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Word: complaint (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...College authorities are now fully informed, and they believe that at all times the cleaning women in the Library have been paid at least those wages required by the Minimum Wage Law and the decrees of the Commission. They are not aware of any complaint ever having been received from the women regarding their wages. They believe that all employees subject to any Minimum Wage decree are receiving at least the minimum wage and they propose to pay that wage...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: REPLY TO ALUMNI LETTER ISSUED BY UNIVERSITY HALL | 3/18/1930 | See Source »

...those who can content themselves with great artistry before Cezanne will find the Metropolitan a fascinating repository of paintings, not as great as the major European museums, but undeniably important.* Those who completely subscribe to Critic Cortissoz's beliefs will find little if any ground for complaint...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Sterile Modernism | 3/10/1930 | See Source »

Booker Taliaferro Washington Jr., son of the late great blackamoor educator, was sued by his wife, Mrs. Nettie Hancock Washington, in a cross-complaint against his divorce action, in Los Angeles. She objected to his boasting of his father, taking credit for many of the virtues of the deceased. Each accused the other of infidelity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Feb. 24, 1930 | 2/24/1930 | See Source »

...past there has been a great deal of complaint about the Prom, most of which seems to arise from the competition furnished by the dances given by certain organizations around the college. I see no reason why this difficulty could not be overcome and, by charging a price sufficient to pay expenses, and with proper management, why the present Junior Class could not have a successful Prom, always providing of course that proper class cooperation would be forth coming. For after all the Junior Prom is an important class function, it should stand out as an occasion to be remembered...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bright College Years | 2/21/1930 | See Source »

...Angeles, Judge Walter Guerin awarded a divorce and alimony to one Mrs. Grace Miller. Mrs. Miller's complaint : her husband would fight with her, always "quit." Husband Miller's defense: "A man can't get anywhere fighting with a woman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Feb. 17, 1930 | 2/17/1930 | See Source »

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