Word: complainer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Nixon, Publisher Malcolm Forbes and Chris-Craft Chief Herbert Siegel all at the same time. "They all looked at each other," recalls Italian Owner Sirio Maccioni. "Maybe they were thinking, 'Do I have the right table?' I could put Mr. (Giovanni) Agnelli (whose family controls Fiat) anywhere. Europeans might complain about the food, but not the table." Some sybaritic loungers, of course, treat the U.S. as just another dish on the international smorgasbord. Young, titled transients from Europe and South America are drawn to the action in New York City, where they are politely known to real estate agents...
...estimated 1,200 sweatshops in Los Angeles, and 2,000 to 3,000 of them may exist in New York City. Women in New York's , Chinatown work nine or ten hours a day with only Sundays off, taking home a mere $80 to $120 a week. They complain of headaches and stomach pains, caused by exhaustion and strain. "They are really suffering from depression," says Chia-ling Kuo, a research associate in anthropology at the City University of New York. "They are not really in the mainstream. Their joy is Sunday dim sum and Chinese movies. Most people...
Many Asians complain that they are frequently the victims of racial prejudice. Lucie Cheng, head of the Asian Studies Center at the University of California, Los Angeles, charges that administrators, intent on curbing the decline in white enrollment, are actually causing an unfair reduction in admissions of Asian students. It is a claim that officials stoutly deny. While Asians seeking to buy or rent homes suffer far less hostility than in the past, the tendency of many ethnic communities to settle in clusters still bothers some whites. During the rapid influx of Chinese into California's Monterey Park, for example...
Brian Dyson, president of Coca-Cola USA, believes some people are tasting things in the new drink that are not there. Example: the new Coke is not less fizzy as some complain. "There is a zero difference in carbonation between the new and the old," he says. Dyson insists that the bickering will not work: "We are going to stick with what we have done...
...rented a two-story house. She worked extra hours to pay her bills and, according to the Washington Post, would arrive home "in jeans and a sweatshirt covered with soot and glue, too tired to change clothes." Shalel Way, a friend in Skowhegan, told the Post that Barbara would complain, "Johnny Walker did this to me." She shared her secret with Way, even asking for a Tarot card reading to help her decide whether to tell the FBI. She claimed that John would get drunk, call her on the phone and brag about helping the Soviets. "Johnny Walker...