Word: barclay
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Neighbor and Milton Academy collegue Barclay Feather '41 said, "one thing that characterzed George was his humbleness about his own athletic abilities. He claimed he was merely doing his best with the talents God had given...
...talk of a merger immediately sparked speculation about possible buyers. Analysts say they range from First Chicago, Continental's neighbor, to foreign banks whose operations would complement rather than compete with Continental's business. Examples: Barclay's of England and West Germany's Deutsche Bank. Taylor ruled out a sale to any firm outside banking...
Extending and then witholding the gratification of Tucker's desires, Barclay does his level best to break Tucker...
Golding use of the first-person narrative is adventurous but not entirely successful. There are places in the story where Barclay's joblessness and blindness to certain, considerations appear obtrusively. Barclay is often funny, but often jacks the relish and will that might constitute a more interesting study. At the beginning of the book, Barclay says that "I lived in the simple conviction, I now see, that I could only remain integrated by immorality." If Barelay could have realized this attitude prior to the events the novel (experiencing the idea without the brute force of a revelation), he would...
...Barclay's stripped-down emotional life is also unfortunate, as this makes the analysis and delection of evil a cruder process. Barelay admits to being "a specialist in loneliness." However, a Large number of use to control sell-criticism and self-condemnation; Golding's novel would be more interesting if he had chosen to show how a sociable man came to perceive himself as evil. Golding isolates Barelay to show the frequent condition of cultural archons, people who wish to forward the work of art without committing themselves to any ideas about his life, but the fact that lonely people...