Word: complained
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Audiences eat it up. They complain to the box office only on those rare occasions when Barrymore plays his part straight...
...Andrews tripped himself on conflicting interpretations, had to be corrected by his embarrassed subordinates. Southern Congressmen, buttering up Mr. Andrews in Washington, privately advised their employer-constituents to pay no attention to the law. Employers who wanted to comply began to complain, along with Labor, that gentle Elmer Andrews was entirely too gentle. Elmer Andrews reasonably pointed out that his staff of 250 in the field, 451 in Washington was quite inadequate to enforce a law covering 12,600,000 workers. Rebuffed by the White House, worn by a long fight to block crippling amendments at the last session...
...eyes, he pleaded not guilty, was held in $7,500 bail, as the Grand Jury dug into still more evidence of Communist travel habits. Possible was the bagging by Frank Murphy of such Reds as Executive Committeeman Max Bedacht, Publisher Alexander Trachtenberg. And no one could reasonably complain that prosecution for criminal fraud endangers the civil liberties of Communists or nonCommunists...
...jobs real quick and hire all these fellows. When you get 'em all at work, I'll see to it that you get a square deal at every turn in the road. All I ask is that you make jobs, be honest, and I'll not complain about the profits you make...
...experiment, normally buys food direct from farmers, cooperatives, etc., and distributes it to the needy through 22,647 outlets in charge of local and State relief agencies. Many are inefficient, careless, hard to deal with, and FSCC is far from satisfied with its own system. So are retailers, who complain that the farm-to-stomach route cuts them out of much business...