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...Julian have but a single aim - to keep themselves on top. They are interested in making money, but more in the power that money gives. Even sex, when it is not a means to an end, is hardly more than a canapé. Good works - Bundles for Brit ain, aid to Finland, homes for children refugees - take a lot of time because the reward of generosity is favorable publicity. Thus life for Julian and Amanda is an intense jitter of methodical planning to do things which give them no real pleasure. Even their off-hours have to be rationed...
...dollar and I aim to git a dollar." He mortgaged his crop, his next year's crop, his 20,000 acres of lien-free land. Next year the Delta went broke. Towne's banker wired that he would have to sell. Towne wired back "NO." "I ain't aiming to sell hit fer less'n hit's wuth," he said. "But," said the banker, "all it's worth is what the market says it is." "The market is them New York fellers," said Old Man Towne. "Whut do they know about whut cotton...
...notwithstanding the war-were continuing their old fight, dating back to the days before unionization in Detroit. Said one worker: "A lot of these companies deserve to be treated pretty miserable. They treated us that way during the depression. Didn't even say, 'Sorry, old man, we ain't got nothing for you today.' Just said, 'Get the hell out of here.' So now it ain't no wonder if some of the boys treat the company miserable." Production Chief Charles Sorenson said everything would turn out all right...
...farmers, that ain...
...spurs that jingle, jangle, jingle, As I go ridin' merrily along. And they sing, "Oh, ain't you glad you're single!" And that song ain't so very jar from wrong...