Word: demand
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...former mental patient showed up at Universal Studios last December and allegedly shot and killed two unarmed guards after they refused his demand to see actor Michael Landon...
Doctors resent spending extra time with patients who demand exhaustive explanations or who merely exercise their hypochondria. "If you have to spend twice as much time because a patient's assertive and he wants to ask questions, it's certainly difficult to bill for that period of time," says cardiologist Alexander. "Lawyers and accountants don't have third parties or government agencies looking over their shoulders to determine whether their billings are fair." Patients understandably take a spare-no-expense attitude toward their health, but that is not a philosophy likely to keep a medical company in the black...
Voters presented with more than one real choice in an election will demand that candidates address substantive questions. And as Japan continues its inevitable entrance onto the world stage, candidates will have to express a vision of Japan's role in the international community...
Fans have suddenly become one of the Square's most valued commodities. Harvard Student Agencies, which leases fans to students, ran out Wednesday, they said. And Robert S. Toro, manager of Tags Hardware in Porter Square, said that the store was having a hard time meeting the demand for fans and related items like air conditioner cords and fuses...
...After probably the second day of a heat wave, the demand becomes really high," Toro said. "It becomes so hot in people's apartments that they just can't stand it. People still have a bad memory of last summer, of its being hot forever...