Word: complained
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Toronto, where Oliver Twist had been showing for three weeks, the theater manager noted little comment against Fagin, no unfavorable publicity, no effect on business. The Toronto Jewish Congress called on Rank representatives to complain, but later decided to drop the matter. "We feel," one was quoted as saying, that an Englishman has just as much right to complain about Bill Sikes." Could Rank quiet the din by reshooting some scenes in the $1,600,000 picture? It seemed impractical; there were too many shots of Fagin, and some members of the cast had scattered. Last week Rank announced that...
...displacing metals in some lines (e.g., toys, 40% of which are now made of plastics). They have become standard materials for flash light cases, radio cabinets, toilet seats, shower curtains, raincoats, furniture coverings, electrical appliances. They have even been tried as eye-catching bathing suits (see cut), but wearers complain that they are clammy and uncomfortable...
...take any advice from your butcher . . . You are in a rut and won't try anything new so we are getting out of the habit of suggesting things. We sure are tired of hearing you complain about tough meats ... If you take the toughest piece of meat and rub it well with any citrus fruit, leave it in the refrigerator overnight, then slow-cook it, you will be delighted with its tenderness and flavor...
Batlle has resumed the longtime practice of government intervention in industry. Telephones, banks, trains, insurance, fisheries and meat-packing plants are all government-owned enterprises in Uruguay. With accumulated sterling, the government plans to buy more Uruguayan railroads from the British. Businessmen already complain of a growing new bureaucracy, of obnoxious new controls, and the drain on Uruguay's resources...
...most familiar complaint of modern composers is that they don't get a hearing. On that score, Igor Stravinsky has little to complain of. In the past month, packed houses in Manhattan had heard everything from his popular Petrouchka (1911) to his dusty-dry Symphony in C (1940). Even his opera-oratorio Oedipus Rex had been uncovered for the first time in 17 years. Bobbing, crouching and flapping his arms like a grotesque little bird, Composer Stravinsky had conducted several performances of his music himself...