Among the subtle surprises that trial testimony revealed was that, though keen to cultivate Mrs. Mellon's patronage and affection, Mr. Edwards had missed some of the basic lessons of the social climber: never bothering, for instance, to learn her children's names.
Yet the best thing in his life, he said, was that his jihads had destroyed the myth of all-conquering superpowers.The price set on his head for more than a decade never bothered him, for Allah determined every breath in his body, and could ensure that the bombs dropped on his hideout at Tora Bora, or on his convoy through the mountains, never touched him.
Money never bothered him, for he had no ambitions outside chemistry.
Her sight is weak from years in darkness, her stomach permanently damaged from a combination of infections and Castro's beatings; she has psychological and trust issues, and has cut herself off from the family she says never bothered looking for her.
One smartly-dressed old lady speaks to him enthusiastically for a minute or two before admitting that in 63 years of living in America she has never bothered to apply for citizenship, and so cannot vote.Mr Cassidy, a Republican, is hoping to snatch a Senate seat from Mary Landrieu, the Democratic incumbent, who was first elected in 1996.
I was one of his constituents during his last terms in Congress, and in my neighborhood he never bothered to campaign for re-election: not one phone call from a party worker, not one mass mailing, not even a flier glued to a telephone pole.
He said the investigations had been commissioned by "interested parties" - Mr Arafat's widow and the Palestinian Authority - and had "never bothered" to look for some key data.
I never bothered arresting people for that.
The VA has never bothered to look for qualified therapists to work in Merced.
Heisey never bothered to look for an apartment in Los Angeles; he lived in hotels whenever he was called up.
