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Although the situation in the school was well in hand, occasional flares of violence occurred several blocks away. D. F. Blake, 46, of North Little Rock, was knocked down and struck repeated blows with the butt of an M1 rifle when he refused to obey the orders of a sergeant...
...influence of his office in orderly progress of the plans which are already the subject of the order of the court." Governor Faubus' statement had the sound of retreat: "The people of Little Rock are law-abiding, and I know that they expect to obey valid court orders. In this they shall have my support...
Sukarno yielded to his soldiers' entreaties, called on Hatta privately for two hours and requested Hatta's good offices in persuading the rebel colonels to obey constitutional authority again. Hatta agreed, provided that Sukarno would forgo his "unconstitutional" approach to Indonesia's problems. After the meeting they strolled out together, Sukarno armed with a black umbrella, the traditional symbol for Javanese aristocracy. For the assembled photographers they shook hands several times. But when the photographers asked them to join hands like brothers, they refused...
...Ganser Syndrome.* Its symptoms, as described by one psychiatrist, sound like a playback from Kerouac's novel: "The patient exaggerates his mood and his feelings: he 'lets himself go' and gets himself into a highly emotional state. He is uncooperative, refuses to answer questions or obey orders . . . At other times he will thrash about wildly. His talk may be disjointed and difficult to follow...
...What we should be concerned about is the depths to which military discipline has fallen. The fact of the matter is-Wheeler refused to obey a lawful order given him by a superior. If every soldier, sailor, marine or airman suddenly decided to disobey an order, the U.S. would be in a hell of a fix. The people of this country have a choice: A disciplined, effective military establishment or a rabble consisting of graduated juvenile delinquents, with Elvis Presley haircuts...