However, as the growing anger soared via social media, the government took action and introduced a new service to facilitate the registration of temporary citizens.
But even as public anger soars, the government has remained tight-lipped about the case, only fueling public suspicions, rumor and speculation.
Erroneous reports that Bouazizi had been a university graduate distraught over his inability to find work reflected Tunisians' anger at soaring rates of unemployment among recent university graduates.
Property professionals suggest the city's business climate is changing as citizens express anger about soaring property prices and tight ties between government and business.
And despite the Republicans' best efforts, little of Westchester residents' recent anger over soaring tax rates has translated into disenchantment with the Democratic incumbency.
One telling sign is that despite the state's grievous budget woes and the anger over soaring taxes, New Jersey voters continue to support open space referendums that bill the public for land acquisition.
BEIJING — Public anger about soaring profits at Chinese banks has strengthened calls to liberalize the country's state-directed interest rate system, making bank executives defend the regulated deposit and lending rates that have helped turn them into some of the world's biggest lenders by market value.
The fundraising letter and Obama's campaign-trail mention are reminders that while the tax subsidy-measure on Tuesday had not been expected to pass, the vote served a political purpose for Democrats as well, adding another tool to their arsenal as members of both parties attempt to capitalize on voter anger over soaring gas prices.
Given the extreme social stresses shared by many Arab societies, and particularly the anger of soaring numbers of jobless, jeans-clad youths against the ageing cynics in suits and uniforms that have for so long denied them a role or a voice, it is not too far-fetched to conjure a sweeping wave of change, much as in Europe in 1989.Yet Tunisia's circumstances are in some respects unique.
Public anger is soaring over expanding power cuts, water cut-offs in some districts and falling living standards.
