Word: complaining
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When students complain about the great orchestra coming so near and yet so far, the B.S.O. management tells them to try the week-night open rehearsals. But these are mere paste-and-scissors concerts which always subordinate the satisfaction of the audience to the preparation of the music for the weekend main event. And even if the orchestra is in the middle of a Beethoven crescendo, union rules make the musicians stop the music at ten o'clock and walk out on their audience...
...question splits easily into problems of policy and execution. With regard to policy, afflicted undergraduates complain that a language requirement is useless, as it takes up time better spent in more exciting fields without the recompense of useful knowledge in return. This complaint is valid, insofar as it points to the absurdity of demanding a thorough knowledge of one foreign language, but that is not the requirement's purpose. All that the College demands is a minimal facility, enough to serve as the foundation on which, if they wish, students can later build a working knowledge. As a compromise between...
...money, met important people. But I came back here because I loved Yugoslavia. I knew she would live and grow. I took a job as street-car conductor. There are many things I don't like; sometimes we can change things on a local level. I can complain to you sitting here, but I can't get on a soap-box or use the press. Not so much freedom, but I have faith in the Old Brother...
...have to be unanimous; any one of the 14 member nations can block such a proposal. Though information officers on NATO's staff have fought to get more news out, military men have been afflicted with what NATO Secretary General Lord Ismay called a "secrecy phobia." Correspondents also complain that incoming SHAPE officers have no idea of 1) how to deal with the press, and 2) how to use NATO news to counteract Communist propaganda...
...colleges in 20 states have formed these cooperatives, usually in groups of about ten institutions in the same area. The cooperative solicits funds--restricted and unrestricted--from industry and the money is then distributed equitably among the members. Since the money is funnelled through the cooperative, no stockholder can complain that his firm is pampering one particular college...