Word: complainers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...theatre have not yet evolved into anything more conducive to good drama. Harvard organizations seem to run on discontent, but nowhere in Cambridge is so much unhappiness so openly displayed as at the Loeb. Everybody has a gripe, and often it's a serious one. Freshmen and sophomores complain that a "Loeb clique" has taken over the building; experienced directors bewail the lack of talented actors; and many students are extremely unhappy about Harvard's administration of the building...
...considering the difficulties that such division presents, the precision of the performance was laudable. The power that a men's Glee Club must have to be really effective was missing, however, and the pieces chosen were short and of little interest. Those who favor the pre-Classical could again complain of having been unfairly ignored...
...domestic progress." Nonetheless, he urged, "it's your duty to put this in perspective. We're spending $1 billion more this year than last on the children of the poor. I hope we can bring this tragic war to a close. But I hope that those who complain that Viet Nam is choking our spending at home will, after the war is over, be among the first to pass legislation to provide more money for the war on poverty...
...major element in his acne treatment is diet, a prescription that is not so simple as it sounds. Mothers complain that grown boys and girls keep on drinking milk, as in childhood, "because they don't like to chew meat or any food that takes time to eat-they're in too much of a rush." When Dr. Fisher advises teen-agers to cut down on foods rich in both fats and sweets-fried foods, ice cream, peanut butter, whole-milk cheeses (as distinct from cottage cheese), nuts and pastries, many of them set up an anguished wail...
...would bring us new personalities and new talent--if we could fit it in with our image, but we can't." The listeners are too "discerning;" even on the relatively relaxed "Jazz Request Show," says Salerno, "if we play something too close to rock, people will call in and complain...