There were long-standing complaints about health benefits, he said, and bitterness over the cancellation four years ago of the employees' pension plan.

The minister, the Rev. Leo Champion, said they would also discuss long-standing complaints that the police have been indifferent to the problems of blacks.

Halperin was criticized by conservatives who used the memo to reinforce long-standing complaints of media bias.

In that respect," he said, "it addresses a long-standing complaint that users have, which is that databases require too much scientific experience.

Airbus officials say the French pilots' protest is linked to their long-standing complaint that the A320 requires two pilots rather than three.

Mac's long-standing complaints, we can't speak to whether syncing reliability or iDisk upload speeds have improved.

But the Speaker's office points to long-standing complaints by conservative Democrats that the party was ignoring them at its own risk.

"Or lose my teeth," he said, adding the second half of that long-standing complaint.

The criticism is an updated version of a long-standing complaint from critics in Congress and outside the Government that the department puts weapons production ahead of safety.

That incident highlighted long-standing complaints from black civil rights groups and leaders that state troopers routinely singled out black drivers, especially young men, based solely on race.