Word: complainers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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White churchmen, themselves treated somewhat scornfully by the Ministry, complain that the Ministry has ignored Mississippi's numerous white poor in its projects; Greenville residents charge that one tangible result of the "reconciliation" has been a revival of Ku Klux Klan activity in areas where it had long been dormant. Yet they concede to the Ministry one ironic and important accomplishment: mutual distrust of its operations has for the first time driven Negro and white moderates toward the beginnings of true dialogue and cooperation...
ITEM: David Susskind was extremely cranky. He complained because Sir John Gielgud was not nominated for an Emmy, even though the show got one. Very effective; mentioned in New York papers. In the future, if any of our producers are given Emmys they are to find something to complain about. If nothing can be found, I will supply complaint...
What some cadets find attractive, however, other cadets complain of. They say that the material covered, while necessary for officers, is dry, tedious and unchallenging. They complain that they are learning facts and dates rather than concepts; that they are being taught by soldiers rather than teachers; and that they take too many objective tests and too few essay tests...
During the debate, Fulbright himself rose to complain that CIA Director Admiral William Raborn, when haled before his committee, had refused to answer anything but "superficial" questions. Russell, artfully invoking both his own prestige and Senate precedent, contended that 1) committees have traditionally been granted the right to "legislative oversight" of agencies that they have recommended, and 2) it was his own Armed Services Committee that had approved the birth of the CIA in 1947. "Unless the committee of which I am chairman has been derelict in its duty," the Georgian said pointedly, "there is no justification whatever...
...raised the salaries of lay teachers in parochial schools, let assistant pastors elect two representatives to Chicago's influential board of priest consultors (previously all members had been appointed by the archbishop). By the same token, Cody is something of an authoritarian; both his priests and his parishioners complain that his communications, far from being two-way, consist of his sending the word on down. Last month an ad hoc committee organized three meetings attended by 400 Chicago clerics, recommended that priests have a greater share in formation of archdiocesan policy and that assignment procedures be revised. In effect...