Word: complaining
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...always steer you in the same direction once you've punched in your destination. I found that while it was dependable at getting me where I need to go, it did on one occasion take me on a route other navigation devices would not have chosen. I can't complain too loudly about the turn-by-turn directions - they always got me where I needed to go. The graphics, however, sometimes confused the situation. Other devices now offer a driver's perspective 3D view; Alpine only provides the bird's, er, Blackbird's eye view...
...there protection in design capability, which has long been an Italian strength. Chairs are easily copied. Manzano's entrepreneurs complain that Chinese manufacturers simply steal what they find in catalogs and on websites. The Italians insist they still have an edge in quality--especially with chairs made out of fine wood or upholstered in top-quality leather-- and in their ability to tailor production to customers like the hotel industry. But even there the Chinese are muscling...
Students are quick to complain to the Undergraduate Council (UC) about things it cannot control—downpours at Springfest and dining hall hours fit for retirement homes, among other issues—and the UC often unfairly earns a reputation for being unresponsive to these claims. But lo, there is one domain within which the UC has incontrovertible and complete authority: its pathetic website. And for it, the UC must be held to account...
...purpose admirably. What is needed now in terms of a website is something that will be a valuable vehicle of communication between students and the UC. Although the UC is primarily an organization for advocacy, the majority of students who approach the UC do so in order to complain about an issue on campus, to try to get a grant from the Financial Committee, or to create a club. As the website now exists, there are no tools to accomplish any of these things...
...French workers against the predations of what they call "Anglo-Saxon ultraliberalism," as practiced in the United States, Great Britain and most of the rest of the world. But while the protesters take the limelight, often accompanied by anarchists who?ve never sat through a class, other students complain that they?re being prevented from taking key exams they need to graduate - and, yes, get jobs...