Word: complainers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...black leaders of Africa's emerging new nations endlessly complain that the outside world too often judges whose side they are on in the East-West struggle by whose aid they accept. Guinea's Red-leaning President Sékou Touré loudly proclaims that he is on no side, stubbornly insists he signed up for aid from Russia ($35 million) and Red China ($25 million) and brought in scores of Communist technicians, simply because he needed the money and expert advice...
...your story on the press coverage of the Nixon campaign, you [report] Philip Potter of the Baltimore Sun as saying I called his publisher to complain about a press-conference question posed by him. This is one of the factual inaccuracies in the story. No such protest was made. To give another example, I noted the story depicts the traveling newsmen as paying little attention to the Vice President when he dropped in on a press reception at Billings. I believe the newsmen I know are more alert than this, and the fact is they crowded around...
...escapes diagnosis. Linden believes, either because the woman refuses to admit it-one of the factors that probably misled Kinsey-or because her physician shies away from "delicate" questions on the subject of sex. When the frigid woman does appear in a doctor's office, it is to complain of "vague physical or psychological ailments": headaches, fitful sleep, nervousness or nonspecific feelings of inadequacy. "The commonly prescribed treatment," says Dr. Linden, "consists of some tranquilizer or relaxant, supportive and complimentary reassurance, and periodic visits. The condition being treated usually does not change...
Many people who complain of whiplash, reports Dr. Threadgill. "do not have anything more than a temporary indisposition. They have no real injury to muscle, nerve, tendon or bone." In examination of 88 supposed whiplash victims, Threadgill found only 14 cases in which patients' subjective complaints (e.g., neck pains, headaches, loss of sensation, restricted arm movements') could be medically confirmed. His sardonic conclusion: apart from clear-cut cases of bone or nerve in jury, 90% of "socalled whiplash injuries" will disappear within six weeks "if legal settlement can be quickly obtained...
...longer need 'Cliffies complain futilely about poor lighting, cramped closets and inadequate recreation and study space. Under a new plan, the College architect, Nelson W. Aldrich, will meet with the head residents of the halls, who will present suggestions made by the house committees. In the past, repairs and alterations have been made without consulting the girls...