Word: complained
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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That majority had new cause to complain about government promises of reform. Blacks learned that Botha's act on July 1 abolishing the pass laws that restrict the movement of blacks within the country did not end restrictions on the 4 million blacks in South Africa who are technically residents of four tribal homelands that chose to become so-called independent states: Transkei, Ciskei, Bophuthatswana and Venda. Despite government pledges that they could be granted citizenship in both their homelands and South Africa, they are now treated as aliens who must apply for residence and work permits whenever they move...
...boats. Mexican fishermen call these recently sophisticated dolphins the "untouchables," because they disappear at the first sight of a fishing boat. The discerning mammals are apparently able to tell the difference between fishing vessels and other craft, because they still approach small sailboats or motor cruisers. Still, marine biologists complain that it is increasingly difficult to study dolphins and take population counts. The oceanographic vessels evidently look too much like tuna boats...
...base. The Israelis said that U.S. officials could interview Sella, but only in Israel and only if he were given immunity from prosecution. They asked for the same protection for three lesser officials implicated in the spy case. American prosecutors rejected the deal, prompting some Israeli officials to complain that Washington's zeal in the Pollard affair is designed to weaken Israel's political clout...
...amendment to the Noise Ordinance, if passed, would require Cambridge residents who own "bug zappers" to shut them off between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. if their neighbors complain about the sound of frying arthropods...
...critics rightly complain that the decision on which transition rules get into a tax bill is made not on the merits of the claims but according to the ancient rule of who-you-know. Says one Senate aide: "People with access and power and money get them, and those without don't." In particular, the rules are prime trading currency that a broker like Packwood needs to win the support of key legislators, who are thus able to please powerful constituents. The present tax bill might never have cleared the Senate Finance Committee without rules benefiting a slew of projects...