Word: complained
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...white people who sincerely believe they do not have a prejudiced bone in their body. In what might be called the Alfred E. Neuman syndrome--after the Mad magazine character whose doofus slogan was "What--me worry?"--people in this group tend to react with shocked innocence when minorities complain about the persistence of unfair treatment. "What--me racist?" they seem to say. "Perish the thought...
Civil rights advocates shot back that especially for first-time offenders in cases in which no people and no property were harmed, the statute violates constitutional protection against overly harsh punishment. They also complain that cars are unfairly seized before the owners are found guilty, that the law sidesteps state law justifying seizures only after multiple convictions, and that entire working families could suffer if one member screws...
Channing did well enough-as the impatient fiancee she was able to pout, worry, complain and tease her way through a fun, albeit uninspired, batch of letters. Insofar as one can act while sitting in a chair and reading from a book, Channing captured the air of a young Moscow actress, reading with feeling and apathy, as the text required...
...John Harvard sits stoically while swarms of tourists attack him with flashbulbs and greasy fingers. By night, stumbling freshman stop to perch on his pedestal, temporarily transforming Harvard's "founder" into a fountain. During Harvard-Yale weekend, John rarely escapes evil Elis' spray paint. As much as students complain about the stresses of Harvard life, it's Harvard himself who goes through hell on a daily basis...
...Nobody has proposed a better system for doing all of this," Vendler says. "Even though we complain about it, no one can think of a better...