Word: complaints
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...argued that it should be seen as an important part of the game. The Indian team - and players from other subcontinental teams such as Pakistan - complain that it's a bit rich for Australia to start moaning about on-field banter now. Indeed, India has lodged a counter complaint against an Australian bowler who they say called the Indians "bastards," a term Australians use to describe everyone from their worst enemy to their best friend, but which the Indian team manager told reporters "has a lot of bad meanings back in India and we are very sensitive about these issues...
...your assertion that "Nobody takes culture more seriously than the French." That's right. Cultural creativity is alive and well in France - and in French. The French Culture Ministry spends $4.4 billion a year on the development and nourishment of culture, and I have never heard a word of complaint about the cost. The wonderful thing about "culture" - its very essence - is that it doesn't have an expiration date. Culture is not a competition. The United States and France share a high regard for culture, and for more than two centuries, our respective cultures have been intertwined - and reinforced...
...Eyzaguirre's complaint is common among Santiago residents these days - ever since the government launched the new transit system in February, commuters have found their daily journeys to work disrupted, their metro trains overcrowded and their roads clogged with traffic...
...York today, Jean Nouvel, is French. Jonathan Littell, a 40-year-old American novelist, wrote his recent, prize-winning novel, Les Bienveillantes, in French. The French Culture Ministry spends $4.4 billion a year on the development and nourishment of culture, and I have never heard a word of complaint about the cost. Businesses and individuals are beginning to support the arts as well. And, of course, the vitality of French culture should be measured by more than just the box-office receipts of the week. France is the world's most popular tourist destination; close to 3 million Americans visited...
...groups’s executive director. Additionally, Harvard faculty members have contributed to the group’s efforts. “While many informed persons mutter about the inequities and wrong-headedness of the current college admissions procedure, almost no one has taken the crucial step from complaint to constructive action,” wrote education professor Howard E. Gardner ’65 in an endorsement posted on the group’s Web site. “I hope that many schools will join Lloyd Thacker’s efforts to create an admissions process that embodies...