Word: botherer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Edwards probably realized that his statement wouldn't win him any popularity contests, but that didn't seem to bother him much. He said, according to the Times. "I'm one of the least popular people in this country. Most people don't like me, anyway. They never did. Not because of anything I've done, but because I'm Black...
OBVIOUSLY, IT'S NOT his cause that bother me. Just like the issue of civil rights for American Blacks at the '68 Olympics, the issue of apartheid is something that calls for stand-taking. The South African government deserves all the pressure that can be brought upon it, and in my opinion, that includes divestment by multi-national corporations doing business there. A symbolic gesture? Maybe. But I happen to be a firm believer in the power of symbolism...
...Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock. Barrows primly described the evening as "a lovely affair." Never mind that the "Mayflower Madam," as she was dubbed in headlines, was charged last year with running a posh prostitution service out of a Manhattan town house. Apparently the indiscretion did not much bother the 300 guests who paid $40 apiece to bolster her legal-defense hope chest. Not that Barrows was totally forgiven. "She was stupid," chided one guest, "she used credit cards." Some things are just too vulgar to overlook...
...does not bother me that Jeff Rosen, in his defense of the Harvard College Forum (April 29), shows a little intransigence in the face of some good constructive criticism by Harry M. Browne (April 25). In many circumstances an editor can defend a position, and still absorb worthy criticism for the next issue. What I find sad is the lack of understanding of scholarship and intellectual discourse that shows through Jeff Rosen's defense...
Roth seemingly picks up his story in the middle, after the dynamics of most of these relationships have been established, and doesn't bother with exposition so we have no idea where all these unleashed passions are coming from. Cyd leaves Blue, Eli's father business is in trouble, Eli's father dies, Blue gets a gallery opening for his work. Blue kisses a strange woman on the street. Blue intrudes on Eli and a woman in bed so they decide to get a hamburger at Fatboy's, Eli burns Blue's shirt...