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Then, too, the Administration has been unable to rally Europeans and the Japanese to its anti-OPEC strategy. They are far more dependent on oil imports than the U.S. and are exceedingly reluctant to annoy the producing states...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OIL: Living with OPEC | 1/19/1976 | See Source »

...really does melt. It doesn't lie around, grotesquely, like huge lumps of frozen spit, for you to trip over and break your neck. There is a mystique about snow in the South. I think it is because it vanishes so fast. It doesn't stay and harden to annoy you with its grey horror, but leaves, like a good guest, without a trace, so it is sometimes even hard to believe it happened...

Author: By Anne Cherner, | Title: New Year's | 1/13/1976 | See Source »

Reading Tatlin! is like sitting down with a friendly old genius. At times his knowledge may annoy you, and at times you will simply have to ignore what he's saying, but don't forget to remember to listen...

Author: By Greg Lawless, | Title: Forgetting to Forget | 9/23/1974 | See Source »

Some colleagues say that Sloate sometimes uses her blindness to win sympathy and describe her as a highly aggressive person. She concedes: "I've been known to annoy people." But she has demonstrated an ability to help her clients make money, and in the stock market that talent will overcome any handicap...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The Blind Broker | 3/25/1974 | See Source »

...memory was of a helpful waitress in New York, but they felt that their long bus excursion had been partially spoiled by disagreeable drivers. "Maybe a bus driver's life is unpleasant," says Denise, "but on the buses it's like you are a pest come to annoy them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: This Must Be the U.S. | 7/23/1973 | See Source »

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