Word: complaint
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Soon, however, police stated that some freshmen heaved snowballs at passing automobiles and threw snow on the streets. Police dispatched three patrol car a and a police wagon following a telephone complaint...
Most of all, they would like to encourage Harry Truman to retire, by showing him that the South is ready to stage a first-class revolt. Their greatest complaint against Truman: his race policies. They abhor the proposal for a federal fair employment practices law, which would strike at segregation. The Southerners rationalize their stand by claiming that this problem should be handled by the states...
...bitterest complaint was that East German machinery, consumer goods, medicines and food are being shipped off to Russia. All that is left for the Germans is shoddy garments and ill-tasting food. "There are shirts available only for men boasting neck measurements of 42 or 43 centimeters," groused a Berliner with a 38-cm. neck (15 U.S.). Five-Year Plan pencil sharpeners, wrote Stenographer Ursula Hollman, produce nothing but "crooked points." Worst of all, snorted Housewife Elli Dau, is the unrationed liverwurst. "After roasting it, it is still indigestible. Even our dog shrank his nose and shook his head disapproving...
When they first marched into their county school superintendent's office, one day in 1950, the three Negro parents seemed to have a valid complaint. The only high school in Clinton, Tenn. (pop. 3,700) was restricted to whites, and the Negro children had to ride 20 miles to school in nearby Knoxville (pop. 124,000). The Negroes thought their children should be allowed to stay in their own home town. Would the superintendent lift the bars at Clinton High...
...most respects, however, Another Man's Poison is good entertainment. My only complaint is that it does not live up to the high-pitched drama and impact of Miss Davis' previous productions...