Word: complain
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Hart used to complain about reporters' rote descriptions of him as "cool and aloof." But amid the evening hush, as his 727 headed for Washington, he confessed that he is uneasy with street campaigning. He manages the jolly handshaking and baby kissing. But he is ambivalent, at least, about the surging excitement of the crowds, the yearning he sees in hundreds of anonymous faces every day. "Those people are obviously looking for somebody to believe in, someone they can trust." That palpable emotional investment, Hart says, is awesome, even frightening. No matter who the candidate, he says, the crowds...
...Junior's other problems are more visible. Dealers and users alike complain about its toylike appearance, its Chiclet-shaped keys, the built-in design barriers that make it difficult to expand the machine's memory or attach extra disc drives. But its biggest drawback has been price. In the market for home computers, where most machines sell for under $300, even the stripped-down $669 version of the PCjr seems overpriced. "For its level of performance," says William Bowman, chairman of Spinnaker, a leading software publisher, "it is simply the most expensive machine on the market." Although...
...exercise during the summer since my house was a mile away from the Square, and I "commuted" on foot at least twice a day. My living arrangement gave me little to complain about--I had two rooms to myself and a half a phone, since another girl also shared my surrogate mother duties...
...complain that The New Yorker has become gentler and gentler, more nebulous, less real, it is the Whites doing: Andy's gossamer writing, in his increasingly important "Notes and Comment," and in his flavoring of the whole magazine with captions and fillers. Katharine's ... civilizing influence on Ross...
Editors say they're forced to cram for exams and resort to prepared course outlines, but few complain that their grades suffer significantly. Many comment that skills they develop at the Review improve their academic performance...