Word: complaints
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...national television advertisements ever purchased for a presidential race. But network executives have had to refuse to sell larger chunks of time to Reagan and Carter, saying that they do not want to give candidates access to the nets until 1980. Last week the Carter-Mondale Committee filed a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission, charging the networks with denying them reasonable access to air time...
Connally and Reagan grudgingly accepted the offer-the Texan's first ad, which cost about $31,000, was shown last week -but Carter was determined to get 30 minutes in early December to announce for reelection. His campaign committee filed a complaint with the FCC. "For them to say that the political season hasn't started is absurd," said a Carter aide. "The reason they don't want to sell the time is because it'll cost them money...
...Blotner's notes make clear, Faulkner accepted editorial quibbles and orders to revise or rewrite with little complaint; it comes as something of a surprise to watch the future Nobel laureate acceding to the demands of the popular press. As a result of such proddings, Faulkner's magazine stories were usually simpler, more straightforward and less resonant than his finest work. Reprinted in Uncollected Stories, these early versions inspire a sense of deja vu, for Faulkner frequently expanded and reshaped his published stories and inserted them in novels. A tale of his called The Bear appeared...
Four of the male students allegedly assaulted one of women repeatedly over a five-day period last month, Edward J. Caron, executive assistant to the Rhode Island attorney general, said yesterday. He said that the woman did not file a complaint until after another woman reported a second incident involving two of the male students...
Referring to Kennedy's complaint that Carter should place less emphasis on "the malaise" in the country and more on inspiring a "can do" spirit, the President declared: "People are discouraged about the current situation. They are doubtful about the future. . . But our country is inherently strong, capable and able. We're the strongest nation on earth economically, politically and militarily. We're going to stay that way . . . We can resolve the malaise that has existed...