Word: demand
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...major sticking point was a demand by Washington, voiced only two weeks ago, that any cutoff of U.S. military aid to the mujahedin must be matched by a "symmetrical cessation" of arms deliveries to the Afghan government by Moscow. Kozyrev contended that the Soviets have been providing military supplies to Afghanistan for decades and that any attempt to end such assistance amounts to interference in Soviet affairs. Said the Soviet negotiator: "It would be like Moscow asking the U.S. to end its military aid for Pakistan...
Indeed, benefits are an issue that electrifies virtually all support staff. Ninety percent of the workers interviewed said they need better medical benefits; their main demand was that Harvard pay the full cost of health insurance premiums...
...time when nursing schools are reporting dramatic declines in enrollment and veteran nurses are loudly objecting to their working conditions. Paradoxically, however, there are more nurses employed now than ever before. Thanks to increasingly complex medical technology, an aging patient population and the worsening AIDS epidemic, the demand for nurses has never been greater...
...doing too much. They might have exploited the comic possibilities of her dazy nature a little more, especially as the villains grow overtly menacing in their attempts to reclaim their lost luggage. That, though, is a forgivable flaw. The story, too, is busy with other demands that include, refreshingly, a desire to balance the demand for suspense against the need for plausibility. The principals are never tested by situations that require daring or skills beyond the reach of ordinary citizens...
...part of a trend that has shocked the nation's capital. In the past two years, narcotics dealers, led by the Jamaicans, have begun to realize Washington's potential as a drug bazaar. Dealers from New York City and Miami have invaded the D.C. area, discovering a voracious demand for their supply. "An ounce of coke goes for $800 to $900 in New York," says John Bartlett, a vice detective in Prince Georges County, Md. "In D.C., it goes...