Word: botheration
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...think I provided a way to boost everybody's confidence about the war. I was used as a symbol. They could show the war was going great because "we rescued this person." It doesn't bother me anymore. It used to. Through my book [I Am a Soldier, Too: The Jessica Lynch Story, written by Rick Bragg], I have been able to set the record straight. I did what I could do and now let the record speak for itself...
...point [at which] I'm able to handle it better. It was hard getting stopped all the time when I wasn't used to it. It doesn't bother me now. But I don't want any special attention drawn to me. I'll try to blend in as much as I can. I have to say I am a little nervous--the freshmen that I'll be with were eighth-graders when I graduated from high school...
...part of the settlement, Weitzman did not admit guilt in the case—but this did not bother the manure’s rightful owners...
Should NASA even bother with these finicky ships? It costs half a billion dollars every time a shuttle flies, and one major purpose this time was to transport 15 tons of supplies to the space station and off-load 13 tons of trash. A half-billion-dollar rubbish run is not, critics say, the best way to spend scarce space resources. What's more, given the ships' limited range, they won't play a part in future missions to the moon or Mars. Indeed, as long as the shuttle and station continue to consume about 40% of NASA's budget...
...adds in an uncharacteristic moment of hubris, "it will be exciting!" Then she immediately retreats into self-deprecation. "You don't know! You might read six and think, Ah, I won't bother...