But he didn't complain for fear he'd get the office only because of his closeness with Kelman.
They complain, for instance, that history is too much neglected in the consideration of future trends.
Brokers complain, for example, that while small cases of insider trading have been investigated, blatant instances involving big companies have not.
It's not good enough for us to complain about what other people aren't doing for us.
They could not complain too much, for David Blunkett, the education secretary, has already created one anomaly.
Other areas of contention include India's efforts to increase its tax haul, which overseas companies complain has caused confusion for investors.
For years, she heard Indians complain of not getting payment from the government for the oil-drilling and ranching leases on their land.
Among those who applied were two women in their 70s who wanted to complain about inadequate compensation for being relocated from their homes.
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Mr Brown can scarcely complain about disloyalty, for he helped to inculcate a taste for plots and mutinies during his long march to Downing Street.
But Mexican economists complain that the conditions for their loan were far stricter than Europe's and it leaves them wondering: Is the IMF too soft on the eurozone?
Indeed, as many Burmese went to pains to remind me, if "ordinary things" are generally associated with the corruption of those in authority, "ordinary people" include those who agree to pay the bribes, not complain, even looking for their own opportunities to exchange give for take.
So although local citizens might complain about the spill, the power for action and complaining resides in the power from others to complain.
Because she writes for the FT, Kellaway was compelled to complain about the lack of memorability of the logos for British banks.
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For those who complain that Bangkok has lost its exotic flavour, Chinatown is the answer.
The Patient Rights (Scotland) Bill also introduces a legal right for patients to complain about their treatment.
For those who complain that games have become too easy, I invite them to play Hitman: Absolution on purist mode.
Then when the developers deliver what the lazy masses have asked for, they complain that none of the new games have any replay value.
In Greece, as new illegal immigrants arrive at remote spots on the border, officials complain that they lack funds for policing and social services.
The battlefronts are often subjects like DRM and used copies of games, but lately DLC has been a primary target for gamers to complain about.
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Dons who flee Oxford for America often complain that what drove them was not the pay but the lack of help with mundane chores such as photocopying.
But these days it is a former devotee of Mr Bolkestein's, Geert Wilders of the far-right Freedom Party, who runs a website for citizens to complain about Polish migrants.
Ofri, an assistant professor of medicine at New York University Medical School, says when patients complain about being tired, for example, she'll sometimes suggest they take a multivitamin, even though there's no proof they work against fatigue.
Southern wine-makers and fruit-growers, for instance, complain that they cannot get enough workers, despite jobless rates of over 9% of the workforce, while United Nations statisticians say that France would need 1.7m immigrants a year to maintain its demographic status quo.
At the moment customers of British banks, for example, can complain free of charge.
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"We feel sorry for their decision to complain to the WTO, " Mr Miao said.
They complain about the time it takes for a scientist to see his latest thoughts in print.
Analysts are prone to complain that it's inefficient for FedEx to have separate delivery fleets for air and ground.
Do New York women complain too much and blame men for their singleness?
It's rather hypocritical for someone who says things like "light is the greatest cure for myopia" to complain about junk science.
Think of it this way, how much sense does it make for Dish Network to complain about content costs during negotiations?
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