Word: demand
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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This is doubly false; therefore doubly libelous. Cities in Washington have not defaulted on their bonds, and every new issue is in such demand as to make the field to would-be investors somewhat unattractive...
...individualist of such reckless stamp that only chance kept him from the gallows until he attained the armor of prestige and power. A minor exploit of his youth was to "shinny" up the central pillar in a London music hall, wearing the uniform of his Queen (Victoria) and demand three cheers for every daughter of joy in the house. Theirs were, he shouted, the only bosoms on which the tired head of a British soldier could always find repose. By a miracle he was not cashiered?rose to hold the purse strings of the Exchequer...
...dormitories are forced to live in private houses and apartments within a half mile radius of the University. The Phillips Brooks House Association maintains a printed list of all available rooms with special notes on the heating, lighting, price, housekeeping facilities and the like. Although by far the greatest demand for it is during the opening week the rooming service is continued through the year and is of inestimable value, especially as the Phillips Brooks House is the only place where such information can be obtained...
...disastrous and deadening effects on some men as teachers no one who has suffered under the teacher-pedant will need much convincing. to expect a man to be a research worker as well as a teacher is about as logical as to demand that a goldsmith should also dig the gold he fashions. With the profoundest respect for Linguistics and for those possessing that aptitude, one is compelled to admit that it is a highly specialized study, and many a man possessing a wide knowledge of English Literature and a sincere appreciation of its beauty has lived and died...
...believed that the plan of omitting class work on Saturdays will meet the demand expressed by many students, not only for a vacant period specifically allocated to the preparation of reports, but also for more time to digest the material covered in the various courses and to pursue individual lines of inquiry and research...