Word: complain
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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However, Charles Ferranti, co-owner of the Harvard Barber Shop, said that a rise in barber prices differs from price rises of merchandise. "People complain more, and those do-it-yourself kits come on the market right away." He added that students, who compose about 60 per cent of his trade, don't complain as much, "because they come from places where the barbers charge even more...
...this was an odd time for a British Prime Minister to decide to accept an invitation which the Soviets first extended to Sir Anthony Eden 2½ years ago. But U.S. leaders raised not a peep. Having just played host to Mikoyan, they were scarcely in a position to complain. And they felt no need...
...with this, Louis Kronenberger closed the door to his Eliot House suite, took my coat, and offered me a seat. "They've been awfully nice to me since I came, and I feel wonderful about being at Harvard and living here in Eliot. All I've found to complain of is an occasional student whistling at four in the morning, and at Harvard even the whistling seems to be good music...
...prostitute visited Jean Lacaze three times, on each occasion in the presence of other witnesses, including his secretary, Madame Iréne Richard. Then, in the tradition of every fictional golden-hearted chippy, she told all to Paulo. Her story: Lacaze had offered her $20,000 to complain to the police that Paulo was living off her earnings. Paulo went to a lawyer, who explained that under French law a legally adopted son cannot be disinherited unless he is shown to be of bad moral or criminal character -if indicted as a pimp, Paulo would lose his right to inherit...
Newspapermen like to complain that in reporting the news, radio and television newsmen simply buy early editions of every paper in town and read the stories on the air. But there is a pencil behind the other ear. Television shows are creating more and more newspaper headlines...