Word: bemoaned
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...help it if he comes across as the reincarnation of the perfect 1950s TV dad--good-looking and good-humored, Father Knows Best for the 1990s. (In Indiana he is strongly supported by women 18 to 35.) At a time in the national political debate when all sides bemoan lack of civility, Lugar is civility itself. "I propose a new Republican commandment," he frequently asserts. "Thou shalt not speak ill of other Americans." And while he is philosophically conservative (he voted with Ronald Reagan more than any other Senator), Lugar, in his quiet way, offers some of the boldest proposals...
Even people who may not agree with you will treat you with respect. Therefore, there is really no good excuse to merely bemoan bias at The Crimson. If you don't like what you are reading, join the paper and shake things up--don't just complain...
...While Senate majority leader Robert Dole and Speaker of the House Gingrich bemoan the state of American culture, they oppose government mandates on children's programming and demand that pbs stop relying on federal appropriations. "It's nauseating," says Charren, "that the same guy [Dole] who is attacking what's terrible in entertainment is working very hard to keep the alternatives from getting on the TV screen...
Reopening the death penalty debate would have particular resonance in the context of the current Republican agenda in Congress. Newt Gingrich and his colleagues, mounting an all-out attack on big government, bemoan the ineffectiveness and incompetence of government bureaucracy. At the same time--with no argument from Clinton--they strive to put ever-more-powerful weapons in the hands of the criminal justice apparatus; the GOP crime bill passed by the House would speed up the execution process and give police broader search powers. Such selective surgery on governmental powers shows that the Republican crusade isn't mostly about...
Ostensibly, the religious right is concerned with "family values." They deplore the ubiquitous sex and violence in the music, movies and TV shows that Hollywood churns out. They bemoan America's lack of respect for the conventional, nuclear family, and the prevalence of teenage sex and pregnancies, abortions, and contraception...