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Word: bemoaner (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Usage:

What I cannot tolerate is the evidence of moral decay in our Government-deceit and dishonesty! To think that we yell to the world that the invasion is strictly Cuban, and then publicly bemoan our failure-rehash it thoroughly! This has so thoroughly disillusioned me, I'll never fully believe our leaders again. What an awful way to feel about our wonderful country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 12, 1961 | 5/12/1961 | See Source »

Detroit's pudgy Mayor Louis C. Mariani so much resembles New York's former Mayor La Guardia in his unorthodox approach to problems that Detroiters sometimes call Mariani "Our Little Flower." This spring, rather than sit back and bemoan slow auto sales, Mayor Mariani decided to do something about them. Off to 1,379 fellow mayors in cities from Vineland, N.J., to Yakima, Wash., went personal letters, urging them to step up purchases of city-owned cars, trucks and parts that would normally be bought after July 1. If replacements for some of the 80,000 vehicles used...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Selling from City Hall | 4/7/1961 | See Source »

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