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Word: complains (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...young the one answer they do not want to hear: "There is no answer." It is a measure of his abilities that he succeeds?touchingly, amusingly, agonizingly. Since Local Anaesthetic came out in Germany, Grass is often confronted by bitter high school and college students. "You only criticize," they complain, "you only show us how things are. Why don't you show us the way?" "I'm not a prophet," he growls in response, "I'm a writer." In the long run, that will probably have to be enough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Dentist's Chair as an Allegory in Life | 4/13/1970 | See Source »

...with the blood pouring from the face wound. We worked with him for a long time but his chances were slim. He was in shock (most of them were) and struggling to get up from time to time. at times opening his eyes wide to beg for water or complain of the pain in his belly and then lapsing into unconsciousness. His father stood by silently...

Author: By Gary Snyder, | Title: Stay in the Streets: Why | 4/13/1970 | See Source »

...nature of his movement in order to gain power. Thus deceitfully he acquired power with the help of the majority of the Cuban people. The Communist Party numbered only 30.000 members in 1952. Castro has broken his word many times. It is difficult to understand how some people who complain about the credibility gap of their own government can ignore Castro's flagrant breaches of truth...

Author: By Maurice Magarolas, | Title: The Features Mail The Cuban Situation: Another Look | 4/10/1970 | See Source »

...garbage disposal, litters streets with junked cars (1,437 in Detroit's Fifth Precinct in the first five months of 1969). Of all black Americans, including non-slum dwellers, says TIME's Harris poll, 25% have leaky ceilings, 26% are overcrowded, 29% say they have rats, 32% complain of faulty plumbing, and 38% report having cockroaches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Situation Report: Environment | 4/6/1970 | See Source »

...first floor, it's sort of polka dot. But as you go up, it gets whiter, and soon you get near the top, and except for that guard or receptionist out front you don't see many blacks." Certainly the union leaders have a point when they complain that integration is being forced on them while business has been slow to integrate its of fice staffs and executive ranks. A recent survey of 441 of the largest U.S. corporations and some universities showed that blacks accounted for 7.9% of the employees but not more than .9% of managers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Working in the White Man's World | 4/6/1970 | See Source »

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