Word: bothers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...years later there are still rackets and plenty of brawling honky-tonks along South Cicero Avenue. And the town is still astoundingly white. Indeed, residents seem nostalgic about Capone's gang and as panicked as ever about the specter of a black invasion. Al didn't bother us much in Cicero," says a retired foundry worker who was a boy when Capone came to town, "and we didn't bother him. But we can't count on the colored not to bother us like...
...band members a chance to lobby for their own bands, they made secretive and arbitrary choices. They simply picked five bands that they had heard of. Did it ever occur to these student council members that there are many more than five bands on campus that they did not bother to consider? Can they honestly tell us that these are the five premier bands on campus when they have not heard a note of music from any other bands...
...dumps. Widespread flurries of ordinances have failed to clear public places of high-decibel portable radios, just as earlier laws failed to wipe out the beer-soaked hooliganism that plagues many parks. Tobacco addicts remain hopelessly blind to signs that say NO SMOKING. Respectably dressed pot smokers no longer bother to duck out of public sight to pass around a joint. The flagrant use of cocaine is a festering scandal in middle-and upper-class life. And then there are (hello, Everybody!) the jaywalkers...
...passed Jack without seeing him and turned on the light in Jill's carrel. Jill was caught standing stupidly, trying desperately to look sleepy. The woman looked at her, said "Oh--sorry to bother you," and left, turning the lights off behind...
...White House and will usually relay his messages to the Oval Office through established channels. Yet when dealing with White House staffers, Weinberger often wears them down by restating his position relentlessly. In a remarkable demonstration of faith in his standing with the President, Weinberger did not even bother to attend many of the key budget meetings held between Election Day and Thanksgiving this year...