Word: demand
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Group bashfulness is unknown in the U. S. Every group says in so many words "This is what we demand," and then proceeds to lay out a platform on how the country should be conducted. The chief differences between groups, aside from their demands, is the seriousness with which politicians listen to their proposals. One of the foremost groups in this respect is Labor...
Prior to 1919 practically all wine grapes in this country were purchased by a few wineries. With the advent of prohibition laws, winegrowers feared that their occupation was ruined. But in this they reckoned without the demand supplied by many thousands of amateur makers of "home brew" wines...
...small inducement to scullers yesterday, and it is doubtful whether there were any other boats in the vicinity. The river is very narrow at that point, however, and it is thought that a swimmer of even ordinary ability could have reached the shore. Rules for sculling in the University demand that a man who takes out a wherry be able to swim four lengths of the Big Tree Swimming Pool. He is also instructed implicitly to remain by his shell in case of accident...
...Fourth International Congress of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, in Washington. Twenty-two nationalities were represented. Miss Jane Addams, President of the organization, opened the meeting with the declaration: "In churches, in colleges, in cities and on farms, there is at last arising an overwhelming demand that war shall cease. . . ." Miss Jeannette Rankin, the first woman in Congress, spoke, asserting: "There is a simple and understandable plan for political action? to proclaim war the crime that...
...calling for prison reorganization. Governor Smith has accomplished for the state of New York what the Legislature at Boston refused only a few weeks ago to consider for Massachusetts. The new plan which "provides for a modern industrial system in prisons under as competent a Superintendent as private industries demand", is probably one of the most progressive steps in punitive legislation ever taken in the United States. If successfully administered, it will mark the end of an era in prison management which has lasted in this country since the days when the only goal in Connecticut, for example...