Word: wanderlied
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...temperature is near freezing after sundown. On rainy days, the muddy lanes of the refugee camps turn into streams and water seeps into the tents. On cold nights, hundreds wander like ghosts into nearby towns to bed down in cafés or hotel lobbies...
...cannot take his mobs quite seriously, it is because he takes so seriously the needs they are failing to answer. Just as all art strives to be music, "every organization," Sheed assumes, "strives to be a religion." The true believers signaling wildly inside every American joiner, he concludes, "already wander the streets looking for stranger cults, wilder religions. The more bloodless buy books called You're Really a Terrific Person, desperately making the most of what's left when you lose defining associations." In the end, outside-insiders play prophet rather than reporter and are subject...
...John, no!" Joni yells from across the room. "We're taking the train. Let's just go and wander around. It's more romantic that...
...talking in a soft, imploring voice with his chief mechanic. Rumor has it Ferrari will sack him after this race, the season's finale. Though he has won two Grand Prix this year, he has also crashed twice while leading. As they converse, two sleek and fashionable women wander carelessly about...
This theme remains dim, however. The viewer's thoughts are likely to wander to more pressing issues while battling to keep awake. In all such elaborately wrought plans, for instance, the main honcho always has an incredibly neat set of plans, immaculately typed on an electric typewriter. Who does this for him? Surely he is too busy with his villainy to take the time to sit down at the IBM himself. Does he have a private secretary? Does he phone up Office Temporaries? And what happens to these worthies once they set eyes on his secret plans and type...