Word: complain
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...from the Nile is now diverted away from the falls to generators, most of whose power is exported to the nearby regional capital and into the national power grid. The diversion of the river has reduced the once powerful falls to little more than a trickle. Local tourist operators complain that their livelihoods have been destroyed. "Now there is nothing," says Gedefe Fetene, 40, a local farmer. "The beauty is gone." So it may be. But proponents of more development say big projects are the only way to generate enough power to kick-start the region's economy...
...companies pay illegals poverty wages, reap high profits and complain that if they had to employ legal workers they would go out of business. That is modern slavery, no matter how you cut it, and the only way to stop it is to close the borders, fine those who hire illegal immigrants and then ferret out the illegals who are in this country...
...government was forced to implement rolling power outages. Vietnam still hasn't developed support industries to supply parts and services to factories, forcing them to import parts and expertise. Meanwhile, restrictive labor laws make it virtually impossible to fire unproductive workers, and managers in foreign-owned factories complain about pervasive government corruption and interference. In January, Hanoi abruptly decreed that the minimum wage paid at foreign-owned factories would rise by 40%, a move designed to end mass strikes by garment workers in the south. The country's first oil refinery has been delayed for seven years and two foreign...
...routine check up, "I can't find anything wrong" is a great thing to hear the doctor say. It's not so great when something really hurts. Orthopedic medicine is largely about treating pain; arthritis, pinched nerves, torn tissues and broken bones are our business. Patients who complain of pain but have no hard evidence of anything wrong when we examine them can make this business very tricky, and unfortunately, there are plenty of people like this...
...focused on important but low-profile issues, such as making sure the U.S. is prepared for an outbreak of avian flu and securing nuclear-weapon stockpiles in the former Soviet Union. He has reached so often across the aisle on, say, controlling Katrina spending, that some Democrats complain he won't be their firebrand...