Word: demand
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...life of the School and of its library in 1870. Three steps were necessary and were taken at once. A permanent librarian was employed to prevent the loss of books: students were no longer supplied with free textbooks; and duplicates of reports and other books that were in frequent demand were supplied...
Members of the University are to be given preference for courts, and because of the demand, it is unlikely that opportunity can be given to others. Until one o'clock there is usually room for all who care to play, and consequently, the above system will not be extended to morning hours unless it becomes necessary...
...ones who would have complained on the Wednesday night of Genesis, and would have gone to bed with a grouch because the Creator had not yet made a finished job of the sun and the moon, and would have called a mass meeting on Thursday morning to demand more forward action...
...Department of Justice has started its examination of the sugar brokers. A demand has been made upon every member of the New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange to turn over to the United States Attorney's office complete and detailed accounts of all sales and purchases of sugar from Jan. 1 to April 1. " Please do not confine yourself to information regarding money balances," says the Department's letter to the brokers, " but state in detail each customer's account, the number of lots, the month of future delivery, and prices. The names and addresses of these...
...family in his altruistic passion. But the effect of his gifts is to turn the people against him when his money runs out. They stone him because he cannot perform miracles. Anathema, exulting in his proven exposure of divine justice, then returns to the gates of Heaven to demand an explanation. He refuses to tell Anathema anything more, declaring that the ways of God must remain forever inscrutable...