Word: complained
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Officials from many states complain that Washington is making their problems worse. Two weeks ago, lawmakers who assembled in the capital for the National Conference of State Legislatures claimed that the recent budget compromise between the White House and Congress would cost the states an additional $17 billion over five years. Reason: federal mandates in the deficit-reduction deal direct states to spend money for such things as clean air and improved nursing-home care. The group also predicted that the increase in federal taxes on gasoline and alcohol would make it harder for states to increase their own levies...
...interviews with an array of people who took part in the filming, from producer Henry Weinstein to the former child actors who played Monroe's children. Wonderful nuggets of Marilyniana emerge. Her insecurities led Monroe to demand that a blond extra be tossed off the set and later to complain that co-star Cyd Charisse was padding her bra. When the Shah of Iran visited the Fox lot, Monroe refused to meet him until she found out Iran's position on Israel...
...think the lights and the music are pretty and I certainly can't complain about the presents. And I like the sense of excitement on campus, so I hate to say anything to put a damper on the holiday cheer. But I feel compelled to point out the fact that not everyone at Harvard celebrates Christmas...
...didn't know that Deli Day existed until I happened upon it in Lowell House a few weeks ago. But, I could hardly complain about missing out on Pioneer Sandwiches and potato coins when Harvard Dining Services was waving lox and cream cheese under my nose...
Some regional vintners complain that their wines are victims of snobbism. Critics rave about the Champagne-like sparklers made by Willy Frank, whose father Konstantin was the first to prove that vinifera grapes could be grown in New York's Finger Lakes area. The praise hasn't helped sales much. "The New Yorker has almost a reverse chauvinism against anything made in New York," Frank says. "I have shipped more wine to Tokyo than to New York City." Chaddsford's Eric and Lee Miller have been luckier in persuading local restaurants, including Philadelphia's highly rated...