They coexist reasonably amiably with my dogs and chickens, getting irritated only when the hay feeder gets too crowded.

NPR: Excerpt: 'Dog Days'

"Some were getting irritated, " he concedes, and he couldn't afford to lose them: The business depends on workers in Montana who carve the maple bass-neck and those in California who shape and paint the bodies.

FORBES: His Own Beat

Other businessmen, drawn into administering the government's New Deal programme for getting young people off welfare, have been irritated by the lack of resources at their disposal.

ECONOMIST: The new establishment

Science Guy Bill Nye, who has a TV show geared towards getting kids excited about science, said that Microsoft is in trouble with U.S. regulators because politicians are irritated that Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser doesn't always function as advertised.

CNN: 'Technically Incorrect' lightens up Comdex