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raison d’être

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Max is the antagonistic force and raison d’être of the piece.
The casting of 80-year-old Jeanne Moreau, that eternally winsome temptress of cinema, in the role of Rivka, provides much of the raison d’être for the project.
The Sound of Silence: In The Guardian, writer Nicholas Lezard profiles the legendary Moxon Garbutt, a writer whose alleged raison d’être "was to leave no trace of himself behind, except his influence—and even that to be ambiguous and tentative.
 
 
 
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