Word: complaint
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Arrested on complaint of the elder Litsinger, Mrs. Blacklidge satisfied the Springfield police that she had been duped. Not content with this, Mr. Litsinger forwarded his accusations to the State's Attorney, charged Mrs. Blacklidge with complicity to defraud him, posted a reward of $2,000 for the three confidence men. He failed to identify notorious Jules ("Nicky") Arnstein of Manhattan as one of the cozeners...
...sentenced to three months in jail. True, the regular licensed bordellos- licensed by the Fascist Government-were not closed, but inspectors of the female occupants were put on their mettle. Under Italian law, as was widely pointed out last week, a man can only be arrested for philandering upon complaint of the lady's husband, if she has one. But a woman can be arrested on complaint of anyone on a "common warrant...
...that every available building must be utilized. Memorial Hall for such a purpose has as its greatest advantage its commodiousness. So far as space is concerned few buildings belonging to the University are more comfortable for writing during a three hour period. But it has drawbacks. The time-honored complaint has been that the lighting is abominable. Now this disadvantage has been superceded by the lack of proper heating. Yesterday Memorial Hall was so cold that everyone taking examinations there was distinctly uncomfortable. There can not be adequate reason for a condition of this sort. Unfortunately, due to architectural perculiarities...
...Virtue of Idleness." Irishman George William Russell ("AE") declared in Manhattan: "I've a complaint against he U. S. It arises out of Longfellow's 'Psalm of Life.' That poem is drilled into every child. They never forget . . . the line 'let us then be up and doing' and America has been 'up and doing' ever since. That is the cause of all your economic problems. You are working people so hard that you have, naturally, overproduction. You should cultivate the adorable virtue of idleness...
...police their demonstrations. He reported that the Gandhiwomen who picket shops selling British goods, and who fling themselves down to be trodden on by any Indian determined to enter, will stand aside for occidental shoppers. "The shopkeepers themselves signed a requisition to the effect that they made no complaint against this peaceful picketing, and for a time there were few arrests...