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Word: complainer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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There are also those students who prefer the party scene commonly found at large state universities with thriving fraternity and sorority systems. These students readily complain about the infrequency and dullness of parties on campus. Still, others enjoy the laid-back atmosphere and do-it-yourself social life Harvard has to offer...

Author: By Julie L. Belcove, | Title: Harvard Life and how to live it | 9/22/1986 | See Source »

Security is at the heart of another charge. Noting that the Department of Energy plans to help build demonstration food-irradiation plants in Oklahoma, Iowa, Hawaii, Florida, California and Washington, opponents complain that the resulting spread of radioactive material will increase the chances of mishaps during transport, use and disposal. Nor has the supervision of existing irradiation plants been reassuring. The NRC acknowledges that it may inspect a facility only once in three years. Radiation Technology's license to operate a New Jersey plant was recently suspended for two months after the NRC found that company officials tried to hide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health & Fitness: Food Fight Over Gamma Rays | 9/22/1986 | See Source »

...helpers, then put a forefinger to his temple and said, "You're going to need a little bit up here." He recommended writing the punch line first and then fitting a story around it. If he is not getting laughs, he has his dummy say, "Hey, don't complain to me. You're doing all the talking." Moreover, "that line has got me out of a corner many times." Directly, Bill Boley demonstrated what he could do with his voice. He did dog sniffs, dog barks, dog pants, peacock calls, door slams ("The shut is a gun sound...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Kentucky: 600 Unmoved Lips | 9/22/1986 | See Source »

There are also those students who prefer the party scene commonly found at large state universities with thriving fraternity and sorority systems. These students readily complain about the infrequency and dullness of parties on campus. Still, others enjoy the laid-back atmosphere and do-it-yourself social life Harvard has to offer...

Author: By Julie L. Belcove, | Title: Harvard Life | 9/18/1986 | See Source »

...archbishop's foreign travels have probably been his most significant service to his black countrymen. More than any other South African of his generation, Tutu has dramatized to the world the iniquities of apartheid. Some South African whites complain that he travels too much, saying his role within the country is vastly exaggerated abroad. The Sunday Times of Johannesburg reports that he has taken 22 trips outside South Africa in the past three years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Power of the Pulpit | 9/15/1986 | See Source »

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