Word: complains
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Some members complain about the poor conditions with which the squad must contend. "The IAB is the worst volleyball facility I could imagine. There's no regulation volleyball court marked out anywhere in the building," Martin says. "It is an embarrassment to bring a team into...
These women hardly needed Marabel Morgan for that. But housewives who struggle every day not just with washing dishes but with maintaining values like loyalty, dedication and caring for others complain that they now get very little help from their surrounding culture. "You're told so often how normal it is to feel bitter and resentful as a wife and mother," says Lois Kholos of Tarzana, Calif., "that if you do enjoy it you somehow feel unusual." "Every issue of Woman's Day and Family Circle, "Tina Klein of Los Angeles points out, "tells stories of women doing...
Some critics complain that Lance spreads himself too thin. Says an old hand at OMB: "I'm not sure he knows what the bottom line is on the budget." Lance concedes that he may be involved in too many projects. Says he: "I knew that I'd get involved in a lot of responsibilities, but I guess maybe it's been a bit more varied than I ever imagined." Still, he shows no signs of slowing down; nor are there any indications that Carter wants him to act any differently...
Still, there were some touchy moments. Vance had to listen patiently to his hosts complain about Washington's blocking the sale of 24 Israeli-made Kfir warplanes to Ecuador (the jets would be powered by American-made General Electric engines). Jerusalem was also smarting under the Carter Administration's criticism of Israel's oil prospecting in the Gulf of Suez...
...Schickel can complain about the dialogue. The most monstrous dialogue is the American vernacular of Washington, Jefferson, and those we call the founding fathers, living off the labor of slaves while debating the God-given liberty of mankind...