Word: bemoaner
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...have been generally satisfied with the roles in which I have been cast. However, every semester I hear the complaints of friends who desire to perform more complex roles than the ones which they have been given, and thoroughly believe they are capable of doing so. They bemoan the fact that that the prominent, technically demanding roles often go to the same small group of elite dancers, even when they say many other company members are equally capable of performing these roles...
...sympathy only lasts for so long. At some point, after the tears have dried, the advisor has been pacified, and deadlines have been pushed back, this whining business has got to stop. Today, you may bemoan your field research on the migratory patterns of the lesser white-fronted goose, but tomorrow, you’re going to milk those 80 pages for all they’re worth...
...halls—about why there were always so few girls in AP physics or in the schools’ student government, about why this bothered everyone so much that when I was a junior, a bunch of us staged a day-long walkout and rally to bemoan gender inequality in school. The most controversial aspect of the rally was that we posted “ratios” around the hallways, such as “ratio of males to females who have been student body president—16:1” and “ratio...
...tempting as it is to bemoan exactly the type of huge contracts that were handed out in the Bronx and Queens last weekend, baseball’s current economic situation is the reason the game generates so much energy in the off-season. Free agency and the absence of a salary cap create as close to a free market for players as exists in professional sports, leaving teams open to sign and trade players as they see fit—an exercise that is extremely curtailed in the NBA and NFL due to the presence of restrictive salary caps...
Personal facts about Glazer’s haircare and Capp’s eating contest victory are also documented—along with their platform—on the ticket’s website, www.glazercapp.com, which they encourage all students to visit. Even with the website, Glazer and Capp bemoan not being able to reach to everyone...