Word: complain
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Though consumer advocates complain that the service creates a blacklist, Physician's Alert insists that its customers merely want to be cautious in treating people who might sue. Says Eckstein: "We know of no instance in which a patient has been refused care...
...WEEKS--how shall I call thee a horrible movie? Shall I be offended by thy dominaiton and thy kinky sex? Shall I complain that there wasn't enough? Or, shall I be so bored by the whole venture as to wonder whether I'll have enough energy to be outraged...
...from one backyard to another. He hid behind bushes and jumped out and screamed at frightened neighborhood residents until police arrested him. In New Jersey a dentist who injected himself with three syringes of cocaine every morning as he drove down the turnpike to work began to complain that the fillings he was putting into patients' mouths were talking to him. His partners quickly forced the dentist to sell his share of the practice...
...movie that will teach children about coal mining? I can remember only one good book about coal miners, and that was written 30 years ago." Delegates were not surprised to learn that Petrov was a retired miner. Valentina Plenova, 55, a spunky factory worker, took the floor to complain about the inertia at many industrial enterprises. Said she: "We still work like yesterday." Later Plenova's deeper feelings surfaced. "I'm in love with my leader," she blurted. "In love!" She then paid Gorbachev, the object of her affection, the ultimate compliment. During the 5 1/2-hour speech that he delivered...
Many critics complain that putting anchors in the middle of the story is simply an exercise in promotion. Says Andrew Stern, who teaches broadcast journalism at the University of California, Berkeley: "There's nothing that Dan Rather or Tom Brokaw can add to the Manila story that the guys covering the Far East can't." Network executives disagree. "The purpose of sending an anchor is in large part to say this is an important story," says ABC's Wald. The anchors, too, claim their presence can enhance a story. "You've got three activist anchormen," says Brokaw. "We all come...