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...days, the French dailies have carried quotes from candidates of Sarkozy's conservative Union for a Popular Majority (UMP) party who complain of negative feedback about the President from voters ahead of municipal polling in March. Others also complain about how advisers in Sarkozy's omnipotent Elysée now regularly make policy announcements normally reserved for government cabinet ministers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sarkozy's Honeymoon Is Over | 2/7/2008 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crist Revels in the Florida Spotlight | 1/28/2008 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Keeping Track of Iraq's Gunmen | 1/27/2008 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Euro Soccer Suffers an African Eclipse | 1/25/2008 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Euro Soccer Suffers an African Eclipse | 1/25/2008 | See Source »

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