1.   Some critics are always bemoaning the state of the language.

2.   And despite constant headlines bemoaning the state of the family, many Americans live in families that are actually decent places.

3.   Education advocates in Alabama have long bemoaned the state of the primary schools.

4.   They bemoaned the state of the often-frail U.S. dollar.

5.   Today, despite every indication that Japan is on the rebound, government officials, business executives, political commentators and strategic thinkers bemoan the state of the nation.

6.   Unlike most Russian military officials, who bemoan the state of their forces and plead for more money, Yakovlev was upbeat about the condition of the strategic forces.