Word: demand
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...that Harvard requires every man to show some knowledge of French or German before conferring a degree on him while on the other hand it does not demand that a man show any familiarity with the government of the United States, its laws, or its constitution? This information he is supposed to assimilate on his own account and no effort is made to guide his opinions in the world without requiring any fundamental knowledge of the government of their country or without any definite foundation upon which to build any political opinions that they might form, seems...
...other hand, by requiring a man before graduating to pass a general examination in American government which he would take sometime during his college career, the problem could be more easily solved. This plan would demand no dark and foreboding compulsory course to be staggered through but merely a general knowledge of a subject which every American citizen cannot know too well. We would thus be taking another step forward in the promotion of better citizenship. J. B. Squies...
...regard to the proposal to do away entirely with the present station, Representative Blanchard, who has introduced the bill involving the new plan, said; "There seems to be a powerful demand that the present Harvard Square surface station of the Cambridge subway be entirely removed, and new entrances and exits opened in the sidewalks. I have been forced to the conclusion that such a plan is absolutely not feasible. Even if this were feasible, it would mean seriously curtailing the traffic facilities of the subway itself, great inconvenience to the car riders--the escalator would be eliminated--and it would...
...added stimulus has been given to the construction industry, with a reappearance of a demand for higher wages. But even under slightly higher wage and material costs it is apparent that the " building boom " is going to continue well into 1924 and probably even longer. This will in turn serve as a back log for the iron and steel, lumber, cement and brick industries, and furnish much traffic for the railways...
...Although demand has also declined, the trade has been greatly encouraged of late by the large volume of inquiries which have appeared. Of course many inquiries represent only a jockeying for lower prices, and cannot be considered equivalent to actual orders. Yet steel plates have begun to show activity from revived programs of shipbuilding, tin plate orders are good, and the Japanese government has bought large amounts of steel for rebuilding its devastated areas. This, coupled with the unabated movement for domestic construction, has been especially cheering to the steel trade. Thus far, the raw material lines of the industry...