Word: complained
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...received the most national attention, primarily because of the ferocity of its satire. Given the fact that few who read the piece interpreted it wholly as satire, the Review in effect left its readers with the opinion that Blacks have lower GPAs, don't read the classics, and complain about discrimination in the College dining facility. Written from the supposed perspective of a Black student at Dartmouth and complete with "footnotes" on certain words of the "jive," the article's flavor is illustrated by the following quotations...
...gynecologist adds that he has a sense there are very few complaints" about him from patients "I feel good about that," he says "because the people I treat are the smartest in the city and certainly the most vocal. If there were something wrong they would complain...
...area of responsibility Steiner inherits with his new post has consistently been tinged by controversy over the last few years. Harvard Real Estate (HRE), the multi-million-dollar agency that manages University property, has repeatedly drawn flak from tenants, who complain of high rents and inconsiderate treatment. They are also upset by Harvard's refusal to recognize a budding tenants union that gelled largely because of mutual gripes...
...absence in protest over the killings. (He has since relented.) Mitzna bluntly told Sharon, "I have lost faith-in-you." More than 100 top Israeli officers, including everyone above the rank of brigadier general, met behind closed doors with Chief of Staff Rafael Eitan on Sept. 24 to complain about Sharon. A group of reservists opposed to the Lebanon invasion addressed a petition to Sharon last week signed by 1,000 of them, including 150 officers, asking not to be sent to Lebanon...
...final contention lies in the traditional symbols of the Old South. Many blacks complain of the school fight song Dixie, the mascot Colonel Rebel and the waving of the Confederate battle flag at athletic events. The university's first black cheerleader, John Hawkins of Water Valley, Miss., attracted attention before the first football game of this season when he announced he would not carry the Confederate flag on the field. His wishes were understood by both the administration and many of the students. Hawkins, as well as Steve Sloan, the fine young Ole Miss football coach, favors a modified...