Word: bothers
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...WorldCom to meet their communications needs today and tomorrow." The memo that circulated included one wag's cynical addition: "Friday is sort of doubtful." Sidgmore went on to write, "I know I can count on you to be with me." To which the wag had tacked on: "Don't bother with a resume; no other telecoms are hiring...
...Never have so many Japanese players done so well at so high a level; fans can justifiably say that Japanese baseball has never been better. Last year Robert Whiting, a Tokyo resident and expert on Japanese baseball, appeared on Japanese TV and asked the host, "Doesn't this bother you? You had this great tradition of baseball, and now you've lost it. All your stars are leaving...
...terrorists on the plane." Cyrus Daruwalla, an accountant from Malaysia, had been selected for screening at every stop on his two-week trip through the U.S. Still, he said, "I don't feel victimized. I know the threat perception is greater for foreigners. The screening procedures don't really bother...
Another writer might be overwhelmed by the grand scale of things, but Jenkins, an easygoing golf nut who lives in Colorado Springs, Colo., doesn't let it bother him. He doesn't slow the liquid-like pace of the novels even when his characters utter sentences such as "[H]e cannot be expected to handle the duties of both the U.N. and Botswana during this strategic moment in Botswana history, right, Steve?" Huh? No matter. Soon enough, the story returns to the explosions and earthquakes preceding Armageddon...
Massages, full-length beds, restaurant-style gourmet meals?why bother with first class? "We worry that business class is cannibalizing our first class," says Singapore Airlines' manager of product development, Sim Kim Chui. "But ultimately our first-class passengers seek the exclusivity and space that comes from being one of 12 in a cabin, not one of 50." These days, however, even second class is first-rate...