With so few bothering to vote, it now only takes a determined few to throw out an unpopular council.

ECONOMIST: Local elections

As we talked, I could tell something was bothering her so I asked if anything else was on her mind.

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He dwells on the fact that many Muslim men feel emasculated by the success of their women without bothering to wonder why so many of the women are successful.

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The resulting K-1 tax forms are so cumbersome that many financial advisers suggest bothering with MLPs only for six-figure investments.

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It was on his mind and it was bothering him, though, so it was pretty irresponsible of me to not be there for him.

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It has been bothering him to think that an actor could so perfectly play him.

NEWYORKER: The TV

Janet is far more sympathetic to your political perspective and truly a tax expert so just read what she had to say and stop bothering me.

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In 1972, the U.S. Supreme Court found the idea of a legal right of same-sex couples to marry so outlandish that it dismissed a Minnesota case presenting the issue without bothering to write an opinion.

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But just as I mostly stopped bothering to save a few bucks buying on eBay because of the occasional problems, so I plan to keep buying on Amazon and in local stores unless somebody else provides a very good reason not to.

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It is so bad that more than 10 percent of the Republican members of the United States Senate aren't even bothering to attend their own party's convention.

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