Word: demande
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...General James Gavin. "I'm afraid he doesn't, and that he would accept a fair draft." Many sophisticated Europeans suspected that Johnson hoped to duplicate the feat of Egypt's Nasser, who "quit" after the disastrous war with Israel in 1967 but was restored to power by popular demand. "Is this a false exit," wondered Paris' Le Monde, designed "to stop the rapid decline of his popularity and make for himself a plebiscite of tears...
...levy, which applies retroactively to the fiscal year that ended last week, is expected to raise $240 million of the $4 billion in fresh taxes provided for in Britain's latest austerity budget. By taking money from British pockets, the whole tax package is generally intended to dampen demand at home, thus help ease the country's chronic balance of payments deficit. The soak-the-rich character of the investment-income levy has the added political purpose of pleasing left-wing members of Harold Wilson's ruling Labor Party...
...deans' policy on coverage differs from the Advisory Council's proposal, Ford said, because the Advisory Council asks only that participants in a televised event be "informed" of the coverage, while the deans demand that participants be asked about coverage, not just informed...
Radicals do not glorify black violence, but demand an end to the much greater violence which police, poverty, and racism inflict daily on the souls and bodies of black people. Let Dr. Coles reconsider his priorities: Who in this society most deserves his anger? David Holmstrom Michael Maller
...demand for more courses relevant to blacks, Ford said, "there are an awful lot more courses around here that are highly relevant to blacks than they might suggest...