Delaying his retirement might have caused discontent in the ranks.
He accepted that uncertainty over the future of GM's European operations had caused discontent.
But in the modern era absolute opacity can cause discontent that threatens stability.
Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin has already caused discontent by taking measures like making it easier for employers to dismiss workers.
He tweeted later: "It is very sad that the tweet i posted in the early morning caused discontent.
But recent remarks by government ministers have caused discontent all the way to the top of the powerful military.
With the standoff over Tehran's nuclear programme causing discontent at home and fears of a major confrontation with the west, will Khamenei be prepared to compromise?
In it, a gardener who cultivates only Chinese roses realizes that he is "causing discontent among all the other types of flowers".
The government's decision to slash fuel subsidies has caused discontent, with protests in the capital Sana'a over the past week calling for the cuts to be reversed and the government to be dissolved.
But crime is not the only problem: there is plenty to cause discontent: in poor suburbs, the water supply is almost non-existent, and jobs are becoming scarce even for the educated.
This has caused discontent among the BJP's foot-soldiers, directed in particular at L.K. Advani, the party's 81-year-old prime-ministerial candidate.In this section How fierce will the Maoists be now?
