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Word: complained (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Woolf, attorney for Bird, said he was not aware negotiations had ended until he received a call from a reporter yesterday afternoon. He plans to meet with the Basketball Players' Association today to complain about what he termed "implied threats and intimidation" during negotiations with the president and general manager of the Celtics, Arnold "Red" Auerbach...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Larry Bird | 4/25/1979 | See Source »

...Marshall. Administration officials complain that the Labor Secretary has been a dead loss at negotiating with the Teamsters Union. As a result, Carter has had to deal directly with Union President Frank Fitzsimmons. Carter made some headway with Fitzsimmons but was unable to head off the Teamsters strike...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Advice and Dissent | 4/23/1979 | See Source »

Many legislators have urged Carter to come up with just that sort of program all along, but now they seem ready to condemn him for doing so. Senators and Congressmen from New England, where home heating oil prices in some cases have jumped by 25% since last autumn, complain that decontrol will just make matters worse. Says Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy of Carter's program: "It's bad economic policy, it's bad energy policy, and it's bad for the country." Legislators from Texas, Oklahoma and other petrobelt states argue that Carter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The Fight to Tax Big Oil | 4/23/1979 | See Source »

Tarnower's formula is merely the latest variation on the familiar high protein-low carbohydrate regimen. Although food quantities are not specified, the doctor believes that most Scarsdale dieters average 1,000 or fewer calories a day. Many naturally complain of lassitude and find that their weight loss is only temporary. But others, like Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill, who lost 40 Ibs. on two two-week stints, are more than satisfied. The diet, he says, is "a thing of beauty." It is also, unquestionably, the diet of the hour. Some socialites with no weight problems...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Diet of the Hour | 4/23/1979 | See Source »

...whole, I can't complain about this one." Hunt said. "It was just about like we expected...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Trackwomen Place Fourth at All-Ivies | 4/23/1979 | See Source »

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