Word: complainer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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They meet over dinner at the Pensione Bertolini, a home away from home for respectable English tourists, managed, appropriately enough, by a cockney signora. Overhearing Lucy and her cousin complain that their room lacks a view of the Arno River, George's father (Denholm Elliott) offers to exchange the two ladies' rooms for his and his son's, which do possess the coveted perspective. Such an amenity is useless to him, he explains, for "my vision is within." So is that of his son, who is perhaps overly introspective, a characteristic telegraphed by his habit of constantly drawing question marks...
...study of waiting times, UHS found that the average waiting time in the walk-in clinic was 27 minutes. But some students complain of having to wait much longer...
However, there are still some students who complain that the delays and the impersonal service at UHS are not their main concern. They say the problem is the health care the doctors provide...
...million times I've heard the story about kids who visit UHS before Christmas and complain they have mono. The doctor at UHS does not find it. They go home for Christmas break; the disease has had time to develop, and their doctor at home finds it. Then they come back here and say 'UHS missed my mono,' when that just isn't the case...
Even among the apolitical, much of the blame for the country's plight is placed on the contras. A wide assortment of Nicaraguans, even those most prone to complain about their circumstances, accept the government line that the U.S.-backed rebels are responsible for the destruction of schools, hospitals and the economy. The warm affection that most Nicaraguans feel for North Americans does not extend to the Reagan Administration, which Nicaraguans believe is preparing for an invasion of their country. "The U.S. military aggression," says Eric Ramirez, president of the opposition Social Christian Party, "gives oxygen for the Sandinistas...