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Word: botherations (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...much fun to watch the Duncans and Miss Coca trying to bring this vehicle up to scratch. Don't bother about...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 11/27/1936 | See Source »

...shade ahead of his net was the score of a long-faced, 38-year-old Iowan who, dressed in tennis shoes, white duck pants and an undershirt, had husked his rows more slowly but with scrupulous care. He was Carl Carlson, brother of famed Elmer, who did not bother to defend his title this year. Carl Carlson's gross of 1,540 lb. left him with a net of 1,472 lb. and the 1936 championship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Elmer's Brother | 11/23/1936 | See Source »

...visitors were almost as high as Mexico's best golf course. The medal went to Percy J. Clifford, Mexican-born Briton, for a 75. Johnny Goodman of Omaha, onetime U. S. Open champion, was a stroke worse. A 91-which a first-class golfer would not even bother to post in a U. S. national tournament-qualified one M. Roberts of Dallas. In the first 18 holes of the Goodman-Clifford final, Goodman smashed the course amateur record with a 66. Score of his victory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: High Golf | 11/9/1936 | See Source »

...back into office by carrying his district with 13,000 votes more than President Roosevelt got. Mr. Tinkham has whiskers, has held his seat since 1915, and has never yet made a campaign. This year he got back from Europe the day before the election. Probably he didn't bother to vote for himself. Of course he is a Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Off Key | 11/9/1936 | See Source »

...Pilot Dick Merrill went over and back. Meantime the Blixen-Bjorkvall Bellanca, loaded with ping-pong balls like Harry Richman's Lady Peace, never left the ground. Its take-off for Stockholm was constantly postponed, apparently because the pair were finicky about the weather. This did not bother Baroness Blixen-Finecke. The blonde noblewoman was having so much fun partying on Long Island that she could not find time even to complete her radio lessons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Ping-Pong Plop | 10/19/1936 | See Source »

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