Word: complain
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When Canada gained Dominion status from Britain in 1867, the French third of the country was guaranteed its own language, Roman Catholic religion and cultural identity. To French Canadians, it was supposed to be a "bicultural" nation. Yet they complain that English Canada pays only lip service to the idea. They resent what they consider second-class citizenship...
...Arizona, the Colorado has made the desert bloom. But by the time the river crosses the border, the Mexicans complain, the water has been used and re-used so often for irrigation of high-alkaline land that it is "poisoned with U.S. salt." Under a 1944 treaty, the U.S. promised to share the Colorado for irrigation purposes, and guaranteed Mexico 1,500,000 acre-feet of water each year. Mexico built a dam, dug irrigation canals and before long brought the once-desolate Mexicali region to life. But in 1961 the water became too salty to drink, and cotton died...
Racial woes are at the heart of much bad behavior in jazz, and the racial question is largely a confusion between life and art. Negroes say whites cannot play, when they mean that whites have always taken more money out of jazz than their music warranted. Whites complain of "Crow Jim" when what they mean is that work is scarcer than ever?even for them. The fact is that most of the best jazz musicians are Negroes and there is very little work to go around on either side...
...command economy of Communism has no ears or eyes. The individual can plead, complain, threaten or walk out. But no one really cares...
...everyone agrees that Petrobras' operations are hampered by ill-trained and featherbedding workers. Last year Petrobras held up construction on an ammonia plant in Bahia, yet kept on most of the 400 workers hired for the plant, transferring them to other jobs. Companies doing business with Petrobras also complain that its personnel solicit bribes and kickbacks. On several deals, according to insiders, Petrobras has imported crude oil at prices well above the market and exported refined products at a loss. Moreover, Communist-leaning agitators dominate Petrobras' powerful refining and pro duction unions-which, in turn, suggest their candidates...