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Word: strassberg (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1964-1964
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Whatever the passions, whatever the pressures, it is impossible for the stool-pigeon to be anything but loathsome. But dammit, I couldn't hate Carbone. He was too pitiable. Bill Seres--racing through his early speeches, throwing away the trivial lines in polished Strassberg style, and finally crying, with the whimper of his whole being for "respect"--suckered me into loving him. The secret hopes and anxieties locked within him, isolating him from his wife, from his fellow workers, were too human for me to resist. How could I bring myself to admit he deserved to die? I couldn...

Author: By Jacob R. Brackman, | Title: A View From the Bridge | 10/30/1964 | See Source »

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