Word: namelessness
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...written in blood and Inc. The author has been a speechwriter for Lee Iacocca, Gerald Ford and the chairman of the board of American Motors, and he has manifestly spent many hours with Kafka's In the Penal Colony and Orwell's dystopian visions. Walker's central figure, a nameless public relations man for a major corporation, is getting stale. The company packs him off for behavioral conditioning. Walker is not much on acronyms: the victim is made to undergo PAR--Positive Attitudinal Reinforcement--and SAD--Supervisory Aptitude Development. But the forced seminars ring with comic truths: the victim...
...himself from murder accusation in Act I. Nicholas 'Davis also plays three roles but succeeds most at Sir John Bushy, a flaky favorite of Richard who flits about with a brightly colored silk scarf. Kristin Gasser is superb as the forlorn and lonely Queen to Richard who suffers from "nameless woe." Gasser is particularly effective in her final departure scenes with Richard. Jennifer Burton, Diane Paulus and Caroline Bicks occasionally succumb to overacting and have yet to master the art of walking like men, but are strong characters overall...
...going to take his wife, his two daughters, his pile of clips about irrelevant developments in Boston politics, and a shitload of untold stories of Harvard skeletons and white elephants that you'll never get now," one official, who asked to remain nameless, said...
...They just look scary...I think they're trouble," said a Square restaurant manager, who asked to remain nameless. "I don't think it's fair to the businesses...
Izzy's four pet lizards--Larry, Curly, Moe and one nameless companion--had races in the hall last year. "There was no wagering," said Izzy, "And Larry always won." Larry also managed to stay alive the longest of the four, but within four months, Izzy was lizard-less...