Word: disturb
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Between Oveta and her husband, onetime (1917-21) governor of Texas, William Pettus Hobby, there is a deep bond which distances and careers do not seem to disturb. During the war, when Oveta was in Washington, she talked to Will in Houston every night. (Once, when an operator asked him if his long-distance call was necessary. Will replied '"Course it is. I gotta talk to Oveta, don't I?") Last month, when Will celebrated his 75th birthday, Oveta left her Washington desk in time to catch a 10 a.m. plane. She arrived in Houston...
...efforts. Perhaps Stassen meant to use the word infringement (instead of undermine), said the President. He was not unhappy with McCarthy or with Stassen. Relations between the executive department and the Congress were getting better and better, and he wasn't going to let a little incident disturb...
...then CIA's contact man at the White House, Robert Cutler. From Cutler the report hurried on to C. D. Jackson, the President's assistant in charge of psychological warfare, and to James Hagerty, secretary. On advice of John Foster Dulles, it was decided not to disturb the sleep of President Eisenhower; but a message was prepared for his earliest information. Allen Dulles, Jackson, Cutler and Hagerty agreed to a 7 a.m. meeting in Hagerty's White House office...
...years ago when he was the Charles Eliot Norton professor here at Harvard. WHRB, the Harvard radio station, has a tradition of staying on the air 24 hours a day with classical music for about two or three weeks previous to exams. Mr. Wilder heard about this and was disturbed that he had no radio ... He came down to the station one day and asked if he might just sit in the studio. We assured him that this would be possible . . . Thereafter, for the next couple of weeks, he would wander in whenever he pleased (sometimes as early...
...Compromise. Perhaps the most difficult part of life in a Communist country is to keep peace with oneself. "Nearly every day," said the priest, "a man is forced to compromise with evil and disturb the peace of mind that is within him. By frequently making compromises, he becomes morally insensible...