Word: complains
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...either by stage gimmickry or by Sellars' own entertaining, if self-conscious, narration. He uses good commercial recordings of the works, and provides surprisingly good reproduction for them. The cutting is drastic, though, and will disturb those who know the music too well. Sir Thomas Beecham used to complain of the "bleeding chunks of Wagner" played by symphony orchestras as excerpts; Sellars' adaptations are hamburger meat...
Meanwhile, many freshman still had not heard from their guides and some were growing impatient. Moses told the SHS board that freshmen were coming to his office to complain that their guides never contacted them. Moses just "watched us go down," Shlomchik said. "He said he would give us advice, but when we went in to see him, he would just sit and listen," he added...
...beefs range from cavalier treatment by some of the company's 650 employees-augmented in the peak season by 100 often inexperienced summer employees-to the quirky booking system. Reservations made through other airlines often are not entered in Air New England's computers. Many passengers complain that even if they book directly with Air New England, their reservations are lost or simply not honored. Because so many flights are sold out in advance, or just canceled (even in good weather), travelers routinely reserve seats on several flights. One result: overbooking, at least on the large Fairchilds, averages...
...ironically, a woman who was a steering committee member of her CDR spoke vehemently against the Castro regime, saying that if it were not for her elderly mother she would prefer to leave. Although she lowered her voice when criticizing Castro, she apparently was not afraid to complain to a complete stranger who had wandered into her home accidently after seeing a CDR insignia on her door...
...Northern cities to carry out court-ordered desegregation, in 1971, Pontiac also became one of the first flash points of busing violence. White mothers chained themselves to block school buses. Six Ku Klux Klan members threw fire bombs. One woman even expressed her outrage by walking 620 miles to complain to Congressmen in Washington...