Word: complainer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Employees may complain about office smoking policy to the city commissioner of health, but in all cases non-smokers' health concerns will be given precedence...
...opposed the idea, calling it "absurd." But when President Reagan authorized arms sales to Iran in January 1986, Weinberger instructed the Army to cooperate by making available the weapons requested by the CIA. First, however, he insisted on access to all intelligence relating to the operation. Weinberger continued to complain privately about the initiative, but -- unlike Secretary of State George Shultz -- never made his objections public. Like most other members of Reagan's staff, Weinberger claims he did not find out about the contra connection until it was uncovered by Meese's investigation. Aides say that Weinberger had long suspected...
Polish officials complain that their economic woes have been made worse by Western trade restrictions imposed after martial law was declared. Last October Solidarity Founder Lech Walesa and nine other prominent Polish opposition figures and moderate intellectuals issued an appeal to the U.S., urging President Reagan to "play a significant role" in putting the Polish economy back on track by lifting the remaining U.S. sanctions. Washington may be receptive to the plea. "Things are warming up step by step," says an Administration official. "But we have always urged caution. The Poles have often announced sweeping changes and then have failed...
...against the poor, against the long-haired, against the Black--he's true to that cause," she said, adding that "the kids used to complain about him all the time--he used to beat them up," sometimes throwing them against walls...
Among other things, their studies suggest that, to those who have to listen to them, people who complain about themselves and mutter trivialities are worse than people who overuse slang or try too hard to be nice...