Word: complained
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...first alleged victim, a 36-year-old mother of five, has said that Hussain injected her with morphine, tied her down and taped her. But witnesses have testified that the day of the alleged rape the woman did not complain of being raped and that she only said that Hussain had entered her room and inserted his finger into her vagina...
...HEAVES . . . BUMPS . . . CLOSED. Only the foolish travel back roads without chains, winches and, for real safety, four-wheel drive. Brookfield has 76 miles of town road, and only four miles are paved. Citizens who are dissatisfied with the correlation between taxes paid and quality of road surface tend to complain. As a consequence, many road commissioners and some selectmen in Vermont tend to acquire unlisted telephone numbers after about a year of public service...
...hapless. It seems that a flatlander (a non-Vermonter) moved in and stood up and spoke at his first town meeting. Not only is it impolitic and impolite for newcomers to speak before an introductory period of about five to ten years has passed, but this newcomer also complained about a narrow bend in his road. It was the first the road commissioner had heard of it, but he took pride in his job and fixed it right away. He never heard a word of thanks. But at the next year's town meeting, he heard the newcomer complain...
Experienced engineers complain that their wages start flattening out at about age 35 and that many of them are forced to go into management to earn more. Electronic Engineering Times, an industry magazine, reported that the average salaries of electronic and electrical engineers rose from $31,134 last year to $33,343 this year. That is not much above the starting salaries of hot, new engineering graduates...
...would like to comment on your recent article "Freshmen Complain About QRR Testing." Speaking on behalf of those who administer the tests. I admit that we do on occasion give more help than we should, or accidentally answer questions that shouldn't be answered. We are only human, and, at least I personally, feel had when someone gets 95 percent through a program and then gets stuck just on the verge of finishing...