Word: bother
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...jittery, gangling teen-ager who once covered his ears with his hands to shut out the noise of the crowd. Relaxed and confident, he now strolls around the floor between jumps, chatting with other athletes, leaning over the seats to sign autographs. "I don't let anything bother me any more, especially the fans," he says. "I'm absent from them. I used to really believe that they were all my friends, but I soon found out that they liked me only because I was winning...
...Stanton, who has streamlined CBS into the trimmest organization in broadcasting. It was Stanton who separated the company into its present divisions and who runs the day-to-day business. "In the creative end," Stanton says, "I would never make a major decision without involving Paley, but I seldom bother him about housekeeping functions...
...first line of defense against a Panamanian plot to seize a piece of U.S. property. They regard each U.S. concession as "appeasement," brought a lawsuit last year in a futile attempt to prevent the joint flying of flags. They have little contact with Panamanians; only about 10% of them bother to learn Spanish. A few Zonians even boast that they rarely cross the border to "the other side." But they do their jobs well and are quite satisfied with their way of life. "They have a right to be proud of building a neat little bit of America in these...
...fill all three lists. And by most journalistic standards, the invariable third choice, the Christian Science Monitor, cannot properly be considered a daily newspaper. The Monitor's editorial policy is subject to the precepts of the Church of Christ, Scientist, which owns it. Nor does the paper bother to pay much respect to the despotic deadlines that rule the rest of the daily press...
...never wished to report Mr. Goodman's argument, a news story did that; nor was my chief complaint of his podium manners. My article was a personal Impression of the man; of the tensions between his ideology and his way of life. I did not bother to write of these contradictions because I fear the student's mind is waxen, but because the student longs for an adult to champion his cause and will overlook much when rendered this service...