Word: complaints
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When Lisa J. Schkolnick '88 walked into the offices of the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) in December, 1987 to file a gender discrimination complaint against the all-male Fly Club, she expected to spark long-term debate over the fate of the final clubs. But she probably had no idea how long that debate would last...
Washington's complaint goes beyond a perception that Japan refuses to grant Americans adequate access to its potentially lucrative market. The FSX battle highlighted concerns that the U.S. might be giving away advanced technology while gaining little in return. At the same time, passions are inflamed by a sinking sense that Japan is buying up America, from cattle ranches to skyscrapers. And in the eyes of the most frustrated Americans, no amount of prodding seems to persuade Japan to change its self-interested habits. "Protectionism has developed momentum as people realize that the promises of the Japanese government...
...March, Andre L. Williams '89 and Craig A. Cochrane '91 were ordered off a University Shuttle bus and searched by police officers seeking a suspect in a nearby shoplifting. The students filed a complaint over their treatment after they learned that the police were looking for a tall white male and were twice given a description that does not match either student before removing the two from the vehicle...
...recent undergraduate party, for example, police responded to a neighbor's complaint only to find a reasonably quiet gathering. "Tell [the caller] this isn't a monastery," an officer said. Another officer added later that he "hates" breaking up parties...
...marchers included 200 journalists employed by 40 state-controlled publications. Their demands: more press freedom and the reinstatement of Qin Benli, who was fired three weeks ago as editor of China's most outspokenly liberal journal, the weekly World Economic Herald in Shanghai. The journalists acknowledged the students' complaint that the official press had distorted the goals of their movement. "We can't solve our problems if we can't even write about them," said Chen Zongshun, a correspondent of the Workers' Daily...