Word: complained
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Alone. What was the Admiral himself like? Author Morison mentions his "physical courage . . . and untiring persistence and unbreakable will." There were also "certain defects," lack of appreciation of subordinates, unwillingness to admit shortcomings, a tendency to complain and be sorry for himself. But "these were the defects of the qualities that made him a great historical figure. For he was not, like a Washington, a Cromwell or a Bolivar, an instrument chosen by multitudes to express their wills. . . . He was Man alone with God against human stupidity and depravity, against greedy conquistadors, cowardly seamen, even against nature...
Increases in passenger traffic, plus the fact that more & more cars ride full instead of half empty, tend to increase railroads' passenger revenues and passenger profits. But because the railroads complain about rising costs, ICC last week granted them a 10% fare increase effective Feb. 10, letting them take a nick out of the public's pocket at a time when the public cannot escape. So citizens will not only travel less, they will be less comfortable when they travel, and they will pay extra for their discomfort...
...Dutch this is more than a little galling. But they did not publicly complain. What they need now are reinforcements of ships, planes, fighting men. Reinforcements can come only from Britain...
...airplane output could be boosted: honest-to-God freezing of designs. Some planemakers complain that the Army still changes its mind more often than a hen crossing a road. Concentrating on fewer models would also eventually boost output. OPM has a standardization plan in the works, may test it on pursuit-ship output in a few big factories...
Said the liberal, keen New-Statesman and Nation: "At this point we face something even more unpleasant than incompetence. No one will complain that Penang was deliberately evacuated while there was time to withdraw its white inhabitants. But reports insist that its docks and its electric power station were left intact for the enemy's use [see p. 21] and subsequent denials only cover half the charges...