Word: complaining
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...need to know now," snapped George W. Bush's top adviser for counterterrorism and homeland security. "The President will be calling, and I have to have an answer." When Representative Peter King, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, phoned Townsend earlier this year to complain that the Coast Guard was dragging its feet on sending him an officer as a temporary adviser, she "made some profane remark," he says, "and the next thing I knew the red tape was cut and the guy was sitting in our committee offices." With Bush, "Fran says exactly what's on her mind...
...marketing to create new buzz around the brand, they say. "Word of mouth takes a long time to spread," says Marshal Cohen, a retail analyst at market-research firm NPD Group. "They've got to do more than open doors. This isn't the Field of Dreams." Meanwhile, analysts complain, the brand still fails to resonate, especially with younger consumers who don't remember Esprit. Says retail analyst Emanuel Weintraub: "For young people, Esprit might as well be their father's Oldsmobile." Good girls may shop Esprit, but bad girls shop everywhere...
Muslims in Europe complain that they are suspect because they are Muslim. What do they expect? The people engaging in terrorism are advocates of radical Islam. BRONDI BEN-YOSEF Ness Ziona, Israel...
...story of his life - troubled childhood, years of hoofing in Broadway chorus lines, the inevitable drug-fueled crash and rousing comeback - only most of it isn't true. His voice cracks at the big note in his opening number; his brother from Canada pops up in the balcony to complain that Marty is being unfair to the family; and he confesses that, when it comes to his daunting Broadway challenge, he goes by Mandy Patinkin's advice: "Always leave the audience wanting less...
...local hairdressers and car salesmen and turning them into private bankers. They were also stealing employees from rival banks. "There were a lot of complaints to the Monetary Authority of Singapore about poaching," says Annie Wee, a former private banker with Credit Agricole Indosuez in Singapore. "Clients began to complain...