Word: bedevil
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...Cook had struck Reeb. And there was no direct evidence at all to seriously incriminate the other two defendants, William Hoggle, 37, and his brother Namon, 31. The lack of testimony was no fault of Ashworth's. He worked under handicaps far more severe than those that usually bedevil...
...Williams, Tennessee-born George Hamilton gives mere lip service to his role. Alternately sulky or smiling, he drawls convincingly but never seems deeply touched by the megrims of the "hillbilly Shakespeare" whose reaction to fame is to mistreat his wife (Susan Oliver) and bedevil his loyal manager (Red Buttons). Meanwhile, life flits by with all the tired gimcrackery of a vintage M-G-M musical-stock shots of triumphant headlines, cheering crowds and bestselling sheet music. The only difference is that Hamilton, star of a group called the Drifting Cowboys, is signed up by Grand Ole Opry instead...
...likes to drive fast cars ("The M.G. is a fine auto, and besides, it has the right initials"), bedevil teammates with practical jokes, and regale strangers with her schoolgirl knowledge of geography. "What state are you from?" she once demanded of an American passerby on the street in France. "New Jersey," he replied. "Ah," intoned Marielle. "The capital of New Jersey is Trenton." She breaks training for an occasional cigarette or a glass of wine, and already is making plans for a round-the-world trip when she "retires" -after the 1968 Olympics. "I want to make way for youth...
...Another set of moralisms and maxims crops up to bedevil discussion and decision about what is broadly called 'foreign aid.' A good deal of trouble comes from the anthropomorphic urge to regard nations as individuals and apply to our own national conduct vague maxims for individual conduct-for instance, the Golden Rule-even though in practice individuals rarely adopt...
...gross national product from $31 billion to $72 billion. Class feeling is being diminished by the embourgeoisement of the workers, more and more of whom reach a level of prosperity where a four-week vacation and a small car are the norm-although inflation and wretched housing still bedevil them...