Word: bothered
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Henry IV, but they need not be such a trial as they are in this production. Northumberland (Stephen Pearlman) comes on looking like Basil Rathbone, but our hopes are dashed when that hoarse, ugly voice begins to speak, And so it goes with the rest, whom I shall not bother to name. The sole exception is David Little's Lancaster, which has youth, vigor and vocal clarity; he brings much-needed life to the scenes...
Another story concerns the foreman at a construction site who is mixing his mortar by hand although a new mechanical mixer is available. When an American technician asks why the mixer is not used, the foreman replies proudly: "I am one day ahead of schedule now, so why bother with the machine?" Moral: Asians have no sense of urgency...
...tests before they could put the label "osteoarthritis" on their patient's wrist pains. After that, the prescription was as simple as the diagnosis had been painstaking: aspirin to ease the pain and a combination of rest with gentle exercises to free the joints. The doctors did not bother to order Ike to ease up on golf; they figured that if it hurt too much, he would simply stop playing...
...banner headline in the CRIMSON announced the start of the campaign to abolish that "organized vice racket," the tutoring schools. It seemed that between two-thirds and three-quarters of all undergraduates used the course notes obligingly sold by the "cram parlors" rather than going to the bother of taking their own. Further, the CRIMSON revealed that some of the schools had tried to bribe University officials in order to get class lists and other information...
...even his royal name could help Kauai King win a Triple Crown last week. Owner Mike Ford must have figured that the Belmont might be too tough for his colt, because he didn't even bother to pay the $100 nominating fee. He changed his mind after Kauai King won last month's Derby and Preakness. By then, entries for the Belmont had closed, so Ford had to pay a penalty of $5,000 to get his horse into the race...