Word: complaining
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...biggest obstacles in dealing with roadside bombs, which have caused the majority of U.S. casualties in Iraq. The commanders, according to the meeting sources, said there are simply "never enough" explosives experts on the ground. So far, no officer has been willing to go on record to complain about the need for more troops. But there is one positive sign: the Army recently decided to double the number of explosives experts to 2,500 over the next few years...
...they say that love conquers all, and they’re right. Because in spite of everything to complain about, there are a thousand small reasons to love this place. I love how everyone in Quincy chills in the courtyard when it’s warm out, and that my roommates and I always wake up at exactly 11:30 on Sunday mornings for brunch. I love the idealists who work tirelessly and thanklessly to improve life at Harvard, and the kids cheering at the football games who refuse to believe we have no spirit. I love the taste...
DYSON: The fundamental change is that most individuals have more choice. They also have more responsibility: if they don't like the way things are, they can't complain as much--at least not with moral justification. And not everybody likes that. It can be comfortable just to follow orders. But if you consider that most people have a better chance of getting what they want because they have more choices, then by and large, there's progress. People have more choice: they have more power "to," even though they don't have more power "over...
...love with movies, for Geisha revives the sweeping spirit both of old-fashioned, mature film romance and of a day when Hollywood believed it could tell stories of any country or culture. Purists may complain that the three main geishas are played by Chinese women speaking English. But anyone familiar with current Chinese and Japanese films will tell you that one country is rich in top actresses and the other isn't. Besides, says Marshall, "I cast for the role, period...
...shift from a doting to a profoundly disappointed son with the faintest alteration in voice and countenance. The camera is infrequently still in “Squid,” but when it does stop, it is usually on Eisenberg’s strangely affecting face. Some will complain that “Squid” ends too abruptly. The film’s conclusion certainly offers nothing resembling closure—but life rarely gives closure either. Comedies, like “The Royal Tenenbaums,” are required to tie up all of their loose ends...