Word: complained
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Gorbachev's January proposals to eliminate all nuclear weapons from the earth by the end of the century. Though the proposals had some interesting elements, Gorbachev annoyed the U.S. by disclosing them to the White House only hours before Soviet television trumpeted them to the world. Meanwhile, U.S. officials complain, the Kremlin has let private contacts dwindle to almost nothing and passed up opportunities for serious talk about more achievable agreements--a ban on chemical weapons, for example. Said Secretary Shultz to reporters flying back with him from a European trip: "We are never going to get anywhere doing things...
Other officers complain that the chief's brother-in-law and sister hold high positions in the police bureau. One unfairly describes the force as a "family-owned business since...
...There is little "Adams House spirit," and too many "interhousers" come to lunch. Unfortunately there are many cockroaches in areas of the house. Sometimes people complain of noise from the Lampoon's loud parties...
...networkers are equally candid about kinks in the computer services. "It's frequently not very much fun," warns Stewart Alsop, who does much of the research and correspondence for his biweekly P.C. Letter on the networks and still gets lost in their labyrinthine menus. Consumers who shop by keyboard complain that on-line service can be sluggish and undependable. Orders placed electronically may reach retailers in a flash, but they are often filled by hand and thus subject to human inefficiencies. A Sears color TV that Hovanees ordered through CompuServe's Electronic Mall never did arrive. And, as Peggy Berk...
...Estaing, and even Burt Ward visit recently. But it took four years for Reagan to find the time to meet with any Soviet leader, and Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachov still gets put on hold when he calls to wish Ron a happy birthday. So who are we to complain...