Word: relentless
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Trained as a painter, Kurosawa got interested in the movies because they seemed to him unnecessarily stupid. Rashomon was his tenth picture, and since Rashomon he has produced a relentless succession of masterpieces. Seven Samurai (1954), considered by many the best action movie ever made, is a military idyl with a social moral: the meek shall inherit the earth-when they learn to fight for their rights. Ikiru (1952), Kurosawa's greatest work, describes the tragedy and transfiguration of a hopelessly ordinary man, a grubby little bookkeeper who does not dare to live until he learns he is going...
...this Frost seems comic most of the time, the book offers one brief, chilling hint that Frost's relentless self-preoccupation lay at the heart of the tragedies that beset most of the people close to him. His sister and one of his children went insane; another daughter died from tuberculosis. After failing at farming and writing, Frost's only son Carol shot himself. Frost had spent the previous night assuring the boy that he was not a failure. Duly reported to Louis Untermeyer, Carol's last words to his father have a ring of true horror...
...unlikable as Cohn may have seemed, he was admired by many Americans as a relentless, even ruthless, anti-Communist investigator. He certainly had no stronger advocate than McCarthy, who called him "the most brilliant young fellow I've ever...
...Dreams are the onanism of the spirit." But the one thing everyone knows about dreams is that they are quite different from waking, and something is wrong if you can't tell which is which. This elementary error-either factual or esthetic-is persisted in over 274 relentless pages...
...sometimes discarded-dozens of other companies, concentrating on those that had good book values but needed more aggressive management. By familiarizing himself carefully with each company before he moves in, Simon usually impresses new associates with his knowledge and suggestions. He is still feared as a tough and relentless fighter by many who remember his earlier dealings, but those who deal with him nowadays often find the reputation larger than the reality. Simon likes to have his own way, but he also likes his associates to challenge him. His staff meetings often sound like a seminar of graduate students...