Word: complain
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...know a lot of students complain that they just can’t afford to host parties on their own in their rooms,” Sarafa said...
...same weekend for the first time since 1987, as well as got literally trampled as the Big Red crowd stormed the court at Cornell after a victory over the Crimson sealed its Ivy League Championship.There were ups and downs—but mostly ups. What was there to complain about when my duties included watching sports from a front row seat and telling about it in my own words?Life won’t always be this easy, unfortunately. We all move on, and sportswriting, like Harvard, will be a thing of the past for me. Plympton Street?...
...been reinforced by oil. The ICG says 70% of Sudan's oil reserves also lie in the south. Much of the 500,000 barrels of crude exported every day from Sudan is pumped from Abyei. The south, whose various leaders agitate either for independence or at least meaningful autonomy, complain they see little gain from the wealth under their soil. One Western diplomat estimates oil has earned the south $3.5 billion since 2005, a sum that could be expected to discourage the north from letting go of the south...
...clerical figures have begun distancing themselves from Ahmadinejad and rallying around Larijani. The shift reflects the fact that Ahmadinejad has alienated many in his own conservative camp with an arrogant personal style and erratic economic and foreign policies. While he still enjoys solid popular support, many Iranians bitterly complain that inflation and unemployment have left the economy in a shambles despite record oil revenues. Says commentator Azar Mansuri: "The gap between rich and poor has become wider. Criticism of the government is growing...
...Aviv; the Jews who fled Europe feel superior to those who flooded in from North Africa and the Middle East; the latecomers--Russians (many of them not practicing Jews) and Ethiopians--are still struggling to fit in; and the Israeli Arabs, who constitute 20% of the population, complain that they are treated as second-class citizens or potential suicide bombers. Israelis like to joke that if you bring three Israelis together, you have five opinions. President Shimon Peres recently remarked that in Israel, "everyone begrudges everyone else...