Word: complainer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...would be a small purchaser, and so not get first choice. But my wholesalers are important purchasers and I am important to them, so I get the best of the best. If not, I call them fast -- like this," he said, phoning his fish wholesaler of 25 years to complain about a batch of less than fresh scallops. Soltner is a demanding chef, but he takes good care of his employees, paying top wages and taking an interest in them. Though competitors try to woo them away, Lutece has practically no turnover. Still there are intermittent problems and complaints from...
...while students complain loudly, they make few, if any, efforts to improve their "ineffective" government...
...have a lot of respect for both of them," freshman forward Neil Phillips says of Scarpa and fellow senior guard Pat Smith. "What they've done as far as sacrificing, helping the younger players on the team out. Just the way they never complain when things are down...
...what's to complain about? Why shouldn't we give aid to the government of this sunny country...
Then began the sort of unremitting and tortuous legal battle that leads critics to complain that justice is never final in the U.S., while admirers say that justice is never prematurely closed off. Twice Hillery's sentence was thrown out by the California Supreme Court because of irregularities in the sentencing phases of his trial. Twice he was recondemned to death. Then in 1974 his sentence was reduced to life because of a California decision barring capital punishment in the state. Since then, Hillery has come up for parole eight times, and each time he has been turned down after...