Word: complained
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...local organizations who lost their funds have begun to complain that MCA uses too much of its budget for administrative costs. MCA cannot function efficiently and at the same time finance community groups on a $300,000 budget...
...part of its crossexamination, the defense introduced portions of the White House tapes, the first time they have been used at a trial. Peter Fleming, Mitchell's top attorney, produced a transcript of a taped conversation between Dean and Nixon on the day that Mitchell had called to complain about the grand jury. Although Dean told the President about Mitchell's anger, the tapes showed that he did not report he had been asked to call Kleindienst. This apparent lack of candor was pounced upon by Fleming, who got Dean to admit that the conversation had occurred...
More Backbone. To some critics, the incident seems characteristic of the way the FAA operates. The National Transportation Safety Board says that only about half the design changes it recommends ever become airworthiness directives. Critics complain that the FAA worries too much about the impact of its actions on industry profits. But Alexander Butterfield, the FAA administrator, has lately won praise for putting more backbone into the agency...
Republicans, hungry from the lean years, criticize his appointments of Democrats to some key agencies. Democrats complain that he has isolated himself from the legislature. The Governor, however, remains unperturbed, banking on his ability to satisfy both parties in the tradition of Missouri Compromise...
...still serves as presidential adviser for national security affairs and National Security Council chairman as well as Secretary of State. Another reason is that since moving to Foggy Bottom, Kissinger, between overseas trips, has been attempting to overhaul the creaky machinery of the U.S. State Department. Some staffers complain that Kissinger is too aloof and fails to delegate enough authority. On the other hand, notes Ambassador-at-Large...