Word: complainingly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Cattlemen's Association: "I raise cattle, and I don't think these regulations will hurt me. Maybe some of the other gentlemen can tell you how they will be hurt." They couldn't. With beef at 152% of parity, asked one newsman, how could the meatmen complain about the rollback ordered by Di Salle? President Allan Kline of the American Farm Bureau Federation answered the question with a ten-minute dissertation on the American way of life. Cried Agriculture Committeeman Cooley, one of the guests: "You gentlemen have failed to answer a single question...
...Gentleman Johnny Burgoyne and his Convention Army came to town after their defeat at Saratoga. Burgoyne and his men got the usual welcome accorded visiting Englishmen. Their baggage was dumped in the middle of the Cambridge Common, and Gentleman Johnny was imprisoned at Apthorp House. Burgoyne had noting to complain about during his stay in Cambridge. He had plenty of good food and drink, a soft bed, and everything he wanted at the expense of the Commonwealth, or so he thought. But when Burgoyne was about to be exchanged, the town of Cambridge presented him with such an enormous hotel...
...head injury, which Anderson probably received Wednesday while tackling a player, made him groggy the next few plays. He ignored it for the rest of the scrimmage and only began to complain of a headache that evening. Reporting to Stillman, he was told that he had a skull fracture...
...simple, complete, and operates smoothly in spite of its complexity. John Ryan's lighting complements the set perfectly in setting the mood of the play. The degree of technical and artistic excellence of "Darkness at Noon" is both encouraging and promising, and should silence those who would complain of the state of Harvard's drama...
Concentrators generally complain that the professors and instructors are top rate men but were hired on the basis of leadership in their fields and not on teaching. Edward M. Purcell, Gerald J. Holton, and Adalbert E. Benfield are exceptions...