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Perhaps. But seconds later Andre adds, "I'm trying to find my way out of music. I'm sick of it, man. When you're in a group, you constantly have to compromise ... It's real stressful." Andre's specific gripe is that he would like to make more-abstract music, like his hero, John Coltrane, but he believes that neither Big Boi nor his audience will tolerate it. There are other rifts as well. After his role in Hollywood Homicide, Andre wants to develop an acting career. And he refuses to tour. Instead, he would like to enroll...
...they are the angriest. "People are so undervalued here--we feel like commodities," says a software engineer in General Electric's medical-systems division whose gripe echoes those of millions of mid-level professionals in corporate America. She says employees like her have been pressured to put in longer hours and take on more work to help her unit make its bottom-line numbers. GE's corporate elite are facing the same pressures, of course. But as anointed members of the GE star track, they're likely to spend 18 months to two years at a particular business before transferring...
...Taliban, there is currency in every gripe, every unfulfilled promise, every report of American troops kicking in doors during village raids, every hired gun looking for work. "Just returning to Afghanistan is a victory for the Taliban," says Masood Khalili, Kabul's ambassador to India. But they clearly want more. "We are waiting," says Qari Rehman, a Talib in Chaman. "You will see. The situation will get worse...
...claims to have seen "a 100% change" for the better in just his first week on the job: "People are starting to feel more confident. They're coming back out. Markets and shops that I saw closed one week ago have opened." Anyway, he's used to hearing citizens gripe that nothing has improved. "In New York City in 1994, crime was coming down two weeks after Giuliani took over. But people didn't feel it for two years. It's going to take time...
Unfortunately, there will be not only more moves but more scams by moving companies as well. Complaints against the moving industry logged by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), an arm of the Department of Transportation, more than doubled between 2000 and 2002. A growing number of clients gripe about "hostage loads"--goods a mover won't release until he is paid more than he agreed to charge in his estimate. Here's how to protect yourself from this and other potholes on your road to a new home...