Word: complain
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Throughout the summer people complain about constricted throats, burning eyes, and skin rashes after swimming on New York and New Jersey beaches...
...Critics complain that federal regulators, panicked over the parlous state of the thrift industry, have been all too willing to approve WSGP purchases at giveaway prices. Perhaps in response to that outcry, the regulators have balked at two recent WSGP takeover bids, in San Mateo and Irvine, Calif. In turn, Simon & Co. have altered their business strategy: Marina del Rey-based Western Federal is a healthy and profitable S and L with about $2 billion in ! assets. The Western Federal deal must still be approved by federal regulators...
...Psychologist Stanley Sue, who has specialized in their emotional difficulties. He has found that the problems of these young people "are highly submerged" because they have been "taught not to exhibit emotions in public." Nidorf notes that youthful Indochinese are so conditioned to polite behavior that they hesitate to complain. She recalls the case of a Cambodian girl who was given the wrong textbook but said nothing. Because she was afraid to tell the teacher about the error, she suffered for months as she tried to keep up with the class. Indeed, the view of Asian Americans as passive...
Other critics complain that NASA has become obsessed with long-term planning. "I think getting the shuttle flying and getting a space station program under way are goals enough for now," says John Logsdon, director of George Washington University's science and public policy program. "We should get on with the program," says James French, who left his job as project director at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory for a position in industry. "I got out because there were too many reports and not enough flying...
...grueling and sleepless years of specialty training that constitute a rite of passage into American medical practice. Senior physicians defend the traditional residency as a necessary part of the toughening-up process for professionals who must deal with emergencies and late-night awakenings throughout their careers. Young residents complain that it is cruel and unusual punishment that destroys any semblance of a normal, private life and their enthusiasm for medicine. Meanwhile, in an era in which medicine has become increasingly technical and exacting, patients are alarmed that so many hospitals depend on a weary cadre of on-the-job trainees...