Word: complained
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Cops Complain. Accordingly, Lindsay fired the commissioner and brought in Philadelphia's police commissioner, Howard Leary. Two days later, after consulting with city hall, Leary named his own chief inspector, who is the top uniformed police official. The new chief is Sanford Garelik, a Jewish officer with distinguished professional credentials. Even before Lindsay took office, Republican Senator Jacob Javits, who is also Jewish, had recommended Garelik for elevation. Two former police commissioners, both Democrats, took up the tired cry of "political influence." Three uniformed chiefs resigned as soon as Garelik was promoted over their heads. City Council President Frank...
Certainly, the generals had plenty to complain about. Indonesia's economy is a mess, proCommunists are back in the Cabinet, and Sukarno even had the effrontery to dismiss Defense Minister Abdul Haris Nasution, 47, leader of the anti-Red forces that thwarted the Communists' October coup. When the generals let matters ride, thousands of Djakarta students-with tacit approval from the military-went on a wild, three-week rampage, sacking government ministries, pillaging the Red Chinese consulate, and clogging the streets with their demonstrations...
Sears expects to grow further in Latin America, in the next five years plans to open 50 new branches in Brazil alone. Smaller local retailers have two choices. They can complain about the competition, and languish. Or they can prosper by adopting Sears's fairly moderate prices and modern methods. Many have done just that...
Each student has his own particular reason for wanting to move off-campus. Many of them argue that 3 a.m. conversations have become more of a distraction than an enlightment, and that the dormitory atmosphere is isolated--an Ivory Tower. Others complain that they want to be able to run their own lives, eating when they like, selecting their own company, and winning a sense of independence. Finally there are the economists who insist that they could exist much more comfortably at a lower cost; in fact, many students are paying for two sets of meals--the ones they...
David Merrick, curiously, did not complain. He even said that Kauffmann could attend all the Merrick rehearsals and previews he wished. That was fine, so long as Merrick did not have a play ready. Last week, however, he had. A few days before the opening of Philadelphia, Here I Come! (see THEATER), Merrick sent two preview passes to Kauffmann. Attached was an ominous note: "Dear Mr. Kauffmann: At your peril. Sincerely, David Merrick...