Word: bothering
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Crichton's mood has darkened, and in his new novel, he does not bother with questions. It is the reader who asks those. In structure, the story is a whodunit -- a policeman is obstructed by powerful opponents as he solves the murder of a party girl who is strangled in a Los Angeles office. But the building is owned by a Japanese consortium. The opponents are Japanese businessmen, Japanese gangsters and, it seems, the entire Japanese society...
...internal Times debate over the naming of the alleged Kennedy rape victim in Palm Beach--do very little beyond offer the same kind of "insider" Times gossip which all the Times chroniclers preceeding her have done. In a day when questions of women and work continue to baffle and bother feminists and corporate leaders alike, as women continue to be passed over for promotions, Robertson does very little to discuss the complex problems women at the Times face today. Most of these include problems of subtle discrimination: male-biased career tracks and value systems, family and lifestyle issues and biased...
...people who have been here all their lives have no problem with Seabrook," said one 71-year-old woman as she walked her dog just a mile away from the plant. "It doesn't bother us any more in the least...
...choice, passed a symbolic milestone last week. An aide to the Democratic front runner, Bill Clinton, suggested a reporter check out Tsongas' occasional lobbying activities on behalf of legal clients. Until recently the ex-Senator from Massachusetts was considered such a weak competitor that his rivals didn't bother to attack him. Now that his candidacy shows strong signs of surviving beyond the New Hampshire primary next Tuesday, Tsongas must take his turn as target. He regards that as a compliment...
...unpretentiously cosmopolitan. Seattle seems to agree. On the day the first part of the museum opened to the public in December, there was a line around the block until closing time at 9 p.m., despite a rainstorm. "When people don't like it," Venturi says unconvincingly, "it doesn't bother me too much. On the other hand, I find that I do love it when people like the building." He may be the most influential American architect of the late 20th century, but in the end, like Sally Field, he just wants to know that they like him -- they really...