Word: complaining
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Some conservatives have enviously groused about leftists occupying cabinet posts they had coveted for themselves. Most, however complain that blurring the ideological lines running through the government without erasing them has created a mix of contrasting policies and positions confusing voters on its real direction - or even coherency. Ironically, even many of those advocates of an exclusively conservative cabinet balked at approving the immigration law on principles of their own. Indeed, nearly two weeks before Amara opposed the legislation, the immigration bill nearly foundered before an upper house of parliament that felt elements of it might create a witch-hunt...
...after Sunday’s play, as Harvard golfers claimed the top four spots. Sheldon led the field with 145 strokes (68-77), and sophomore Sarah Harvey took second place with 151 strokes (75-76). “There were some problems, but overall I can’t complain,” Harvey said of her play. Junior Emily Balmert took third with 152 strokes (76-76), and junior Ali Bode tied for fourth with a 153 (77-76). Captain Jessica Hazlett tied for ninth with a score...
...thesis. My thesis is that this is a war and it's a war with very real casualties, so if I just got lots of pats on the head from The Financial Times and The Economist, then I suppose my thesis would be wrong. So I can't complain...
...long and eager line on Friday was of similar disposition to the one in 1978, each person abuzz with the excitement of Kevin Garnett’s arrival and the prospect of the Celtics reaching the NBA Finals. Such is the nature of Boston fans, so quick to complain but equally quick to regain hope. In the same sentence, another middle-aged man in line decried Rick Pitino as the Antichrist and declared Kevin Garnett the savior of the franchise. He called Danny Ainge a “genius,” forgetting, I suppose, that almost all of Boston...
...does not fit these criteria is potentially “embarrassing”—is what deserves conversation. As a shared understanding, it undermines the similarly popular idea that sexism, racism, homophobia, and other forms of discrimination are too backwards for Harvard. Students and professors who complain of them, so this thinking goes, must be overly sensitive, crying “injustice” where none exists...