unanswerable
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Equal parts international intrigue, concert film and VH1-style “Behind the Music” cautionary tale, the documentary raises some interesting if ultimately unanswerable questions as it compellingly inhabits its very specific place in time.
From Los Angeles Times
In grappling with the impossibility of depicting the divine in physical form, the artist is responding to an unanswerable question posed in an eponymous 1971 essay by art historian Patrik Reutersward.
From Washington Post
The obvious and, to this point, unanswerable follow-up question: How long can it stay this way?
From Los Angeles Times
Sarah Tuttle, an astrophysicist at the University of Washington, characterizes the question of whether Mr. Webb was a homophobe as unanswerable and a distraction.
From New York Times
Of course, the Nationals had hoped their rotation would be anchored by Strasburg, but his health remains an unanswerable question.
From Washington Post
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