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...overstatement. While Delaware markets itself aggressively to U.S. and foreign corporations, firms based there are still subject to U.S. federal legislation and regulatory controls far stricter than those in most havens. Because of that regulation, Delaware isn't viewed as a potential problem by most Americans. But Kelly's gripe stands: if you don't crack down on everyone, there's almost no point in cracking down on anyone. At a tense meeting in Ottawa last October, the havens insisted that the rules they signed up for should apply to all. Among their complaints: two major Asian financial centers, Singapore...
...single biggest gripe that cops had about the pre-Bratton era was the proliferation of citizens' complaints that blocked promotions and pay increases, even though many claims turned out to be frivolous. So Bratton has moved quickly to simplify the complaint process. Now a division captain can decide whether or not a charge is unfounded, rather than send every file downtown for a lengthy investigation that could last for months. "I feel I am O.K. to do my job again," says Griffith...
...around play on the national media. Just before the war, the President held a press conference with preselected questions from preselected reporters; in September, he gave a round of interviews with local journalists, a slap at big-media reporters who weren't playing nice. Now the Bushies gripe that the press is ignoring the good news from Iraq in favor of the bombing of the minute. With a dictator overthrown and schools being rebuilt, why should the press fixate solely on violence and dramatics...
...tuner" scene. And the New Beetle and Jetta found an adoring audience in young college-educated women. From selling just 49,000 cars in the U.S. in 1993, VW sold 352,000 vehicles in 2000. VW may now face a fan revolt. At the website myvwlemon.com, owners gripe about faulty brake lights, knobs that fall off, clutches that blow after just 96,000 km. VW says many of these problems are minor and that its cars remain solid over the long haul. It's also true that the Internet is home to complaints about almost all car brands. The problem...
...times since I got here, and I hate the assumptions that people make when I say it—or the assumptions that I make about them making assumptions. I hate being asked my SAT scores by strangers. I understand now why Harvard students, much as we like to gripe about our lives, have traditionally avoided flying across the ocean for a semester or two. The world views us as nerdy freaks...