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Word: complained (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...million homes, the VCR has become nearly as much a part of American life as the family car. But despite the VCR's advantages, video buffs complain about its limits. To duplicate prerecorded movies, for instance, requires two VCRs awkwardly cabled together. No wonder, then, that fans at Chicago's Consumer Electronics Show last week were excited by a new machine that eliminates the drawback. Moreover, its appearance was a triumph over well- wired opposition in Tokyo and Hollywood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Tape For Two:The dual-deck VCR arrives | 6/19/1989 | See Source »

...racy prime-time sitcom. Parents' Music Resource Center, meanwhile, has successfully pressured the Recording Industry Association of America to create a rating system that alerts parents to sexually explicit lyrics. Warning labels are now printed on record jackets. The group also provides printed lyric sheets and encourages parents to complain to radio and TV stations about raunchy and violent programming...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Our Violent Kids | 6/12/1989 | See Source »

...English Department junior professors meet with President Bok and Dean of the Faculty A. Michael Spence to complain about the promotion process, arguing that Harvard's tenure system is slanted against junior professors seeking to advance within the University. The English Department has tenured only one junior professor in the last 25 years...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Of Appointments and Disappointments | 6/8/1989 | See Source »

Even now, Bok prefers dealing quietly with individuals to mixing and mingling in large gatherings. While campus groups complain about Bok's inaccessibility, he is known for stopping to chat one-on-one with students he meets in the Yard, amiably questioning them about their experiences at Harvard...

Author: By Adam K. Goodheart, | Title: The 'Rationalist Philosopher' at Harvard's Head | 6/8/1989 | See Source »

Harvard professors ignored us, complain disgruntled alumni. Students competed so much that our voices were drowned out, they continue; in the library volumes assigned for class, pages were torn out. Recent Harvard graduates are often not the best in the field, and what's worse is they think they are, the alumni assert...

Author: By Laurie M. Grossman, | Title: Unlikely Ambassadors | 6/8/1989 | See Source »

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