Word: complain
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Harry Truman used to complain that he needed a "one-armed economist" because his advisers were always starting briefings with "On the one hand . . . but on the other hand . . ." Last week economists had to use both hands as they confronted a puzzling mixture of good and bad news...
Rosenthal would be wrong to complain even if Boggs was merely resting; there is ample precedent for players to protect their titles, even when their teams have not already clinched their divisional title, as the Sox had. But Boggs had a hamstring tear so severe that the Red Sox team physician was able to place his thumb through it. Rosenthal offers nothing to support his silly carping that Boggs' injury was less debilitating than those which sidelined three of his teammates during the same series...
Smokers also complain that there is no smokingarea in the cafeteria. In this respect, theK-School's policy is stricter than a CambridgeCity Council anti-smoking proposal currently underreview. The City's rule would restrict smoking inall public places except restaurants and thosework areas at which both employers and employeeshave agreed to permit...
Students often complain about feeling out of touch with the subjects they study. For James A. Anderson '86-'87, an East Asian Languages and Civilizations concentrator, it was the desire to see "the flesh and blood behind what I was learning" that prompted his enrollment in a language program at Nanjing University in China...
...Plastic Pat" to show a woman who held hands with her husband in White House receiving lines when she thought no one was looking, who escaped the claustrophobic atmosphere of the White House by occasionally sneaking out after dinner to stroll the streets of downtown Washington. Rather than complain about the frigid air conditioning in King Faisal's guesthouse on a visit to Saudi Arabia, Julie writes, her mother spent the night trying to keep warm by huddling in a marble bathtub filled with bedding...