Word: demand
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Hamawaki knew well what Japanese consumers demand: a quality product, good service and a wide variety of models and features. To back up its already strong reputation for quality and service, BMW spent more than $10 million on a Japanese distribution center, which rushes spare parts to the company's dealers within 24 hours. Since 1981, the number of BMW models offered has increased from seven to 21. And each model, from the basic 318i ($26,000) to the top of the line M6 ($90,000), is laden with "standard features" that are usually options in Europe...
...simultaneously understandable and troubling. The quest for keyhole glimpses of presidential candidates can be seen as merely the final step in a celebrity process that reduces political discourse to the level of Entertainment Tonight. As the line between movie stars and political figures has become blurred, Americans now demand the same intimate knowledge about their leaders that once was reserved for the romantic entanglements of Clark Gable or Elizabeth Taylor. Rather than wrestling with the complexities of arms control and a troubled economy, the public tends to look for personalities they can trust, whose judgment and integrity make them feel...
...these Government offers. However, he has sat as chairman of the Rockefeller Foundation and as a board member of the Chase Manhattan Bank. And his deep feelings against racism led him to serve as chairman of Nixon's Civil Rights Commission until his political independence led Nixon to demand his resignation in 1972. "They'll probably appoint some rabbit in my place," growled Hesburgh...
...after being charged with slashing the face of Model Marla Hanson, 25, last June at the behest of her former landlord, Makeup Artist Steven Roth, 28, who was convicted of assault last December; in New York City. Roth, upset by Hanson's refusal to date him and by her demand that he return her $850 apartment deposit, had promised Bowman and Norman an apartment as payment for their crime. All three men face up to 15 years in prison...
Most surprised and elated of all by the election results were the leaders of the Conservative Party. The Johannesburg regional chairman, Clive Derby- Lewis, said the party would now demand that the government enforce racial segregation in housing and reinstate the pass laws that restricted the migration of blacks to cities. Those laws, which are deeply hated by South African blacks, were repealed a year ago. Conservative Party Leader Andries Treurnicht declared that the election results "put us in a strong position for challenging the government on reform." With the Conservatives making such demands in their new role...