Word: complained
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...bulk of the seats are further back than in the makeshift theatres. Harvard's actors are generally much better at expressing things with their faces than with body movement. The quivering of the mouth that works in the Ex is lost to the main stage audience, and directors often complain that an actor who seems full of vitality and charm in a practice room, and thereby wins a part, turns out not to be able to project his warmth on the stage...
Living Reminder. In the U.S. last week for a five-day visit was a living reminder of America's stake in Europe: West German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard. Erhard did not come to complain. But in stating the reason for his trip, he did note that "urgent decisions that are vital for the future of the Atlantic Alliance need to be discussed...
...Farmers complain that the government-dictated prices are so low that it is not even worthwhile to harvest their crops. Unions gripe bitterly about low wages and increasing layoffs in the auto, appliance and textile industries. Manufacturers complain that consumers are not buying, are waiting for prices to go down farther...
...ever voted Harness Horse of the Year. Owner Downing recently turned down an offer of $850,000 for Bret. "If I took the money," he explained, "I might blow it all on some silly mining stock. Then where would I be?" As it is, the pickings are nothing to complain about. Bret's victory in the Matron Stake was worth $10,717, bringing his winnings so far this year to $110,000. But the horse isn't letting all that easy money go to his head. Every time he visits the winner's circle nowadays, Bret demurely...
...become businesses and factories, while many businesses have become fine educational institutions. You can do just as much educating in the steel or food business as you can in the educational system. By measuring everybody equally, the university becomes a factory, destroying motivation and giving the kids something to complain about. But business is the great instructor...