Word: complained
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...nitpicker might complain also that Shakespeare for some reason gave two different characters the same name of Jaques; that he forgot to assign the rightful duke any name at all; that Celia is described as taller than her cousin Rosalind early in the play, and shorter later on; that he confused Juno and Venus; and so on. This is not a careful piece of work...
...companies insist did not recognize how rapidly inflation and design changes would kick up their construction costs. Result: builders are presenting $2.4 billion in past claims; the Navy will only recognize $1.9 billion. Meanwhile, the shipbuilders are forced to dip into their own working capital to finance construction. They complain that the Navy has been trying to build too many ships with too little money. "You cannot expect a private company to finance the U.S. Navy," declares Glen McDaniel, chairman of Litton's executive committee...
...training camp run by a government to which she is outspokenly committed. Schmidt, the power thrower who trains haphazardly and who recently quit the U.C.L.A. track team to protest the firing of the women's coach. The two have one thing in common. The loser will not complain about her coach-Schmidt because she does not have one, Fuchs because she is convinced that East German coaches are the world's best...
...displays"). He loves the theatre, but would much rather see a pantomime or farce than Shakespeare, who is not one of his favorites. He is suspicious of all innovations and innovators. To give him his due, however, he seems to recognize his intellectual shortcomings, and has been heard to complain that his early education was sadly neglected. Still, despite the neglect and his mother's obvious harshness, George and Charlotte dutifully visited the old lady at her residence in Carlton House three times a week until her death...
...Cubans are destined to play a major role in Angola's reconstruction. In addition to patrol duties, Castro's troops are slowly shaping up the M.P.L.A. army of 35,000 men, instilling a much-needed dose of discipline. Angolan soldiers complain that the men from Havana work them too hard and sometimes steal their women. But relations are good at officer level, and many M.P.L.A. soldiers now wear Che Guevara-style beards and berets...