The residents have been clamoring to have their occupancy rights recognized by law for more than a century.

Local residents lined up and clamored to shake his hand, or pose for pictures, or get an autograph.

The fact is, preservationists say, few residents are clamoring for enforcement, which is mostly driven by complaints.

Other residents clamored for hook-ups, arguing that the laboratory would not have made such a gesture if everything was all right.

In Manhattan, he said, residents of Chelsea, which recently lost its designation as a development area, were clamoring to get it back.

Some residents, particularly those living near Interstate 95, have long clamored for new sound barriers.

By the 1870s however, Denver had gained a substantial permanent population, and many residents were clamoring for parks.

"Local residents are clamoring to have them on their streets," he said.

Prosecutors insisted that residents of minority communities are not clamoring for shorter sentences.

Once he started, though, African-American and Korean residents clamored for representation.