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Before an audience of 12,500, Carter spoke for half an hour with obvious intensity and feeling. Said one listener afterward: "This is either a very important speech or a prayer." Carter plainly regarded it as most important; he had spent the better part of two days rewriting and polishing earlier drafts...
...Afterward, Marshall wondered whether his message had really got across. Had Under Secretary Acheson been right in advising against using the commencement as a forum on the ground that speeches there were "a ritual to be endured without hearing"? The audience had received him warmly, at start and finish, but had broken in with applause only once -and not at the most significant place. Marshall, as he had confided to associates, had hoped that the speech would trigger an "explosive" effect...
...Afterward Steinbrenner said, "There will be no special meeting. There will be no speech to Dick Young. Just offering to apologize, Reggie showed class. I pointed up positive aspects in Young's story to Martin. I regard Billy as a brilliant manager. Print that. But three firings make him a three-time loser. That's off the record...
...Marathoners in their 60s are almost commonplace now, and two weeks ago, 78-year-old Dr. Paul Spangler completed the 7.6-mile Bay-to-Breakers race in San Francisco in the respectable time of 60:14. (Twenty-five-year-old John Holewinski collapsed during the race and died shortly afterward; and 30-year-old Pro Tennis Player Karen Krantzcke died this year after jogging. Such deaths are rare, but exercise experts strongly recommend physical exams for beginning joggers...
...execute such a withdrawal with enthusiasm and a high level of professional skill," that scarcely took the sting out of his criticism. Carter and Defense Secretary Harold Brown were furious. The President immediately summoned Singlaub to Washington for a face-to-face meeting in the Oval Office last weekend. Afterward, Secretary Brown announced that General Singlaub had been relieved of his Korean command because his public statements "inconsistent with announced national security policy have made it difficult for him to carry out" his Korean duties...