Word: complainers
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...justly famous. These hops are held three times a week during the camp season, and are always well attended. They lack, of course, the noisy gaiety and informality of college dances, but more than redeem the loss in color and tradition. At least the numerous fair visitors never complain of the lack of life in the parties. After all, nothing can compare with Cullom balcony under a full summer moon, dotted with quiet couples--splendidly gowned women and cadets in white starched uniforms--caught in the spell of dreamy music and the Hudson sweeping by in the moonlight far below...
Astonished at the outcome of his game, the judge ruled: "The accused is acquitted. The court may not judge in a sphere where science remains undecided. . . . No one has a right to complain if, going to a clairvoyant, he does not learn the truth, even as no one ought to find fault if he does not draw the winning number in a lottery...
Three years ago, after Prince Nicholas and Queen Marie returned 'from the U. S., H.R.H. began to dash about Bucharest with extreme speed and recklessness. In Rumania most people with automobiles are rich, and most rich people will not complain if their cars are dented or partially smashed by royalty. Indeed there is some swank in saying: "You see that dent? That's where Prince Nicholas sideswiped...
...second example is the University's defense in their last letter that "they are not aware of any complaint ever having been received from the women regarding their wages." Of course, they have not complained and no one connected with labor problems expected them to. To complain usually means dismissal, and there is nothing a laboring man or woman fears so much as being fired. The specter of unemployment with rising bills and empty stomachs has made working people do far worse things than submit silently to an unjust wage. The University's giving this as an answer shows their...
...discussion of national prohibition was involved. It is true that we did not make the difference between national prohibition as one problem, and the repeal of the Baby Volstead Act another, stand out vividly enough. Had we done so, we might have won the debate. We do not complain of the decisions of the audience, nor of the decisions of the judges. We believe that they had good reason to vote as they did. We submit that we were prepared to discuss a vital Massachusetts problem. Boston College succeeded in talking about national prohibition, which is something quite different. Boston...