Word: complaints
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...towards the end, when the central character is forced to rush from one death-bed to another in order to tidy up the loose ends of the plot and conclude the tale. Of course, much of this is as Dickens wrote it, and there might be no justice in complaint were it not for that masterpiece of last year as an example of what can be done with Dickens...
London's Communist Daily Worker advertises itself as the only paper in town owned by its subscribers. As "a regular subscriber . . . and therefore a part owner," Major T.V.H. Beamish, a young Tory M.P., lodged a complaint. Why hadn't the Worker invited him to its pro-Soviet "Conference for World Peace" in July? The flustered Worker replied last week: "An invitation will be issued to the Conservative Party, although its leaders can hardly be regarded as the upholders of a peace policy." Subscriber Beamish, it added, would be invited...
Bolles has traded his early-season optimism for a gloomier view of life. A month ago, he scarcely deigned to mention anything this side of Juen Olympic trials, and his biggest complaint was that the Schuylkill river's torturous course provided hazardous and unfair proving ground for the champions...
There has been considerable complaint from instructors on the poor quality of writing in exams. Little effort is made on their part to improve that standard, however. A few course heads have taken the trouble to permit the Student to see his exam before the grade has been recorded with the Registrar. But more have discouraged the student from doing so. In theory, the recording of grades before hearing complaints avoids a lot of trouble for the instructor, since the red tape involved in any change thereafter is virtually prohibitive. In practice, more careful grading and commenting on papers would...
...Although some objections have been raised as to the manner in which the NSA election has been run," Weeks stated, "the Council feels that, after looking into the various causes for complaint, there is not sufficient cause for a second election...