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Griped Ecuador's Foreign Minister Jos� Trujillo, worried about his bills after a revolution at home: "It costs $64 a day to live; it costs extra to laugh."

From Time Magazine Archive

Griped Radio Commentator Edward P. Morgan, whose nightly spiel is paid for by the A.F.L.-C.I.O.

From Time Magazine Archive

Griped William Gray of Pennsylvania, chairman of the House Budget Committee: "I think everybody in the room left last night thinking we were close."

From Time Magazine Archive

Griped Norman Wechsler of Saks Fifth Avenue to Women's Wear Daily: "The last time we had the long lengths, even the stock market went down."

From Time Magazine Archive

Then Grettir sang this stave— "Ill luck-to me That I should be On sea-roof-firth Borne unto earth; Ill luck enow To lie alow, This head of mine Griped fast by swine."

From The Story of Grettir the Strong by Morris, William