Word: annoy
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Japan as a potential chief ally in Asia; 3 ) hurry up recognition and trade with Communist China; 4) divorce itself from America's European allies in the Far East, i.e., Britain, France, The Netherlands; 5) avoid local entanglements-meaning, presumably, military assistance to non-Communist nations-that might annoy the Russians if & when the U.S. negotiates an overall deal with Joseph Stalin...
...escape swarming admirers, Godfrey takes most of his meals in his hotel room or CBS office. When he goes out, it is to such tony restaurants as the Stork Club, where fans do not annoy him. On vacations in Miami, he stays at the "carefully restricted" Kenilworth Hotel ("Nobody knows who I am, there. They never heard of Arthur Godfrey...
...theater as a soapbox. He has successfully presented a complex problem without long, impassioned speeches; his dialogue is terse and understated. Voices are raised only four or five times during the evening. And time is taken to give a complete picture of the characters' lives. This leisure may annoy those theatre-goers who expect rapid exposition and geometric relevance of every line to the ultimate "point" of the play. But the play would be much less powerful if it were otherwise. For example, it is important that the emptiness of the major's marriage be established early as a contrast...