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Nevertheless, while Adams's source remains obscure, his application of it does no longer.
In 1870, Prussian Chancellor Bismarck exploited an obscure diplomatic conflict with France to unite the various German principalities and kingdoms into a fighting force well equipped for war.
My own obscure favorites include the first books of Honor Tracy (Irish-born satirist who makes Evelyn Waugh's work taste like the milk of human kindness), the dark early writing of Sigrid Undset (before her religious conversion, which radically changed her style), and the best novels of manners by John Marquand--all of which are largely unknown to contemporary readers (particularly young ones).
The molecules responsible for the contribution by the soluble macrophage-derived LAFs still remain obscure, even today.
Critics applaud the selection of the absurdist Italian playwright, even while calling him the "most obscure Nobel winner" in years (David Streitfeld, the Washington Post ). Fo's work, especially Accidental Death of an Anarchist (1970), is celebrated for combining trenchant left-wing satire with slapstick humor "reminiscent of vintage Marx Brothers" (Rick Lyman, the New York Times ). Conservative critics echo the Vatican, which condemned the choice of the anti-clericalist and ex-Communist as an act that "has surpassed all imagination."