Word: complaining
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...flare-ups. Before he took office, Denver's police department had been facing public criticism over allegations that officers were using excessive force. Hickenlooper appointed a task force to look into the matter and recently nominated a civilian monitor to oversee and critique internal police investigations. Civil-liberties groups complain that the civilian monitor lacks enforcement authority...
Some officials agree that records should be labeled to warn parents if a song is blatantly offensive, as many are these days. On the flip side, others complain that rating systems are too subjective. Warner Bros.' Bob Merlis says Elvis Presley could have been stamped with an X for promoting bondage and sadism in (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear. In that 1957 classic, the King cooed, "Put a chain around my neck and lead me anywhere." LABOR RELATIONS Of Pride and Protectionism...
...great old CDs from our teenage years (besides the inexorable process of entropy). And so what if the new stuff isn’t revolutionary? If it’s as thrillingly fun as “Beverly Hills,” you’ve got nothing to complain about, guero. And if it’s as dull as the new Beck outing, you can always challenge yourself by listening to that Nigerian stuff for a while. But whenever you want to hear your hero’s voice, just secretly pop in his new material...
Harvard students go through a lot just to prepare themselves to hook up. We imbibe tremendous amounts of alcohol to facilitate our sexual encounters (though some men take Viagra when alcohol hinders more than it helps). As much as we complain about the lack of attractive people at Harvard, we don’t get drunk to don our beer goggles—which simply enhance our Harvard goggles—or any other magically corrective eyewear. We get drunk, sadly, because we just don’t have it in us to engage in normal sexual behavior, and many...
...you’re going to complain about the snow or the wind or the temperature, you’d better just pack your bags and head out. And don’t forget your fucking sandals...