Word: demand
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Gordon Humphrey (R-NH): Mr. Chairman, this is ridiculous. The senior senator from Massachusetts did the Ukrainians with bad feet bit at the last hearing. I demand that all mention of corns be struck from the record...
...demonstration, organized by a number of local social activist organizations, will demand increased government aid to the poor in the form of jobs, housing, health care, child care and welfare rights. The protest day, known as National Justice for All, will also call on presidential candidates to give more attention to poverty as a political issue...
...regain control of its economic destiny, it will have to do far more than let its dollar fall. A weakened dollar is no substitute for forceful action to reduce the budget deficit, which would not only ease demand for foreign capital and imports but show that America had the political will and leadership to put its house in order. Nor will a devaluation remove the need for U.S. manufacturers to improve their quality and efficiency and learn how to promote their products in foreign markets. A gradually declining dollar may be a painful necessity now, but the U.S. should never...
...Soviet leader reiterated his commitment to the planned superpower summit in Washington next month and served notice on the Reagan Administration that he will demand tangible results from both that meeting and a projected Moscow ; summit in 1988. Insisting on "more than merely a continuation of discussion," Gorbachev called for a "palpable breakthrough" in strategic- arms reductions and in "barring weapons from outer space" -- a reference to the Reagan Administration's Strategic Defense Initiative. There have been recent indications, however, that the Soviets might soften their die-hard opposition to space-based defenses in favor of gaining some predictability about...
...theory behind the benefits of a currency devaluation is textbook clear: if the dollar falls, the international prices of U.S. products drop, and foreigners will buy more of them. At the same time, foreign goods become more expensive in the U.S., and Americans will reduce demand for imports. A combination of the two trends will lower the trade deficit...