Word: gripes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...loner and a former soldier who seemed especially sensitive to the rhetoric of the radical right. Just like Timothy McVeigh, the man charged with blowing up the Oklahoma federal building. I think, in the end, the police will find out that the so-called conspiracy is more of a gripe session than a terrorist cell...
Congress has a legitimate gripe in its concern that we pay a disproportionate share of the U.N.'s operating costs, and that those funds are not used properly. However, this is a debate which can take place only after the U.S. pays its bill. The U.S. has made a commitment that it must follow through on before questioning the validity of that commitment...
Black men did not come to Washington to ask for handouts from the government. Black men did not come to the nation's capitol to gripe and complain or to ask someone to solve their problems for them. Black men did not unite to foster hatred of any other ethnic groups, nor to engender sexism...
...ventured into cyberspace and have now made the long march back. They bring tales of unmet expectations and warnings about a shimmering electronic mirage that seemed to promise intellectual, emotional and even financial sustenance but delivered nothing real. There's too much information and not enough substance, they gripe. Millions of people and no worthwhile communication. A solipsistic time sink that makes television watching seem like a social event...
...what exactly is Ms. Rose's gripe with the Hasty Pudding Theatricals? Is it really helpful to refer to us and our audience by such hurtful names as "the entitled," "the bourgeoisie," "the glitterati" and "the so-called cultural elite"? We think not. Still, while we sting from Ms. Rose's caustic, painfully accurate Leninist barbs, we must remind her that the majority of students in attendance were--like herself--seeing the show for free, as the guests of company members, each of whom was given at least one complimentary ticket to the show. Although Ms. Rose seems to imply...