Word: complains
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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This feeling was echoed by Barry, who foresaw "unfavorable" public reaction if the plan should be adopted. Benjamin Fink, chief park engineer, thought that students themselves would complain if the riverbank were to be made into a parking lot, and considered the idea neither possible nor feasible...
Many officials complain that "lowincome" families drive up to food distributing centers in taxis or new cars. Said one: "When I saw one man stuffing that food into the trunk of his brand-new automobile. I figured that something was wrong with the system." W. A. Moore, who oversees distribution in Pulaski County. Ark., says that about half of the people on the county's free-food rolls would be removed if they were investigated, but there are not enough county workers to check on them. Taxpayers-and politicians-have learned that opposition to the program is extremely unpopular...
Cheers for Mrs. Mary Schoenheit and Mr. William Cheney for deciding to educate their daughters themselves [Oct. 29]. Too many parents refuse any responsibility whatsoever for the education of their children and then complain of school taxes and poor teachers. The law requiring attendance at school exists obviously to insure an education for all children. If, however, a child can get and is getting a good education at home, it is ridiculous to enforce...
...three years of operation, has showed small businessmen how they can land a bigger share of defense business. Working closely with the Defense Department, SBA has boosted prime contracts with small companies from $2.9 billion to $3.4 billion a year since 1954. In short, small businessmen who complain that big business hogs defense contracts can get a bigger share if they go after it hard enough...
Small businessmen, who find it hard to raise stock market capital, also complain that they are being hit hardest by the credit pinch. Bankers dispute this, point out that business loans of under $100,000 are running 14% ahead of last year. The Small Business Administration in the first six months of 1956 approved more than $165 million in loans to small businessmen, twice the volume for first-half...