Word: kvetching
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...While ironing out the original story, the movie adds a wrinkle that will impress many a reviewer with its poignancy. Here the main reporters are career antagonists representing two generations, indeed two species, of daily journalism: he an ink-stained kvetch of the print era, she an online blogger looking for the gossip angle. They might be Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell from the classic newspaper comedy His Girl Friday, except the tension is all professional, nothing romantic. (No time for lovey-dovery; must keep main story moving.) But it is perfectly symbiotic; the two use their complementary skills...
...keeping things in check—and the BPD happy—Harvard stands to stay the Queen’s-style execution of one of our most (and least) memorable traditions. As for the College’s most obstreperous kvetch-ers—take a deep breath, your pathos is showing...
...Easy This is a toxic time to kvetch. There are easy babies and cranky babies, and you know which one you are. "Does your commute suck? Too bad," says Viscusi with a big dollop of tough love. "Is your cubicle too small? Don't want to hear...
...Avant-garde art is hard; dying is easy. In 1991, languishing with a fatal bout of AIDS in a Manhattan hospital, the lifelong kvetch was suddenly buoyant. The longtime starving artist told playwright Ron Tavel, "It?s the best food I?ve had in my life." His mind has sustenance too: dreams of his eternal movie goddess, Maria (not Mario) Montez...
...When Things Go Wrong Complaints.com www.complaints.com Come here to kvetch about a product that malfunctioned or that customer service rep that let you down, or read about other people's experiences. The site, run by Sagacity Corp., will forward your complaint letters to any business, provided you include the email address; it does not act as an advocate or mediator, only as a forum for taking your case public...