Word: complained
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Today, "some students complain he tends to take too much of an individual approach to crime," says Trevor W. Nagel a section leader in Social Analysis 12. More important than individual behavior that would induce a person to commit a crime, the students feel that more of an emphasis should be placed on a macrosociological perspective." Herrnstein says students who say he emphasized individual behavior obviously have not yet finished all the required reading...
...become teen-age mothers. Says John Bayne, a Washington social services official: "It is harder to break the cycle for kids who have only known staying home, watching the soaps on TV and getting a welfare check. They are kids who have kids." Many critics of the welfare system complain that it provides incentives for recipient families to break apart. The evidence is mixed. A recent federal study found that higher benefits encourage unmarried mothers on welfare to move away from their parents, thus increasing the number of households headed by women. "A lot of time the kids [who become...
...These days executions are as commonplace as space shuttle launches. As a result, extensive media coverage of executions has all but ceased, civil libertarians find themselves saddled with too many causes to fight effectively, and "law-and-order" fans have virtually no more tiresome judicial appeals about which to complain. The death penalty as an issue is virtually dead. Fortunately, some conscientious public officials have come up with a proposal that could rekindle the excitement: televising executions...
...heated debate, council members decided not to suspend the new procedures, prompting some to complain that the group had become a "body of rules, not a body that looks at issues," according to Quincy House representative Douglas A. Winthrop...
...Korn, chairman of the headhunting firm Korn/Ferry International: "The question isn't how high salaries are, but how misunderstood they are." Top managerial talent is a limited resource, and companies must pay competitive rates to attract and keep the most sought-after executives. Shareholders have little reason to complain about the salary of a million-dollar manager who boosts the profits of a billion-dollar company. Says Lawrence Klamon, who earned $429,000 last year as president of Atlanta's Fuqua Industries (1983 earnings: $41.6 million, up 113%): "The key criterion is the return to investors...