And her efforts, with Sam, to help a maimed Vietnamese child backfire in ways both terrible and illuminating.
Burns was a master in the art of putting the 'Devil's works' into words in the most energising and illuminating way.
These three characters contrast with each other in illuminating ways.
An illuminating way of presenting the comet data is as a histogram.
One would have expected the composer to respond to them in a more illuminating and expressive way.
For a great man this would be an answer: "It is the most rewarding and illuminating way to live life."
Nevertheless, much historical ground is covered in illuminating ways.
It is also a prototype, an analogue, and an apology-an illuminating and propitious way to consider his games, or, for that matter, anyone else's.
Although some points match, more or less, others flat out contradict each other - all in a very believable, amusing, illuminating way.
It is no less illuminating and in some ways perhaps even more interesting to see how he deals with less august acquaintances.