Word: complainers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...massive, 3½-acre octagonal tower of metal, masonry and glass planned by Wolfson has already stirred heated controversy, even though Wolfson enlisted the talents of famed Architects Pietro Belluschi and Walter Gropius to design the building. City planners complain that its huge population (25,000 workers) will strain service facilities in the area, and architects grumble that the building will be too big (2,400,000 sq. ft.) to achieve architectural distinction...
Heller gets his own money through regular banking channels at an average interest rate of 5^¼%, charges 12% interest for his loans. Some bankers consider the rate outrageous, but Heller's customers rarely complain. Says a Minnesota businessman now negotiating a Heller loan: "The bank interest, when you consider everything, works out to 8% or 9%, and you have to keep a big balance in the bank, on which you get no credit or interest. For the service Heller performs, his rates are not unreasonable. And we don't have to call Mr. Heller...
...runs well under 20 m.p.g., rarely measures up to other compacts. Part of the trouble may be its gasoline heater, which eats up to a quart of gas an hour. Chevrolet engineers have also remodeled the Corvair's carburetors in the interests of saving gas. Though many drivers complain that none of the compacts live up to mileage expectations, they burn standard instead of premium gas, giving them a considerable price saving...
...Affandi exhibition at Djakarta this month drew a visit and some half-embarrassed criticism from Indonesia's President Sukarno. The pictures were "not ugly," Sukarno conceded, adding, "neither is the moon ugly, but it is not my world." Other critics chimed in to complain of European influences in his work...
...Soldier Love establish a separation center. But for all his toughness, even his fiercest competitors call Love "the leader of the industry." They do not always follow his lead. Unlike many anti-import textilemen, Love takes a moderate stand on tariffs, says, "I don't feel we can complain just now, when we have full employment." And unlike many Southerners, he has lifted some Negro workers above the broomstick level, e.g., to research chemist...