleepy race...