Word: bothered
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...object of this buzz is a 47-year-old Democratic Senator who never held public office until 1999 and before that didn't even bother to vote half the time. Even so, Edwards made it all the way to first runner-up in Al Gore's search for a running mate last summer. His first speech on the Senate floor--explaining his vote against throwing Bill Clinton out of office--won raves, even from some Republicans. And his trip last weekend to Iowa, the state that holds the nation's first presidential contest, aroused far more talk than a freshman...
...pour so much more energy into attacking the alleged biases of standardized tests than we invest in improving our children's scores. I suspect it's because we're afraid that the racists are right when they claim that our kids can't cut it intellectually, so why bother trying. That's nonsense, of course--an echo of the sense of inferiority that afflicted blacks during the bad old days of Jim Crow. But despite our growing affluence and our gains from the civil rights movement, a lot of African Americans seem to have been unable to put those nagging...
...least not when it comes to the House. Why bother? "I'm glad we moved it the way we did," Bush told House Speaker Dennis Hastert afterward by phone from Fargo, N.D. "It's a strong message to the American people that the members of the U.S. Congress have heard loud and clear that if we set priorities and watch our spending habits, that we can send some meaningful money back to the people...
Following in Ralph Nader's footsteps may be a dubious path to take these days, but that doesn't seem to bother Nick Beilenson '58. He is at the helm of the newly founded alumni association of the Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA), which is modeled after a program Nader helped start with Princeton alumni called Project...
...dangerous enough, but a new study shows that 1 out of 3 fatally injured bicyclists had an elevated blood alcohol level. The average level was 0.18 g/dl, twice the legal limit for drivers in most states. And though inebriated riders need the most protection, only 5% of them bother to wear a helmet. What's next, designated cyclists...