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Word: demand (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...qualify for the U. S. diplomatic service, to achieve a "Third Secretaryship" of an embassy or legation, are not feats which demand more than mortal powers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Switzerland, Siam | 4/27/1925 | See Source »

...first President, as protector of the Constitution, never forgot he came from the rank of Social Democratic workers, so no one can demand that I give up my political beliefs. I hold the same belief as the honored Dr. Jarres, that not the form of Government, but the spirit which governs, is important...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: The Boiling Pot | 4/20/1925 | See Source »

...today, three times as many dollar bills are required as in 1910, and more than seven times as many as in 1900. Just why there is such a demand for dollar bills is a mystery to Treasury officials, but there is the fact. The demand has now gone beyond the real capacity of the existing Government plant to print. In March, the U. S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing had to turn out 37,824,000 separate $1 bills, weighing altogether about 56 tons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Dollar Bills | 4/20/1925 | See Source »

Nothing is more important in situations that demand an ably written letter than ability to write it. Since no adequate course is given in the University upon the fine art of letter writing, the Crime volunteers the following perfect letters for various common occasions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CRIME | 4/15/1925 | See Source »

...annual cycle in business has been seen. Dealers have refused to stock up and have thrown the task of "holding the bag" back on the manufacturer. Now the manufacturing industry, broadly speaking, is overbuilt with productive facilities, as a result of War and post-War conditions. Consequently, when genuine demand begins to increase, It one manufacturer fails to advance his production rate swiftly, his competitor will do so and grab the business. Thus, as soon as buying begins, output is tremendously stimulated all around; and so out of proportion are most U. S. productive facilities to actual needs of consumption...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Business: The Current Situation: Apr. 6, 1925 | 4/6/1925 | See Source »

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