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Like Hyland, many students who have had mono complain of UHS diagnosis procedures. Several undergraduates say they did not get mono tests until they demanded them...
Arafat's Palestinian Authority has made a poor impression on Gazans. They complain of a disorganized and slow-moving bureaucracy rife with corruption. The glacial pace of negotiations on further autonomy has held up plans for withdrawal of Israeli troops from more Arab cities on the West Bank and for Palestinian general elections...
...middle-aged Latinas called the Sacramento hot line to complain that when they were picked up by police for jaywalking in Manteca, they were asked for residency papers. They were not carrying documentation, they said, although they were legal residents, and one of the policemen said to them, "We can send you back to Tijuana." When the women reacted angrily, they were hauled off to the county jail 15 miles away, released at 11 p.m. and told to walk home. A Manteca police spokesman said the two women were picked up for shoplifting and had volunteered that they were undocumented...
...annals of live-in babysitters to give pause to any family seeking an au pair. A number of the eight agencies that have placed 40,094 au pairs in American homes since 1986 say between 20% and 30% of their placements don't work out. Unhappy au pairs complain that they are lonely and treated like slaves. Discontented parents speak of au pairs who are immature, irresponsible or mentally unstable. Both sides fault the agencies for sloppy screening procedures and poor follow-through when troubles arise...
...Game, I ask for all of you cynics to reconsider. For those going to The Game today, the sold-out crowd at Soldiers Field (or, at least, the sold-out Harvard tickets) should make you think twice about an alleged lack of school spirit. And those of you who complain about it had better be at The Game...