Word: complains
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...takes away most of the appetite and makes us long for highly garnished and seasoned dishes instead of the plain fare that is so much better for the health. If the morning had been passed mowing the lawns of the Yard, instead of studying. I think no one would complain of the food at Memorial Cafeteria...
...Mines, a man in a state of rest and in still air cannot endure indefinitely a temperature higher than 90° F. with 100% relative humidity. Stout men subjected to uncomfortably hot temperatures lose more weight than thin men, but, as a rule, can stand high temperatures longer and complain less of exhaustion...
...According to this doctrine of happiness," he went on last night, "every man has the right to be happy, and so if he is unhappy he is entitled to complain of a wrong and the guilty individual who has taken his share. It is radically false, and did not exist in the older philosophies. The doctrine began in England two and a half centuries ago during the reign of Charles the Second, a period when other unwholesome things crept into the world. The word 'happiness' does not occur a single time in the authorized version of the Bible. 'Happy' does...
...Each of the nations at present in the League is just as jealous of its liberties as we are, yet they do not complain of the league. I cannot see why we would not be satisfied if we joined them. The only hope of peace is through cooperation...
...college to a University, are present at the fights to found the first Medical School in America and the first Law School in the world. Suddenly, we find ourselves participating in--the same old dispute that rages now over Freshman Dormitory Commons. But our Freshmen today have little to complain of beside the stinking meals, the flint-like bread, the sour beer and cider of those days. Pie was introduced, after many riots, and we are told that, such was the durability of this dainty, thrifty students were wont to fasten their share to the bottom of the table with...