Word: rolland
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Horn to their French home ports. From these ports come the homeless, hard-bitten men who man them-a surly lot, mostly shanghaied aboard by brothel-keepers to whom the poor fellows have lost every franc. As vicious as any man caught in this vicious cycle is Common Seaman Rolland, who is lugged aboard the good ship Galatéee, bloody-faced and fighting...
...shipmates find little to admire in Rolland; only the canny first mate senses the courage and leadership under the rebel's mask. When an 18-year-old apprentice seaman is swept overboard in a heavy sea, it is Rolland who commands the dinghy that rescues the boy, though the waves turn Rolland's crewmates grey-faced with fear...
...ROLLAND W. PIKE 1st Lieutenant, A.F.R.C. (inactive) Andover, Mass...
...Edward Grutzner (H); Rolland Sultze...
...dare you compare lovable, honest, confused, right-minded George F. Babbitt and the sanctimonious hypocrite Elmer Gantry? No knave, Babbitt. Once his conscience is awakened, he tries to fight the restrictions of his society, but of course he loses. I am all for Sinclair Lewis. Along with Remain Rolland and maybe a couple of others, he showed that in the 20th Century it is still possible to understand the foibles of humanity and yet have a warm love for people...