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Their only resource is a small Henry Moore sculpture, the title's "object of beauty," and it is their prime subject of debate as they whine and dine. She owns it. He needs it. She thinks it would be nice to fake a theft and enter an insurance claim. He is in favor of a forthright sale. While Jake and Tina talk, their hotel maid acts: she makes off with the Moore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: All Stressed Up, No Place to Go | 4/22/1991 | See Source »

CERTAIN SMOKERS love to whine about infringements of their rights. They love to call themselves an oppressed minority. They love to complain about allegedly totalitarian public restrictions on their obnoxious and filthy habit...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: It's About Time | 3/6/1991 | See Source »

While I certainly sympathize for students like Michael R. Grunwald '92 who love any opportunity to grumble and whine about the fact that they're "not getting any," I just can't empathize...

Author: By Tara A. Nayak, | Title: ...And How Sweet It Is | 2/14/1991 | See Source »

Unlike grumblers like Grunwald, however, I haven't taken these experiences to heart. They taught me to appreciate romance, not whine...

Author: By Tara A. Nayak, | Title: ...And How Sweet It Is | 2/14/1991 | See Source »

...know we whine incessantly about dining hall food--about broccoli cheese pasta that sticks to your plate, about the concept of fish pizziola, about hamburgers that we cooked in the Kennedy era, about rice pilaf that crunches, about Skincredibles being a main dish...

Author: By Beth L. Pinsker, | Title: Even the Idea is Good | 12/12/1990 | See Source »

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