Word: complained
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...well, young Mr. R. is finally having his day, so we should complain...
...Russian people are docile. They do not complain about their rulers, far less threaten them. There is no sign of any major purges. I heard a great deal of genuine, voluntary admiration for Stalin, some for Molotov and Zhdanov. But I never heard any Russian volunteer a single word of praise for Lavrenti Beria, head of the omnipresent secret police. But then few people love policemen, and Russians have less reason to love them than most...
...drinking before starting to paint. To them, his portrait looked as inert and uninspired as a coil of rope. But the conservative officials of Boston's museum seemed to feel that Benton had captured a vanishing type on canvas. And for once, Tom Benton, who used to complain that an art museum was a graveyard "run by a pretty boy with delicate wrists and a swing in his gait," agreed with the officials. His friend Hough, said Benton, "is a good old New England editor...
Pollyanna-wise, the Daily Telegraph was determined to be cheerful and bright about the whole thing. "It would be a poor heart which did not rejoice at this sudden glory of the uncertain English summer," it wrote. "Now that at last this cheerfulness has broken through, let none complain that this sparkling warmth is not to be borne." Grumpily the hot and footsore Standard muttered: "Do not drink iced drinks. They often bring on stomach cramps. Look after the feet. Eau de Cologne and methylated spirits applied at night are helpful...
Almost every U.S. town wants an airfield of its own. But when the local Chamber of Commerce or the American Legion post tries to establish one, prospective neighbors complain bitterly and point to some other part of town. Better no airport at all than one so close that plane noises will panic the chickens and disturb folks' sleep...