Word: demand
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...pontificating on the issue. No one could forget that Michael Dukakis during last year's presidential campaign was outflagged by George Bush. The patriotic grandstanding was led by the President, who traveled across the Potomac to the Iwo Jima Memorial -- cameras in hot pursuit -- to denounce the ruling and demand a constitutional amendment. But when the proposal came to the Senate floor last week, cooler heads prevailed. Two Republicans who originally supported the amendment, John Danforth of Missouri and Warren Rudman of New Hampshire, changed their mind, giving others the courage to follow. The amendment, which needed a two-thirds...
While the industry has a few sizzling products like laptop computers, the overall sluggishness is hurting many businesses, ranging from supercomputers to software. Cray Research, the largest supercomputer maker, said early this month it will cut its work force about 7% because of slack demand. Mainframe manufacturer Unisys, which has reported operating losses of $79 million so far this year, plans to slash its payroll by 8,000 workers, or 9%. Wang, which lost $424 million during the past fiscal year, may be pushed into a merger. Former rising stars in personal computers, notably Commodore and Wyse Technology, are losing...
Enforcing the ban may not be as serious a problem as once thought. Consumer demand for ivory is plummeting, and with it the price of tusks. But even those who championed the ivory ban doubt that the elephant is out of peril. Said Susan Lieberman of the U.S. Humane Society: "This isn't the end, it's the beginning, but now the elephant has a cease-fire." Conservationists must continue to wage war against poachers and provide people living beside the game reserves with reasons for regarding the elephant as something more than a pest capable of trampling a season...
Officials said they hope the school's two newest chairs--particularly the professorship in real estate development--will meet students' growing demand for courses in urban design...
...nearly a decade taking pictures of child laborers, sometimes gulling suspicious mill owners into thinking he was there to photograph their machinery, all the while keeping one hand in his pocket for clandestine note taking. He saw his pictures as evidence, "photographic proof" that would move public opinion to demand laws to remove children from factories. His data would be the grime written upon their young faces; his evidence would be the weariness in their eyes...