Word: demand
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...religion is exaggerated, that the Russian government will honor the debts to Americans contracted by its predecessors (Tzarist and Kerensky, that Trotzky is willing to guarantee American property rights in Russia. In short he believes that Russia is taking up "sensible communism" and he joins the Senators who demand American recognition of Russia...
...materials we should never get rid of. One woman has ordered five bottles of stout, and another half a bottle of gin. On the other hand, a well-known millionaire, who is the leader of a considerable party, has ordered ten cases of magnums of champagne. But the great demand is for whisky. Scotch and Irish, in that order of preference...
France views the German offer with stolid indifference, except in so far as the acceptance of a conference is concerned. It is definitely known that Poincare will demand the entire amount of France's debt to the United States from Germany and will rely upon Britain's canceling a fair percentage of her continental debt in order to balance this claim...
...Reichsbank arranged to print 1,000,000 mark notes in response to popular demand. The largest note in circulation at present is the 100, 000 mark bill; the issue of a 500,000 mark bill is expected shortly...
...inevitable, though tragic. It is inevitable because of the attitude of certain authors and publishers who definitely trade on the sensational and salacious character of some of their books. For the sins of these few, the rest, apparently, must suffer. For the sake of publicity, largely, these authors demand this and that. Their lack of dignity would obscure their genius, even if the actual quality of their work did not preclude their consideration as serious artists...