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Number One
Number One, novel by Dos Passos, published in 1943. It is the second volume in the trilogy that also includes Adventures of a Young Man and The Grand Design.
Tyler Spotswood is secretary and spokesman for Chuck Crawford, Southern politician and demagogic propagandist of a movement based on his slogan, “Every Man a Millionaire.” As Crawford's ambition and greed carry him through unscrupulous oil deals and lower offices to the U.S. Senate, with the presidency frankly his goal, Tyler stifles his latent decency and his growing love for Crawford's wife. His health wrecked by excessive drinking and hard campaigning in behalf of Crawford, Tyler spends a long period recuperating. During his absence, federal attorneys, who set out to scotch Crawford's career, discover that Tyler and others are implicated in mishandling of funds. When Crawford abandons him to a probable prison sentence, although the misdeeds and their benefits were his own, Tyler's sick mind grasps the ultimate rascality and danger of the senator, but he refuses to escape punishment by betraying him. |
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James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Number One." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Number One." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-NumberOne.html James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Number One." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-NumberOne.html |
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number one
num·ber one inf. • n. 1. oneself: you must look after number one. 2. a person or thing that is the best or the most important in an activity or area: businesses that were number one in their markets. ∎ a best-selling record or book: an album featuring seventeen top movie themes and six number ones. 3. used euphemistically to refer to urine, esp. in reference to children. 4. a lieutenant junior grade in the navy or the coast guard. 5. (or number two, etc.) the shortest (or next shortest, etc.) men's haircut produced with electric hair clippers. • adj. most important or prevalent: a number-one priority. ∎ best selling: a number-one album. |
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"number one." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "number one." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-numberone.html "number one." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-numberone.html |
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number one
number one informal a lieutenant junior grade in the navy or the coast guard.
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"number one." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "number one." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-numberone.html "number one." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-numberone.html |
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