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Such a man is the hero of this somber and remorseless first novel. As an examination of the theme, it can stand with the works of Camus, by whom it was inspired and to whom it is dedicated...
...steely female terror is challenged by Randle McMurphy (Kirk Douglas), a rugged, open-hearted rebel who bristles at rules. McMurphy is classified as a "psychopathic" brawler. He tries to put spunk into the patients and when his good-humored kindliness restores speech to a chronic mute, Nurse Ratched is remorseless...
...June and charged with living on prostitutes' earnings. At his trial, all Britain waited expectantly for the celebrated "surprise witnesses" he had promised. It was not until the seventh day that the crumpling reality finally caught up with him. It came midway in Mr. Justice Marshall's remorseless, five-hour summing-up of the evidence. "There may be many reasons why he has been abandoned in his extremity," declared the red-robed judge. "One thing is clear: if Stephen Ward was telling the truth in the witness box, there are in this city many witnesses of high estate...
...shift in thinking was the good economic news for the government that came with spring's thaw after the worst winter of the century. Suddenly came word of new export records, booming retail sales and swelling company profits. Most welcome news of all last week was that the remorseless five-month rise in unemployment had finally drifted down to 604,000, off nearly 100,000 from the March figure...
...total papers: 40 volumes) gives an astonishing impression of the multitudinous interests of a man who tried to take all knowledge for his province, and sometimes all provinces (especially Pennsylvania) for his knowledge. The volume covers the 5½ years between 1745 and mid-17 50, and proceeds by remorseless chronology from the 13th edition of Poor Richard's Almanack (next to the Bible, the bestseller of the day) until a year or so before Franklin got to fly that famous kite in the thunderstorm. Those who like to smile with superior historical hindsight can do so on page...