Word: complained
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Many official Olympic officials enjoy telling people who complain--the ones who missed events because of the transportation, the ones who received the wrong tickets, the ones with frostbite and no hotel--that the awards ceremonies are open to the public. They certainly are, and the public is there, 20 deep around the platforms, half and hour before hand, freezing in anticipation. It's a high school pep rally, but greater...
...Pierre de Coubertin, the Panglossian founder of the modern Olympics intended. During the twelve centuries of the ancient Games, warring states and tribes suspended their homicidal business every four years and flocked to the sweet valley beyond Mount Kromion to compete for crowns of wild olive. Now, some athletes complain, a reverse logic applies; the Games get suspended at the first intimation...
...When you agree to have them deliver your papers, you're making an informal contract--people don't have a legal obligation to complain in order to get good service," Esty said...
Students also complain that in addition to the overcrowding they must contend with periodic computer "crashes" when the machine stops functioning for a few minutes, a strict deadline, broken or berserk terminals, and the efforts of fellow students to use more than their daily share of computer time...
...automen complain that the imports are benefiting from unusual advantages, including a somewhat exaggerated reputation for fuel economy. True, the ten most fuel-efficient cars sold in the U.S. are all foreign makes. But the automen say most of the imports that are selling well are not significantly better on gas than the most abstemious U.S. cars. For instance, Toyota's compact Corona gets about the same mileage as Ford's Fairmont; the Corolla gets only slightly better mileage than the Chevette, which, with a rating of 26 m.p.g. in city driving and 36 m.p.g. on the highway...