Word: bemoans
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Commentators on the state of undergraduate education at Harvard frequently bemoan the slow, sad deterioration of the Faculty’s role in governing their ostensible charges. As Masters of Education have replaced Doctors of Philosophy in positions of College governance, the argument goes, Harvard has slowly abdicated its proper place as its students’ matron and guide. Bread and circuses have supplanted education and virtue. The end is nigh...
...ever wears is sweatpants. It makes me feel that she feels that the relationship isn't important. I've just lost my attraction for her." If [those wives] think there's any chance at all that their looks may have something to do with the problem, rather than bemoan the fact that they think their husbands are shallow - I agree - they should also understand that attraction is a very basic, animalistic thing - especially for men. Men are more visually oriented when it comes to arousal. So women can debate that, but the truth is, if they really want their husbands...
...best attempt at sushi. Perhaps this simultaneous familiarity and singularity was exactly why the dish was so good. Like Green Tea Kit Kat or a modern building with ancient design elements, fusing the old with the new is unparalleled when done right. Unlike New York whose residents bemoan gentrification and Paris whose Centre Pompidou and National Library offer a morbid look at modernization, Tokyo knows how to mix tradition with transformation. Shrines are married seamlessly to the city landscape, the modern buildings are marked with ancient Japanese touches like glass panes that imitate noren (a traditional cloth), and midtown high...
...girl. But, still, I absolutely love the Dallas Mavericks. Will Leitch is a fan, too. He is a fan of sports fans. His new book “God Save the Fan,” a collection of ruminations on all things sports, bemoans what he sees as the loss of the sports fan’s influence in the sports industry. He claims today’s world of professional athletics is dominated by big money contracts and organizations like the NFL and ESPN whose inner-workings are hidden from the public eye.The problem with the book is that...
...passionate, purposeless quarreling continues while the underlying issues go unaddressed. It goes to show that, when it comes down to it, it’s not overcoming problems that counts—it’s the opportunity to bemoan them to anyone who’ll listen. Thus, we should see this moment as a chance for change. Can’t we at least begin complaining about complaining about complaining...