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...that theory." He seems compelled to explain that he leaped practically from the womb as a full-blown liberal and has never since been sullied by the errors of complacent conservatism. And as he inveighs his way along the road of life-chumming up with every hobo or sheepherder he encounters and detesting most churchmen, policemen and lawyers-a sad conclusion grows. It is all very well to be down on the sanctimonious likes of John Foster Dulles, J. Edgar Hoover and Francis Cardinal Spellman (his top three detestees). But Douglas, the longest-sitting Justice in the history...
...heralds of "participation," thirties sociologists emerge as our own often-dubious forebearers in their passion for authenticity and relevance in scholarship. They invaded the taxidance halls, the boxcars and hobo jungles, becoming, in their words, "as much a part of this social world as ethically possible...
...tighten your belt, turn up your collar," the veteran hobo tells the kid, "and you can be emperor of the North Pole." The kid, called Cigaret (Keith Carradine), is a blowhard spoiling to be top bum in the territory. He keeps pestering "A No.1" (Lee Marvin) for some tutoring on the fine points of jumping trains and dodging conductors.A No. 1 tosses a few nuggets of road wisdom to his would-be protégé, but saves his energies and talents for his epic battle with the sadistic conductor Shack (Ernest Borgnine), toughest train man on the tracks...
...Stewart displays one of those rare voices-a raspy, surcharged cross between Joe Cocker and Rod McKuen-that is instantly recognizable and that can draw all sorts of emotional magic from his own songs (Maggie May, Every Picture Tells a Story) as well as standards by Dylan (Only a Hobo) and Elton John (Country Comfort). As a sometime member of the good-time British rock-'n'-roll band known as Faces, he is one superstar who is out mostly to have fun. That includes giving a humorous zing to his guitar playing, handing bottles of wine to lucky...
...widely used symbols are as unequivocal as the hobo markings, however. Some, like the dagger, have multiple meanings. In publishing, the dagger signals a footnote; in biology, it means "obscure species" or "incorrect citation," and in medicine, it symbolizes death. To a farmer, a dot within a semicircle signifies a drinking trough, while to a meteorologist, it means rain that does not reach the earth...