Word: demand
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...introduced in 1973, posted fuel efficiency of 29 m.p.g. and sold for as little as $2,150 (current base price: $5,749). The company soon broadened its demographic appeal by introducing the larger, upscale Accord (currently $9,389) in 1976 and the Prelude ($11,592) in 1979. Intense demand for the cars prompted Honda's serendipitous decision to construct its pioneering Ohio plant, a complex now capable of producing 220,000 autos annually. The factory, built alongside a Honda motorcycle plant, began producing autos in 1982, just a year after Japan agreed to accept voluntary quotas on its auto exports...
...cushions, among the 350th's more exclusive souvenirs, were in boxes stacked in a corner of the entryway. Several workers assigned the task of distributing them, though, could not keep up with the demand...
...symposium entitled, "The World Food System and Global Agribusiness: The Role of Public and Private Policymakers," four experts warned that the world's nations may not be able to meet the growing population's demand for food...
...Foundation was created in 1981 to improve campus race relations in response to students' continuing demand for a Third World Center at Harvard...
...minister said oil-pricing by OPEC and non-OPEC nations based only on short term supply and demand trends led to the dramatic fall in petroleum prices from more than $30 per barrel in 1980 to a low of $9 in July...