Word: gripes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Back at Chu Lai for a pre-departure press conference, Humphrey told reporters: "I almost hate to go back. I haven't heard a single gripe from one American-but when I get back to Washington, I'm sure that I will be able to compensate...
Corridors are generously studded with nooks and crannies, because, explains Pei: "When scientist meets scientist on a corner, there should be an opportunity to pause and talk." At the moment, the talk is as likely as not to be about the new building. Some scientists have been heard to gripe that there is not enough lab space, but by and large the vote is strongly affirmative. Says J. Doyne Sartor, program scientist in cloud physics: "This building has a personality." Adds Electronics Engineer Raymond Chu: "Scientists or engineers will never be completely satisfied with any building. But this...
...press didn't help their unity, either. Dr.Spock accused the New York press corps of trying to split the moderates from the coalition by overpublicizing its radical elements. His gripe was no Richard Nixon. At the Friday press conference, the questions--almost all of them--fell into three general categories...
...added: "We Democrats have never been known to suppress our differences. We do have different viewpoints on different programs. They have made that abundantly clear in their respective states. I made it abundantly clear that I ran on a platform that contained my commitments." As a result of the gripe session, he said, he would see to it that his administrators would "review with their own staffs these various programs and see if it is possible in any way to relieve the states of any of the burdens of administration." A bit snappishly, he told reporters: "No apologies were given...
...Medical School next week will begin looking into a long-standing student gripe: a lot of Med School teachers can't teach very well...