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...silence-which no Lyndon-ologist expects to last for long-may annoy the White House press corps, but there is no evidence that it annoys the country. In fact, it may prove to be just the right medicine for the President's sagging popularity. Last week's Harris poll showed that Johnson's margin- 56% to 44%-had neatly reversed Senator Robert Kennedy's embarrassing lead of last fall in the popularity ratings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: The Silent Treatment | 2/3/1967 | See Source »

...People belong to one of our best generations. They sometimes puzzle me, occasionally annoy me, always interest, intrigue, delight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jan. 13, 1967 | 1/13/1967 | See Source »

Navy will not field any notable individual players, but the Midshipmen are known as spirited fighters in good condition. Warm courts and screaming galleries usually annoy teams visiting Annapolis. Five years ago the Crimson played its last away contest with Navy under similar conditions, and lost...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Squash Team Goes South For Navy, Penn Matches | 1/13/1967 | See Source »

While it is sad enough that there are students in the college who resent the expression of dramatic dissent, it is even sadder that these same students were given positions of power by the Administration -- positions that they were able to use to annoy, harass...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rindge Rent Plan Adopted In committee | 11/16/1966 | See Source »

...used for June Clark's sneezing [June 17] might be considered a sort of punitive reeducation. It recalls the advice of the Duchess in Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland: "Speak roughly to your little boy,/And beat him when he sneezes:/He only does it to annoy,/ Because he knows it teases...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jul. 1, 1966 | 7/1/1966 | See Source »

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