Word: whine
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...those Cassandras who whine about the dignity of the presidency are also missing the point. Public exposure of any kind is good for democracy. If Larry King isn't exactly the most qualified moderator, at least a debate on the substance of NAFTA is taking place. It wasn't so long ago that national policy was made in utmost secrecy. A well lit studio may not seem like progress, but it beats the hell out of a smoke-filled room...
...Japanese "ought to stimulate their economy and open their markets." Germany, he said, "should continue to lower interest rates," while all the major powers together have to get fully behind the stalled free-trade talks and reach a successful conclusion this year. The homily may have sounded like a whine, but it illustrated the extent to which American power really has diminished in tackling its own troubles...
...just when you get comfortable in familiar territory, the Edge's guitar solos puncture the melody with a buzzing machine whine that abruptly returns you to their techno motif. U2 obviously wants to make sure that no listener will mistake this album for their past works...
...reneged on three previous promises to give up. "No one at our place is holding his breath," says FBI special agent Dick Swensen. Instead the FBI is continuing its psychological warfare. At all hours, agents blast harrowing noises out of loudspeakers -- the squeals of rabbits being slaughtered, the whine of a dentist's drill, the thunder of locomotives -- presumably in the hope that the Davidians might yield just to get some peace and quiet...
...expert. I'm writing this editorial using Word Perfect and Windows, so when I encounter a bug I have no choice but to grin and bear it. It would be impossible for me to rewrite both programs from scratch, so I have little recourse but to call the company, whine, and pray that it will be fixed in the next release...