Word: complained
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...detonations. In Paris, the French Protestant Federation held a service, protested against Russian persecution. Present was Dr. Eulage, the Russian Orthodox Metropolitan of Paris. Grand Rabbi Israel Levy of France sent a representative. In London, the arch-Tory, arch-Anglican Morning Post conceded: "We shall not in this case complain if the Archbishop of Canterbury follows the lead of Rome...
There are those who will complain of the 30 seconds of Miss Miller's weeping, her giggling, and that she is no actress, but as she is continually dancing or singing it matters little and of Alexander Gray's unconvincing "rich young clubman" part; but a chance to see the gorgeous sets in Technicolor, and the really excellent dancing and singing by Miss Miller to catchy music shouldn't be turned down...
...complain that one is not getting enough press publicity is to appear undignified and ridiculous-unless one is a personage inherently dignified and sacred. Last week the Vatican daily, Osservatore Romano, complained that the Supreme Pontiff's latest encyclical, dealing with Education, had received the very meagrest publicity in the Fascistized press of Italy...
...operators now are paid so much per pound (67 cents to $3*) for mail actually carried. Most complain they are losing money. Some weeks ago Mr. Brown commanded them to present their complaints to Second Assistant Postmaster General, Warren Irving Glover (TIME, Oct. 21). Mr. Glover closely examined all the operators' books-a sight no man ever had before him. What he learned formed the basis of his superior's solution, which is: to contract with the operators for a certain amount of plane space, whether or not that space is always filled with mail...