Word: complain
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...more agreeable climes have been pretty well blasted by the crowded condition of the Library and the very normal term-time appearance of the Square; Boston hostesses and Yard cops will testify that things have been "quiet" in a social way; and the bootleggers have been heard to complain of the lack of conviviality registered at the University...
There exists a local phenomenon appearing annually at this season that is known to the natives as changeable weather. Properly it is one with the subject that has been ostrasized conversationally since Mark Twain pronounced that dictum that people have no right to complain when they never do anything about it. Still it insists on attracting attention because each year in the opinion of experienced observers it far exceeds any previous performances. And it is impossible to minimize the importance of a fact upon which comparative strangers are eager to give information at the least encouragement. For the persistency with...
Parents began to complain because their children told them that the teacher was what they termed "cuckoo." A year ago Dr. Emil Altman, chief medical examiner of the Board of Education, was called to see whether Miss Byrne was capable of teaching. After examining her with care, he stated that she was suffering from a "paranoid form of psychosis." At this, Mary Byrne was removed from her classroom, given odd jobs to do in the Training School Library so that she could earn her salary of $3,700 a year, while the Board of Education investigated her case...
...Rainey stood by with a stopwatch to mark two-minute rounds; teachers acted as referee and umpire; other students watched. The boxing match began. Ralph's opponent whacked him in the ribs and Ralph cried quits before the first round was over. After school he ran home to complain to his parents. They had Principal Rainey arrested for disorderly conduct. Last week in police court the Principal explained his methods of school discipline: "I believe we have the best method of character training here in Brooklyn. When a boy is insolent to his teacher or is anywise unruly...
...Alas, to Whom Dared Complain? Yale Glee Club...