Word: botherer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...would bother me if Harvard held it against me," she said. "I want to go to Harvard, but I don't want them to tell me what to do for the rest of my life," she added...
...doing simply do not have the right to criticize its ineffectiveness, let alone laugh at its blunders. If the council is inefficient and lacks direction, it is largely the fault of a humiliatingly complacent and apathetic student body that would rather watch a sit-com on Channel 4 than bother to participate in improving student life...
...interview with reporters, Reagan reiterated he has no plans to send U.S. troops to Nicaragua, but said, "I don't go around shouting that because, frankly, while we have no intention of doing any such thing, it doesn't bother me at all if the Sandinistas go to bed every night wondering whether we're going...
...seas did not seem to bother the Cup's defenders, however. When the breezes were lightest, in the fourth race, the winning boat was Australia II, the winged-keel victor at Newport. When the Doctor was in, the honors went to Australia III, a boat specifically designed for Fremantle's heavy weather by Ben Lexcen (who also designed Australia II). Skippered by Colin Beashel, Australia III finished ahead of the pack in three of the first six races, building such a lead that the championship was won even before it was over. For the seventh and final race, the Australian...
...turtles do not need or get, in this perfect little film, a literary- philosophical interpretation of their lot. The human characters could possibly supply some self-explanations, but they don't bother. William is a perversely perky little man, hesitantly alert. Neaera has a closed ferocity about her, as if she may be contemplating spinsterhood but finds the idea just too commonplace for a woman of truly unfettered mind...