Word: complainer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...trunk, regional and nonscheduled airlines since its founding by Congress in 1938, the CAB grants routes, sets domestic fares, investigates accidents and pays out subsidies. The board is composed of five members who are appointed by the President for six-year terms at $20,000 a year. U.S. airlines complain that the board members, all without much experience in aviation, rely too much on the advice of the agency's 800-man staff, have no consistent overall policy of their...
This would be nothing to complain of if military opinions on the treaty needed greater attention and respect, but the military view has already received a disproportionate airing. It would be nothing to complain of if many senators did not already have good reason to feel that the armed forces operate under very slight Congressional restraint and under only a little more from the Administration...
...would be nothing to complain of if the military did not face for the first time in many years the prospect of having to justify its expenditures. The nearly simultaneous appearance of a test ban treaty and of Sen. McGovern's call for a $5 billion reduction in military spending has almost certainly sent the armed forces scurrying to reinforcing their defenses. A show of great respect for military opinion on the test ban treaty will make rejection of military opinion on spending even more difficult...
...washing machines, one of the earlier victims of a "less recommendable" decree, sagged from a 38% share of the German automatic washer market to 20% ; Constructa sued and lost but subsequently introduced new machines that won a higher rating. Mail-Order Magnate Joseph Neckermann rushed to Stuttgart to complain about DM's criticism of a spin drier sold by his firm; in DM's test lab Neckermann watched the machine fail again, and canceled his contract with the manufacturer. Says one businessman: "DM's greatest merit is that it has created a permanent feeling of unease among...
...naturally, ignoring adult tensions. Teen-agers take longer, but in the course of a year begin to see "them" as individuals to be judged on personal merit. As for standards, both races generally work as hard as ever. Says Coles: "We have yet to hear a Southern teacher complain of any drop in intellectual or moral climate in a desegregated room or school...