Word: demanded
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...District piers. Everybody knew Johnny Dunn was a killer, but nobody could pin it on him. During the war some small brass in the Army even tried to get him out of stir (he was doing time for coercion) because his services as a transportation expert were much in demand. Furious Fiorello La Guardia put a stop to that. The only mote in Johnny Dunn's sighting eye was Anthony Hintz, the hiring boss on Pier 51 at the Hudson River foot of Manhattan's Jane Street. Andy Hintz wouldn't play ball with the hoods...
...trouble with the Nile has always been its irregularity. Most of the year it flows sluggishly far below its banks. But between July and October, a great gush of muddy water floods the narrow, fertile valley. For the ancient Egyptians, who did not demand too much of their sacred river, the flood was fine. They built mud dikes around the fields, and caught the flood water in shallow basins. The silt settled to the bottom, keeping the soil fertile, millennium after millennium. When the water. was gone, the peasants planted their crops, often without plowing or other preparation...
...builders were far from downhearted. There was still a tremendous demand from low-income families ($1,800 to $5,000 a year) for cheap houses. Builders hoped to put up 350,000 to 450,000 "economy homes" in 1949, priced from $4,300 to $8,500. Material costs were falling and, better yet, labor productivity was rising...
...Demand for ducats is the heaviest of the winter season and far exceeds the volume of orders for last year's Crimson-Eli match. Students presenting coupon "R" at the HAA ticket window can procure their seats for half the Arena price...
...General Electric also thought that the economy could adjust better without a fourth round of wage boosts. Last week it turned down the C.I.O.'s demand for a shorter work week, liberalized pensions...