Word: complain
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...badly, it is said to be chomping or producing gubbish (a combination of garbage and rubbish); when it gets still worse, it is "pessimal," as any pessimist would know; when it gives off smoke, the program is considered fried; and when everything breaks down, that is called crashing. To complain about any of this is "to gritch...
...Administration official, claiming he intrudes into policy issues that do not involve his office and once even sent a written critique to the President about the Administration's Middle East policy. Rostow, who was recuperating from a hip operation in Connecticut, telephoned National Security Adviser William Clark to complain about Grey's fate. But he did not seem angry enough to quit...
...boom, local economies flourished as Mexicans crossed the border in droves to buy American-made cars, clothing and food. But the peso's declining value, together with strict controls on the amount of U.S. currency Mexicans can obtain, has virtually halted the flow of Mexican customers, and merchants complain of near Depression business conditions...
Even blacks in public affairs, personnel and affirmative-action positions that pay well and sound important complain they have been placed in high-visibility jobs that are dead ends. Such posts frequently provide little experience in managing subordinates or critical decision making. Says Professor Frank Cassell of Northwestern University's Graduate School of Management: "In the '70s there was a push to get black managers in the public-display jobs. Even if they are not fired because of the recession, they still find their promotions at a standstill...
Unable to surmount long-held biases in the workplace, blacks feel that they have been equally cut off from the social circles that revolve around every company. Even those who would like to fraternize with fellow workers away from the office complain that they are seldom included. That hurts their day-to-day relations with peers and subordinates, and keeps them out of the old-boy network so useful to the careers of whites...