He said his back was bothering him for about a week or two before that.

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Bastani confessed what was bothering him -- he barely knew this woman.

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She could have got by, even when he was away for months, living his separate life, not bothering to phone for days on end and, when he did, making it clear that he had other things to think about, that this was some duty he felt he had to perform.

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He was a print hack all his life, splashing out on fun and friends, but never bothering to make his name known, or his wallet fatter, with books or broadcasting.

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