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Word: demand (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...each of John Paul's stops on this tour, local officials were hard pressed to cope with the intense public demand for a chance to see him. In Boston, authorities worried about paralyzing traffic jams and decided to ban automobiles on the city's major downtown thoroughfares...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: John Paul's Triumphant Tour | 10/8/1979 | See Source »

...Mexico these discoveries could not have come at a more propitious time. The U.S. is eager to reduce its dependence on Middle Eastern crude, and proximity creates a natural market for Mexican exports. By helping to meet the U.S. demand for oil, Mexico could acquire the capital it needs to modernize its economy, thereby offering its impoverished masses the chance for a better life. But, riding a wave of nationalistic feeling at home, López Portillo has made it clear to Washington that Mexico's response to America's energy needs will be dictated by a) his own country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mexico's Macho Mood | 10/8/1979 | See Source »

Enclosed with the photo was a scathing, ten-point "interrogation" about his alleged wheeling and dealing, apparently handwritten by Sindona under duress. The questions demand detailed information from Guzzi about illegal deals that Sindona reportedly conducted through his banks on behalf of some of Italy's leading politicians and businessmen, and the Vatican to boot. Guzzi is instructed in the note to be ready-if he is telephoned by one of the captors-to reply to all of the questions within ten minutes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Mystery Photo | 10/8/1979 | See Source »

...gasoline squeeze, angry consumers are putting most of then- heat on the retailers, in this case the heating-oil sales and delivery companies. With prices and interest rates climbing, refiners are tightening up on credit terms, forcing the retailers to demand quicker payment from homeowners. But many of their customers are starting the new heating season with unpaid charges from last year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Those Fear-of-Freezing Blues | 10/8/1979 | See Source »

Freezing prices would only create shortages for everyone, because demand for the fuel would once again surge and the Government would wind up having to allocate supplies, just as with gasoline last summer. Washington would be wiser to quit looking for scapegoats and start enacting production-boosting programs that will bring more fuel of all sorts-solar, hydroelectric, synthetic and nuclear-to market, and at an affordable cost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Those Fear-of-Freezing Blues | 10/8/1979 | See Source »

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