Word: bothered
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...conglomerate, was paid $242-and delivered his report to Flanigan rather than the Justice Department. California Democrat John Tunney asked whether the fact that Ramsden's firm manages some 200,000 shares of ITT stock would affect Ramsden's objectivity. "No," replied McLaren, "it wouldn't bother me a bit." But could not a negative report by Ramsden have adversely affected the stock's value? "I have no comment," said McLaren. The angry McLaren attributed his reversal to this report, his own antitrust experience and consultation with the Treasury Department. But he conceded under questioning that...
ORDER OUT OF CHAOS, light out of darkness: you can't help thinking of it that way; it's irresistably symbolic, really heavy-handed. If you love the movies, though, this doesn't bother you; it seems appropriate, in fact, this mythic aura. Popular terminology is revealing: it is all light--the silver screen, the cinema firmament, stars. And deep down, we all feel the mythic proportions of movies--remember that waiting moment in the darkened theater when you are nothing, and then light is streaming down from obscure heights in a dense particled beam that resolves itself "before your...
...according to the defectors, the Communists stole pieces of ancient Khmer art to finance their occupation. Such art finds ready markets abroad. Complains one Cambodian cultural official: "In Thailand, dealers usually say the Angkor statues are 'from private collections'; in Hong Kong, merchants don't even bother to give an explanation. They just say take it or leave...
...invariably backs sure losers for office, but those in New Hampshire take him seriously and fear his front-page thrusts. They claim with some justification that his charges amount to smear tactics; indeed, many of his accusations later turn out to be overdrawn or undocumented. This does not bother Loeb in the least. "The tragedy of the newspaper business today is that it's too gray," he says, "not enough black and white, no emotional involvement. Sooner or later, people will stop reading them." That is hardly likely to happen in New Hampshire as long as William Loeb...
...past that some of their own fans labeled them "choke artists." Worse yet, the team was reported to be riven by dissent. The surly silence of Running Back Duane Thomas, in fact, gave rise to the rumor that the moody black Cowboys' star would not even bother to suit up for the game...