1.   It was the first time that Mexico ever opened up the innermost workings of its financial system to scrutiny by an independent and a foreigner.

2.   Freud believed that dreams were full of symbols that had to be decoded to reveal the innermost workings of the mind.

3.   They were threatening to expose the innermost secret working of the Mafia as more and more bosses were convicted and jailed.

4.   Their confessions were threatening to expose the innermost secret working of the Mafia as more and more bosses were convicted and jailed.