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Word: complain (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...besides, they didn't like being ignored as if they didn't matter. First the fox and now the bear were trying to change their lives around without even asking them. So the sheep formed the SACC--sheep against core consumption--and marched down to Roso's den to complain, but he growled a little and promised he would only make next year's sheep eat cores, so they went home...

Author: By Eric B. Fried, | Title: Derek the Duck and John the Fox | 4/29/1978 | See Source »

...West German officials, Jimmy Carter's wavering earlier this month about whether to develop the weapon seemed to confirm their doubts about the President's ability to lead the alliance effectively. Although Schmidt was publicly muting the impact of the episode last week, Bonn officials continued to complain privately, as one put it, that the neutron imbroglio "makes Carter's leadership even more questionable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DIPLOMACY: Bombing the Wrong Target | 4/24/1978 | See Source »

...three living members may only be stripped of effective power. One reason for this apparent leniency is that the crafty Teng may actually be aiming at targets much higher than Mayor Wu and the others. Some wall posters, believed to have been written by Teng's backers, complain, for example, about striking "blows only at low levels and not on top." That could only be an implicit criticism of Chairman Hua and his policies in the post...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Mini-Gang War | 4/24/1978 | See Source »

...slot in the department of Public Safety is held by Tonia Grdina, a 21-year-old undergraduate at Cleveland State University. The Kucinich appointees quickly became known as the City Hall Raiders. To their credit, the Raiders rooted out hundreds of unproductive bureaucrats, mostly middle managers. But many Clevelanders complain that some of the Raiders have proved to be ruthless and arrogant. Concedes Kucinich: "The criticism has some merit as it relates to the bureaucracy, but we treat the general public with respect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: A Boy Mayor Has Problems | 4/10/1978 | See Source »

Students also complain about a proposed rule forbidding students of one dormitory, Pierpont, from living there more than four semesters...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: Seventy UMass Students Occupy Chancellor's Office | 4/6/1978 | See Source »

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