Word: undo
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Little by little the maddening effect of lies delivered with perfect sincerity works on the audience, most notable the women who repeatedly groaned in front of me. Proctor has no way to disprove the charges and no way to undo the defamation. He is like the accused who appear in the papers as certain criminals, but with a confession extracted under the extreme pressure brought to bear in emotional testimony, he merits another look. Travis' expression of this utter outrage towards Abigail's treachery, coupled with the poignancy of Proctor's impotence in defending himself with mere words against mounting...
...production's heart lies the consistently solid portrayals of Miller's panoply of good and evil. Most notable is Efron's sturdy but tainted Proctor whose one mistake returns to undo him during the witch trials months after his crime. The utter insanity of the proceedings culminates with a confession, the only legitimate one lodged in the court in months, and it proves to seal his fate. Meanwhile the perjury of others not only protects them but esteems them in the eyes of the court. Efron's simmering outrage underlines the impotent justice of Judge Danforth (Richard Gardner...
Book-burning and suppression of speech are artifacts of a less civilized world. There is no reason for America to undo the progress it has made in striving to attain its principles of liberty...
After entertaining a close 2-1 lead in the second inning. Vermont put in five innings of solid hitting to undo the Crimson...
...aspects of struggle." He claims that if he moves too quickly toward a peace compromise, some of those who live by the gun may split off and take their weapons with them, as has frequently happened in the past in the Irish Republican movement. "We are trying to undo centuries of history here," he says. "We have to move carefully and leave no one behind...