Word: complainers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...grabber, and bewail the fact that in recent years the actress and 37 other wealthy city slickers−among them Movie ActorJean Gabin−have all staked out exurbanite estates in Orne. This has inflated land values (current price: up to $900 an acre) and displaced tenant farmers, who complain that they can no longer find farms to rent in the region...
...recent years, Brittany's artichoke and potato growers have been dumping their produce in the streets in dramatic protest over their lot. They complain that they get less than one-third of what the customer pays for their produce, with the rest going to an army of rapacious middlemen. The farmer also suffers from an antiquated distribution system by which 55% of all produce consumed throughout France has first to be trucked in and out of Paris' ancient Les Halles market, which makes Les Halles a great tourist sight but otherwise makes no sense...
Credits & Debits. U.S. military advisers still complain that poor communications and the highly centralized command setup of South Viet Nam's President Ngo Dinh Diem retard quick response to Viet Cong attacks. But slowly, the tactics taught by the U.S. advisers-most notably the use of helicopters-have begun to show results. The Viet Cong is now suffering nearly twice as many casualties as the South Vietnamese and the amount of captured Viet Cong equipment is rising. Viet Cong defections are on the increase, and Viet Cong terror tactics against the Montagnards (mountain tribesmen), who have been indifferent...
Like the new steel contract that went into effect last week for 450,000 steelworkers, the aluminum agreement was hailed as noninflationary. Though they complain that their profits are inadequate, the aluminum companies do not intend to raise prices "because of world conditions." Both management and labor were obviously pleased at settling their differences without the help of a third party...
...office of the agency in Casablanca that chartered ships and planes for Jews eager to leave the country. Although Jews who leave for Israel are officially forbidden to return to their homes, there is little overt anti-Semitism in Morocco. But emigration goes on, and businessmen in Casablanca complain that they cannot find Jewish labor. "Morocco is down the drain for us," says one Jewish cafe owner...