Word: complains
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...waning days before spring break are a time of intense griping for Harvard students. They complain, with reason, about the long, unvanquished winter, about mid-terms that block the light at the end of the tunnel, and about a break so short it's like sitting down to a meal only to get kicked out after the tapas...
Many students complain about the inconvenient location of Random British University House, but it's really not so far away, and the airline shuttles run all the time. Washington, D.C. House has an overly active House Committee (or several) and a huge House Formal every four years in January, but the upperclass people there are really backbiting and gossipy, and lots of folks transfer out. Once in a while, of course, a senior will decide to move "off-campus," abandoning the Houses altogether to trek through the Gobi Desert or teach English to Bolivian squirrels. Off-campus life...
...just a bit cheaper than San Francisco. One reason is that the growth limits helped attract an influx of new residents, who bid up costs. But another is that developers can't build on cheaper acreage farther from town. And though the growth boundary has been widened, local builders complain that the added acreage falls well short of what a growing population needs...
...college must pass into their hands and be subject to their will. No doubt they are worthy men in themselves, but the many, whom they looked down upon while in college, cannot so far forget as to give money freely into their hands. Men in Wall Street complain that the college comes straight to them for help, instead of asking each graduate for his share. The reason is found in a remark made by one of Yale's and America's first men: 'Few will give but Bones men, and they care far more for their society than they...
...performed by them. Moneypaid to the college must pass into their hands andbe subject to their will. No doubt they are worthymen in themselves, but the many, whom they lookeddown upon while in college, cannot so far forgetas to give money freely into their hands. Men inWall Street complain that the college comesstraight to them for help, instead of asking eachgraduate for his share. The reason is found in aremark made by one of Yale's and America's firstmen: 'Few will give but Bones men, and they carefar more for their society than they do for thecollege...' "Year...