Word: complain
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Dylan would complain about his songs getting picked over, like berry patches, for a few ripe quotes, but back then he seemed to be not only the guy who knew better than anyone else what was going on, but the guy who was making it happen. He was imitated by everyone, including the best: the Beatles, the Stones. Then he lay low, losing himself in uncertainty and mysticism. His last great album, Blood on the Tracks, was released in 1975, and since then he has been looking for his way: a route out and a road back. There were wonderful...
...present, an AT&T long-distance customer need only dial 1 plus the area code and local number. But in most areas, customers of competing networks must punch in as many as 22 numbers before reaching their party. Even when a connection is made, customers complain of erratic voice quality and noise, brought about sometimes by inferior transmission equipment...
...Truckers!" growls a manager. "They say they are in a hurry. They complain if the service isn't fast. We fix it so they can have their fuel pumped while they are eating and put in telephones on every table so they can check with their dispatch- ers. They could be out of here in half an hour. But what do they do? They sit and talk for two hours...
...York Governor Mario Cuomo had only remembered Benjamin Disraeli's maxim "Never complain, never explain," he might have avoided some heavy fire from the National Rifle Association. In March, Cuomo offhandedly told a Los Angeles Times reporter that opposition to New York's new mandatory seat-belt law had mostly come from "N.R.A. hunters, who drink beer, don't vote and lie to their wives about where they were all weekend." When he saw his words in a Times story last month, the liberal Democratic Governor and possible presidential candidate realized that he had insulted a large, well-organized conservative...
...term established him as a leader to be reckoned with. To reduce the federal deficit, Reagan cut back funds for cities and states. Mayors and Governors denounced him at their conventions but also streamlined their regimes. A surprising number of them now have balanced budgets. Of course, they still complain about Reagan...