Word: ratted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...third explanation of her dilemma views Nana as a refugee from the rat race in a hyper-Jules Feifferish world. But Nana cannot be convincing in so many roles at once...
...court, and in one way or another, most of the grumblings reflected the same trait that got Sam into needless trouble in Alabama: he simply could not help putting his opinions and emotions loudly on the line. In the courtroom he referred to an accused criminal as a "rat" or an "animal." Occasionally he broke into a purple tirade. When a big-time gambler who had talked freely to a grand jury later clammed up in court, Leibowitz roared: "I'll give you a thousand years, if necessary! You'll be buried in jail...
...talk he titled "Second Stage Reflections on the Rat Race of Our Time," Hughes narrated the success story of the ambitious young scholar, who carefully picks a "manageable" thesis topic in as obscure field, hoping that it will be published, follows the thesis with three books in the same restricted area, winning the respect of book reviewers for his expertise, rising in a university hierarchy on account of his "productivity," until he reaches...
...around sitting up in their ivory towers, a bunch of sissy britches." He paused. "I don't believe just because somebody has a grievance that you should destroy the whole fabric of the Constitution, of private property. You don't burn the house down to destroy a rat." Wallace stood up and walked about the office. "If they go ahead," he said, "they will destroy a lot more than they realize...
Silly woman. She depends on the dependence of an undependable dependent. One day the rat comes home rich, and her world collapses. He no longer needs her consolation, he no longer needs her cash. He is free, a man. She has nothing but herself, an emptiness that only he can fill. He tries to. He buys her expensive dresses; she refuses to accept them. He clears away the mortgage; she says she hates the house. He hands her a ticket to Europe; she swears she will not go. What does she want? Her sister thinks she knows: "You want...