Word: carping
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...spite of the barefaced claim for the glory of Russia, Moscow's critics tended to carp at the picture. "The episodes projected by the scenario," wrote one, "should have demonstrated that Popov's invention was not an accident but the fruit of deep scientific foresight and firm belief in the Tightness of the chosen path. Instead, the film shows Popov's work in such a way that the spectator is forced to believe in a happy concourse of luck...
...European king and his mistress (not Carol and Magda, the author hastens to say) are passing their exile in Mexico City, eating high on the lotus as they await admission to the U.S. With them are the king's chamberlain, a villain as cold as a Danube carp, and a sadistic international financier, who keeps thin, boned whips in his bureau drawer...
...Carp and Criticize...
Dean Griswold's announcement of Sunday last is one of momentous importance to the University's educational policy. It is only the crassest gynophobe who will carp at the decision contained therein--namely, to allow "a small number of unusually qualified girls" into the Law School next autumn. The enlightened will remember, with Dean Griswold, that "women have come a long way since they were first admitted to the American Bar Association in 1918," and further, that "many now serve with distinction on the bench...
...carp not, quoth the wise man; let not petty faction and bickering mar the happiness of this occasion; but rather gather to the radio and the television set, and witness in peace and harmony this meeting of the two great champions...