Word: complained
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...many observers have been pleasantly surprised at the general willingness of smokers to get with the healthier times. But not everyone is happy with the new restrictions. While some grumbled about "American-style" kill-joy obsessions with health at the expense of life's small pleasures, others complain that the ban won't extend to cafes, bars, restaurants, discos and hotels until next January...
...problem with sampling beer at a brewery, sherry at a bodega or cognac at a château is that you're captive to a particular brand. You can't complain too much, of course-especially if it's free-but what if you want a broader education that allows you to explore all the varieties of that beverage, regardless of who makes it? Increasingly, you're in luck...
...Parents also complain about providing goody bags, which can add another $3 to $25 dollars per kid to the cost of the party. "You end up spending hundreds of dollars and then find it all at the bottom of the toy box," says Ginny Loving, a mother of two in Virginia. Recently, Loving, Cadby and six of her friends got together and risked kids' ire by putting a moratorium on goody bags. "We told the girls they were too old for them," says Cadby. "That seemed to work...
...been plenty of finger-wagging lately over the quality of undergraduate instruction at Harvard: “The professors can’t teach!” we students claim, pointing to consonants on our transcripts and snoozing peers in lecture. We’ve got reason to complain: We’re here to learn, and in order for us to understand how to do something, someone needs to teach...
...probably never know. In the aftermath of Lynch's decision, the parties are talking settlement. Doe will get compensated, while the sergeant will pay with his name. If that makes the judge look mean, then maybe it's the sergeant, not Doe, who should complain...