Word: bothered
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...heat generated by our recent national election campaigns arises largely from conflicts only remotely related to the great issues around which the history of the second half of the twentieth century will ultimately be written. We have become accustomed to this state of affairs, and only rarely do we bother to ask ourselves what can be done about...
...young King has shown considerable nimbleness. He dexterously avoided the bear hug embrace extended by Nasser, Saudi Arabia and Syria, who offered to replace the British subsidy. There is no question that for the moment Hussein is in charge. In his negotiations with the British, he did not even bother to keep Prime Minister Rifai informed. He sent Major General Radi Innab (whom he installed as Legion commander to replace Glubb) to negotiate an agreement with Syria to regard their borders with Israel as "one military frontier" in case of Israeli attack. Last week Hussein persuaded Whitehall to leave many...
...Communist Party Boss Rakosi, East Germany's Walter Ulbricht (who likened Stalin worship to the Führer cult) and Italy's Togliatti each made statements downgrading Stalin's position. In Manhattan Daily Worker Editor Alan Max asked himself aloud some surprisingly pertinent questions: "Many things bother a person like myself: Where were the present [Soviet] leaders during the period when they say that collective leadership was lacking? What about their own mistakes in that period?" At this sign of shilly-shallying, U.S. Communist Boss William Z. Foster replied by asking for a study of Stalin...
...Giants' Outfielder "Moose" McCormick beat out a single. Long-legged Fred Merkle, the Giants' first baseman, sent him to third with another single. Shortstop Al Bridwell lined a clean base hit over the head of the Cubs' Second Baseman Johnny Evers. McCormick scored. Merkle did not bother to touch second; he trotted out to the clubhouse in center field...
...should I bother with my body," said Martin, a cerebral palsy victim and a brilliant student, "when it is so much easier to work with my mind?" Ellen, another patient, had a slight limp caused by a spinal injury at the age of two. It did not prevent her walking indoors, but she insisted: "I just can't cross the street." And Mr. Juskalian, a paraplegic, kept the hospital in an uproar by being disagreeable to everybody...