Word: complain
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Artificial turf got off to a spectacular start when it was installed as a last-minute solution after the lack of direct sun light killed the natural grass in Houston's Astrodome. Astro ballplayers still complain that the synthetic AstroTurf, a bladed carpet of green nylon backed by vinyl, makes hard-hit grounders skid rather than bounce, and that their spikes do not dig in firmly. On the other hand, the Houston University football team, which plays its home games in the Astrodome, found the going great, and it was no hindrance to making Houston's pass-catching...
...come so quickly to the judgment of the members of the health professions with so much verifiable data from so many parts of the world, from both animals and man, as to its safety and efficacy." Only in the last few weeks, since some members of Congress began to complain about DMSO as "the persecuted drug," has the FDA hinted that it may soon permit a genuine resumption of the investigation...
...Advisors complain that the boys do not really need their counseling. One says, "With Challenge, school, recreation programs and Boy Scouts, my advise couldn't fit me into his schedule." For the program to work the participants would have to be selected more carefully and better integrated into their regular Challenge classes...
...worked for Lindsay in '65, could be persuaded to change their registration. Price had a vision of dozens of Lindsay Republican Organizations mushrooming all over the city providing direct lines of communication between the neighborhood and City Hall. A resident could then walk into a neighborhood club and complain about the gaping pot-hole down the block or the broken traffic light. The complaint would immediately be funneled through to the responsible administrator, short-circuiting the normal bureaucratic process, and the pothole would be filled with impressive speed and efficiency. New Yorkers, pointing to the mayor and the clubs, would...
...Band's major flaw throughout the concert was an amateurish negligence about watching the conductor. There is little one can complain about in Walker's conducting; it is to him that much of the music's vigor and sensitivity of phrasing must be attributed. However, one felt he had to fight to keep the Band at the tempos he wanted...