This effort took on even greater urgency in light of the revelation earlier this month by a White House official that the administration had had "hundreds of meetings" with CAIR.

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His supernatural bursts of light as a tool of revelation not only inspired generations of later painters, but in the 20th century have an indelible mark on cinema, from Italian neo-realism to today.

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On the stage, the brilliant, otherworldly glare of revelation contrasted with the warm, realistic library light in which the scholars bent over their notebooks and struggled with theories.

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Another is the way that bad news comes to light in dribs and drabs, rather than in one cathartic revelation.

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The revelation that a replacement ring was given to Von Schirach after his release from prison came to light only recently.

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