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General Phariseeism. Despair and religious yearning pervade a group of poems, supposedly written by the hero, which Author Pasternak effectively uses as the novel's epilogue. Sample: "I catch the distant echo of the happenings of my century. In the darkness of the night a thousand flaming binoculars are focused on me. If only it is possible, God, remove this chalice from me. I love your obstinate plan, and in agreement, I will play my part. But now a new drama has arisen. This time at least, relieve me of taking part in it . . .1 am alone and everything...
...usually more fascinating than the inventories. Though the Maccaferris like strumming a ukulele "the music that gives him and his wife most pleasure is the whir of the adding machines"--which last year rang up gross sales of $3 million, on which the Maccaferris netted a "melodious" two hundred thousand after taxes. Throughout the book taxes play the role of a mild villain...
...strategic posture to their reduced military requirements and their straitened economic circumstances. By next April the headquarters of Middle Eastern defense will be moved from Cyprus 1,700 miles south to Aden, near the mouth of the Red Sea. But, to escape Aden's 120° heat, several thousand troops of a mobile "strategic reserve" will be quartered in cool Kenya...
...thousand one-night stands and red-lit neon holes from San Diego to Baltimore. In a Beat as Big as a bass-fiddle, tight-drum Hot America. In the dull roar and muted chant of the Juke Box Generation. We shall survive--and prosper. Man, you heard it here...
...water. The silence was only broken by the whistle of the lizards or the cry of some far-off marsh frog. The air was warmer than we ever feel in the depth of an English summer, yet pure and delicious and charged with the perfume of a thousand flowers...