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...gripes the gripers gripe galore...
Konrad said he thought negotiations with Brustein had progressed too far for useful discussions of philosophy. The meeting, he added, gave the members "a chance to gripe," but will have "no effect on the long-term process...
...capacity) and earnings (expected to be about $1 billion this year), the summer of the discounts was also a season of horrendous delays and deep discontent for the carriers' staple customer, the crowd-weary, briefcase-toting business man or woman. As one American Airlines executive described the universal gripe: "They told us that they were disappointed, and that they weren't being treated as well as they should...
...secede from Canada and pitch the country's economy into a tailspin. In Hollywood and Hallandale, just south of Fort Lauderdale, 20% of the population is now French speaking; the Canadian flag flies over bars, restaurants and motels, many of which are Canadian owned. Longtime residents gripe that the new arrivals are clannish, refuse to learn English and do not participate in the life of the community...
...MORE IMPORTANT than any specific institutional structure or tactic, is that students must develop a common consciousness. This consciousness is not just a pretty toy to toss around at midnight gripe sessions. Rather, it must be the inspiration and focus for all direct action at the University. Such common identification is necessary so that whenever students, in the assembly or in the streets, gather to protest any individual policy, or demand some specific redress, they will realize that the problem is much larger. The action they seek must ultimately not only right some immediate wrong, but also strengthen students' rights...