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Word: complained (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...However, few students enrolled in the course would like to take a chance, no matter how small, of not having a sheepskin to show for four years' effort, and the Faculty committee with final authority in the matter has not as yet taken a stand. The would-be lawyers complain of a shortage of information, that the committee in charge has not communicated new regulations, and that their tutors are as ignorant of the Plan as they are. Only when liaison is reestablished between students and Faculty, and when a definite commitment on degrees is forthcoming, will peace reign once...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Negotiated Peace | 10/3/1941 | See Source »

There was still much to complain about in the U.S. But for at least one week most citizens could not complain of inaction, of doldrums and bottlenecks in Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Signs of Progress | 9/8/1941 | See Source »

...east and U.S. aid on the west, many an ebullient Briton has come to believe that World War II is as good as won. Such optimists, surprised and petulant when the Roosevelt-Churchill meeting did not hatch an outright U.S. declaration of war, have been inclined to complain about U.S. timidity both in private and public...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Fools' Paradise Lost | 9/8/1941 | See Source »

...damage: "I wouldn't fight with a member of Congress unless in self defense. He was cussing and I could see he was angry. So I just stepped back. ... In the 20 years I have been running this duplicating service I have only had one other member complain about the noise. That was a gentleman from Texas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Dog Days | 8/11/1941 | See Source »

...entitled " Vacation Excursions." Of these, the first is as good as anything he has published in the are less impressive because, in spite of occasional past, perhaps better. The second and third parts brilliant lines, they depend too much on general statement and generalized diction; but who would complain of this...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ON THE SHELF | 6/4/1941 | See Source »

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