Word: complaining
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...Crist is also waging his own campaign in this primary: a state ballot measure to lower Florida's property taxes and reform the tangled way they're assessed. A burgeoning number of Floridians complain that those taxes are spiraling out of their reach. But despite his personal popularity, the initiative is hardly certain to pass. Some critics consider it too watered down; others argue that it will deal a blow to Florida's already thin education spending. Yet even that decision could have an effect outside Florida, since many other states are grappling with the conundrum of exorbitant property taxes...
...they can pass for Shi'ite] and one [so they can pass for Sunni]." The checkpoints serve at least one purpose, says Sheikh Ali, the Shi'ite CLC Godfather of Saha market: the guards burn the neighborhood's trash at night to keep warm. "The goats are starting to complain about that," he jokes...
...Still, as much as they complain about CAN, Europe's top clubs have sent dozens of scouts to sit in the bleachers in Ghana, in search of the the next Eto'o or Drogba...
Well, the pro clubs who employ those African players in Europe certainly could do without it. Most complain bitterly about CAN's mid-season schedule, which they say seriously disrupts their planning. (European and Latin American continental tournaments are held during the European off-season in the Northern Hemisphere's summer.) Not only are their African stars absent for nearly a month, they also frequently return injured or exhausted - either from play, or from the CAN's unrivaled nocturnal festivities...
...Even in areas near the Tarin Kowt and Deh Rewood bases, people complain that the ISAF does not have the resources to protect them. Some say the Dutch seem reluctant to leave their bases, but the Netherlands force - aimed more at reconstruction than fighting - lacks the manpower to do all that locals ask of it. Deh Rewood tribal elder Ghulam Farooq says lack of security has driven many residents away. "We could control our district if the Dutch would just send two tanks, one on each hill," he says. "Then we would fight the Taliban." Dutch commanders say they cannot...