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...they are true inhabitants of Saroyanland. The author's well-remembered lesson, "Seek goodness everywhere, and when it is found, bring it out of its hiding place and let it be free and unashamed," is noted in every speech and action of his main character. And the pointless stories like "Did you ever fall in love with a 39 pound midget," are typical for the free-swinging, spontancously-humerous, Saroyan style...
Asking Red Rumania to halt the Wiima at dockside was pointless. So the U.S. turned to Finland, whose government dislikes Communism but fears to show it too openly. The Finns bravely promised that no more fuel oil will be shipped to Red China in Finnish bottoms, but they couldn't stop the Wiima: she is immune from government interference while on the high seas...
...Historian Prawdin describes him, Genghis Khan was a ruthless but not sadistic man-a tough old nomad who did not hesitate to destroy his enemies, yet who had no interest in pointless cruelties. Conquest was in his blood; he was never happy except on the march. "The greatest joy a man can know," he said, "is to conquer his enemies and drive them before...
...novel was hardly serious reading, its climax did probe the ethics of a murderer and allow his crime to go unpunished. When his clemency disturbed the Johnson Otlice, producers of the film version merely omitted the murder from their script. This compromise left My Cousin Rachel moral, meager, and pointless...
...sees innocent peasants and dissident Communists forced to labor like slaves. Because of an order from Stalin, he must lead a winter march down the Amur River to set up the industrial city of Komsomolsk. Without proper food or clothing, the march of the Young Communists turns into a pointless sacrifice; Soloviev's description of how they follow the Amur, dig holes in the ground for shelter, and perish from cold and hunger, is a masterpiece of reporting...