Word: complaining
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...major German offensive in March 1918 don't question the war or even talk much about it. They don't make speeches about lost comrades or pine for sweethearts back home whom they may never see again. They just eat and sleep, relieve one another on guard duty and complain about the meat cutlets. They do their duty, simply because there's nothing else...
...Enfant” nomination? Where is Romanian director Cristi Puiu’s “The Death of Mr. Lazarescu” honor? Where is the recognition for Korean director Hou Hsiao-hsien’s “Three Times”? You can’t complain that the films are too hard to find in the U.S.—all three are already available on Netflix. Look out, Academy members—I might have to sic my international gang connections on you. —Staff writer Kyle L. K. McAuley can be reached...
...public goods like education and roads. A similar attitude towards public expenditure led 1,488 Massachusetts taxpayers to vote for a higher tax rate for Medicaid in 2003, after tax cuts were passed the previous year. If voluntary taxes increase states coffers, there should be no reason to complain...
...much as I love to complain about the commercialization of our society and the exploitation of the American people at the hands of greeting card companies and candy corporations, when it comes down to it, I really don’t care. As much as I would like to say that shattering gender stereotypes is at the top of my list of priorities, I don’t really think Valentine’s Day perpetuates any sexist agenda. And as much as I would love to say that Valentine’s Day spoils the rest of the month...
...later, I am still wearing the boots. Much to the amusement of my children, though, where once the pair were a uniform tan, one has now metamorphosed to a deep orange while the other is the color of milky coffee. When I went back to the Silk Market to complain, the person who sold me the boots was nowhere to be seen. How do you say caveat emptor in Chinese...