Word: complainer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Critics complain that Winters is more a manipulator than a man of ideas, that he has no genuine political philosophy. "It all indicates to me that I'm pretty much a middle-of-the-roader," says Winters, "which is just what I aim to be." And on the early line, at least, his aim makes him the experts' favorite to be Mike Pearson's successor...
...program for Brazil. To get the job done, in a country plagued by inflation, corruption and ineptitude after years of freewheeling politics, Castello Branco has assumed near-dictatorial powers while maintaining his devotion to constitutional democracy. Inevitably, his efforts have pleased no one -neither the moderates and leftists, who complain about his muffling of politics, nor the military's linha dura (hard line), which scoffs at his loyalty to democracy. In a series of swift . strokes over the past fortnight, Castello Branco struck back-not hard enough to do anyone real damage, but forcefully enough to put the country...
Pagan Rights. As usual, there is considerable hand-wringing by purists and priests, who complain that the cash box has replaced the creche. But the fact remains that Christmas never completely belonged to the church. It began as a pagan festival, and it has slowly been changing back into one for the past half-century...
...November Advocate closes with an aimless apologia which shrilly proclaims that young writers exist in the world, admits they don't go to Harvard, and wishes they would get in touch with the Advocate. The editors complain that: (1) potential contributors would rather shoot for big money from national magazines than write for local audiences, and (2) talent, like nature, can't be forced -- no one can squeeze pieces out of writers when they're doing things like picketing the White House...
...resulting surveillance without a warrant created what the Fourth Amendment condemns-"a general exploratory search conducted solely to find guilt." Not moved, Judge Browning's brethren refused to extend the right of privacy to a public toilet. There was no actual intrusion, said the court. "All appellants complain of is that they were seen...