Word: complaining
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Frerejean and Rémon (known to staffers as "The Twins") have fathered three other successful publications. The trio: glossy, authoritative Connaissance des Arts, the most widely read art magazine in France (circ. 46,500); Benjamin, the only "serious" children's weekly in France (where parents also complain about comic books), with a circulation of 80,000; Entreprise, France's only business magazine. The semimonthly Entreprise (circ. 40,000) was stymied at first by the traditional secretiveness of the French businessman. But in 2½ years it has succeeded in proving that the business community can benefit from...
Appliance dealers complain that Westinghouse is not keeping pace with the competition. In a high-income highly competitive market, appliances have become increasingly faddist and highly styled, and the company that hesitates to change is lost. Many dealers feel that Westinghouse has moved too slowly. For example, most of Westinghouse's competitors brought out a "hot leader," a $199 refrigerator. By the time Westinghouse finally got around to a $199 refrigerator of its own, dealers said that it was too late. The field was flooded...
Dealers also complain that Westinghouse TV sets are selling poorly because their styling is "a little backward, sort of corny." There is grumbling because so much of the Westinghouse advertising budget is spent on national advertising and on TV, so little for the local tie-in campaigns that nail down sales. Some of the ill feeling even brushes off on topnotch TV Saleswoman Betty Furness. Snapped a Seattle dealer: "She condescends to women, talks down to them. Maybe her kind of chitter-chatter goes good on Park Avenue but not in Seattle, Washington...
...Pope, a hot-rodder might say, has a heavy foot. When he drives from Rome to Castel Gandolfo, 79-year-old Pius XII usually leans forward in his Cadillac, stop watch in hand, ready to complain to the chauffeur if the 17.4-mile trip takes 19 instead of 18 minutes...
Italian motor-scooter enthusiasts, often harshly criticized for their desire to dominate the road, were still glowing at the Pope's understanding words to a group of Vespa riders: "Those who complain of your noise, do they ever think that your speed may take you to church in time for Mass, or that you may be rushing a sick person to the hospital? Be patient with those who abuse...