Word: complain
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...angry citizen telephoned a radio talk show in Detroit last week to complain about the busing of the city's children to integrate schools. Wearily, the show's host cut him short: "We've been through all that over and over again. It doesn't matter, it's over...
...most women and minorities who experience discrimination at Harvard on the faculty level usually don't do anything about it, according to one source who asked not to be identified. Faculty women are reluctant to complain about discrimination for fear of being "blackballed all over the country," the source says. Phyllis Keller, equal employment officer for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, says that Donna Napoli was the last person to complain to her about discrimination on the faculty. Most of Keller's work involved reviewing faculty appointments to see that they meet affirmative action guidelines. She feels that...
...foreign ruler. None of us wanted to destroy a country, while the P.L.O. wants to destroy our state. To the extent they are gaining recognition it is a very ugly expression of appeasement. Those who recognize the legitimacy of the P.L.O. will hardly be able to complain against terrorism in The Hague, at La Guardia Airport, in Paris, Vienna or elsewhere. Either you rule...
...executive suite, but a way of biding one's time before going to work on the assembly line. The number of fourth grade students who score significantly below the national average on standardized tests is almost ten times the number of students whose scores exceed the national average. Educators complain about a lack of money for proper facilties. Under the current system of property tax finance for public schools, it is especially difficult to obtain decent funds for education in a city where extensive citizen and industry migration to the suburbs has left many buildings only partially occupied or entirely...
...Great God! This is an awful place. " So wrote the English explorer Robert Falcon Scott after he reached the South Pole in 1912. Scott, who was just beaten to the pole by the Norwegian Roald Amundsen, had good reason to complain. Temperatures regularly drop to -100º F. during the polar winter. Sudden storms bring gale-force winds, and visibility frequently drops to zero during a "whiteout," making it impossible to see perilous crevasses ahead. Yet in spite of its hostile environment, Antarctica is becoming the object of increasing worldwide interest. Its shrimplike krill and millions of seals make...