Word: complaining
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...partners have expanded their services to include weeklong individual beauty-counseling sessions (fee: $6,000) for women of all ages. They will introduce a line of Guyrex gowns this month, to be followed by a self-help video. But success has had its pitfalls. The pair, who complain of sniping by envious rivals, recently lost their Miss California Teen-USA franchise when the agreement came up for renewal. They retaliated with a breach-of-contract lawsuit against the parent firm, Miss Universe Inc. The company denies any ill intent toward the two. But Holt wonders, "Was it jealousy? There...
Under a new Soviet law, more than 20 homes will be turned over to the Health Ministry. Only Gorbachev and Premier Nikolai Ryzhkov will retain their country residences. Says Ella Panfilova, a commission staffer: "We've already had people calling to complain. Some are really angry...
...course this letter is futile. The Crimson made its decision two weeks ago and the Adminsitrative Board made its decision last week. We merely wish to complain about what we feel was very poor journalistic judgement...
...happens only in the movies. To be exact, it happens only in Rocky movies. Douglas' shocking victory over the previously undefeated annihilator provided all the improbable thrills of a Stallone fist film. And more. Rocky never got the benefit of a long count, so that his opponent could later complain, as Tyson did, "I knocked him out before he knocked me out." Rocky never had his championship belt stripped from him, as Douglas had, hours after the fight, when boxing authorities declared the title vacant pending a review of the Douglas knockdown...
...refuses to complain about the analysts who deny him any credit for the huge changes under way in the communist world, and he does not beef because George Bush uses him so little in state affairs. Reagan is utterly pleased with almost anything that comes his way -- from being mobbed by admirers in the lobby of Las Vegas' new Mirage Hotel, as he was the other day, to his morning horseback ride at his Rancho del Cielo in the Santa Ynez Mountains...