Word: gripings
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...objections to this invitation stemmed not from Jeffries' beliefs. Indeed, the BSA has every right to invite whomever they want, including people with non-mainstream and even racist views of history. When Conrad Muhammad was invited, for example, The Crimson did not object. Our gripe with the Jeffries invitation was founded on the belief that no organization should honor a violent criminal with a Harvard podium. In short, Jeffries should have appeared in a court in February, not in Sanders...
...MOTIVES and its sudden concern for the financial administration of Memorial Church need to be questioned. The student group's gripe is with Gomes' sexual orientation, and with the fact that he says homosexuality is compatible with Christianity...
...legitimate gripe in that he hasn't been included as being one of the major candidates," Desler says. "It's hard to break through. It's a self-perpetuating cycle...
...first glance, this imbroglio seems altogether annoying, as though the author has managed to gather up every PC gripe, put it in a pile, shove it in your face and then expect you to feel guilty. But in fact, the novel has the opposite effect. Franzen addresses the issues of the nineties with a sense of humor and honesty that sharpens interest, awareness and concern. He is able to articulate successfully sex and societal concerns. He craftily maneuvers his voice and his rich characters under your skin...
...didn't have any alternative proposal or any real gripe with the situation," said David L. Duncan '93, one of the student members of the COHL. "We just wanted to see where the administration stood...