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...forces and a firm open commitment to our defense treaty." For these reasons, Carter insisted, "there need not be any doubt about potential adversaries concerning our support of South Korea." Emphasized U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Richard Sneider in an interview with TIME: "We will not do anything to disturb the [military] balance or weaken the security of [South Korea]. This is a very solemn commitment...
...tried out the notorious "rotating coach" system, replacing a single manager with several coaches. A reclusive man who seldom went to his ball park, he, alone of all baseball owners, refused to hold night games at ivy-covered Wrigley Field, declaring that they could disturb the neighbors...
...those of us with bedrooms facing the church must get up by that time whether we want to or not. Especially on Saturdays it does not seem unreasonable to want to sleep past 8:40. Indeed, it is interesting to note that several years ago, so as not to disturb sleeping students, Lowell House changed its bell-ringing time from noon...
...running of a new film. He is slumped in the front-row leather armchair, head rolled to one side in what must have been a last act of deference to the assembled executives. No last words, not even a cry for help. "He probably didn't want to disturb the screening," muses one of the nabobs...
...what was then the all-male Union Dorm. It was one of their patented beer blasts, with all the usual ingredients--a couple of kegs, a T.V. set in the hallway, and 80 or so half-drunken freshmen blearily watching "Brian's Song." The only women who dared disturb the stately, all-male silence quickly left after an irate hockey player indignantly commanded them to "Shut the hell up, can't you see we're trying to listen?" The party's high point came a few hours later, when members of the group took turns relaying a spare automobile tire...