Word: complained
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...France's 13 black African colonies have achieved orderly independence; all but Guinea still enjoy fruitful relations with each other and with Paris through the French Community. The rebellious army has been subdued and assuaged by the prospect of a new technological role, even if many officers complain that they did not choose a military career to become "technicians...
...labor unions last year pressured wages and fringe benefits up 13.6% to $1.20 an hour, the highest in the Common Market; simultaneously, they pushed the average work week down to 41.3 hours, lowest in the Market. German executives, who once boasted of their nation's Spartan industriousness, now complain that many Germans do not work as hard as the 700,000 Spaniards, Greeks and Italians who have been imported to work in Germany. One piece of supporting evidence: since sick pay was introduced by law in 1954, the rate of absenteeism for "illness" has jumped from...
...never before been such glowing praise" for the food; a visiting committee of students' others that occasionally eats in the college dining halls has been nearly unaminous in its approval this Fall. "If you see a pair of ladies in the dining hall," he suggested "go up and complain to them out the food...
...Abbott, the director, has had the sense to realize what Mr. Pickett has done to poor old Shakespeare, and he has ordered the rest of the cast to speak as quietly and as naturally as possible. This mutes their bombast well enough--and one can't in all conscience complain about that: there's entirely too much noise in almost every Shakespeare production--but it seems to be of little avail. With the exception of a few actors, like Mr. Abbott himself (who is the languid and ailing King Edward), or Andreas Teuber (a vital Buckingham, and a perfect Charlie...
...quality, and consumer inclinations. Latest October figures show auto sales running an astounding 27.6% ahead of last year. General Motors' sales are up 37% from the same time last year, Chrysler's 26%, and Ford's 25%. The nation's auto dealers, always quick to complain when they are being forced to take unsalable cars, now lament that Detroit underestimated the market and is not building fast enough. To a man, they are convinced that the auto industry is about to perform the hat trick by following zooming 1962 sales, which should...