Word: veiled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...think of my poems as my real gifts to you. They were my attempt to communicate with you despite the veil of secrecy inherent in the concept of a Secret Santa...
Albee likened the process of artistic creation to black magic. Both, he said, derive their power from the veil of secrecy that surrounds them...
Actually, it's pretty hard to see him at all. In literally every scene, every character's face is half covered in shadow, creating a veil effect. In one or two places this device might have made a clever comment on Gallimard's (and everyone else's) culturally induced blindness. Instead it just seems like nobody has enough sense to switch on a light bulb...
...weakened many of the institutions which formerly maintained order. The anti-Apartheid movement has challenged the authority of the national government, the army and the police force, whose grip over society has weakened. This, of course, has given the average person more liberty. Unfortunately, though, the lifting of the veil of repression has unleashed more than just the honest and law-abiding citizen...
...Israel-P.L.O. peace accord is merely a tactical retreat by a P.L.O. that retains the maximalist goal of destroying Israel -- then the accord will fail. As soon as the veil is dropped, the war resumes...