Word: demanded
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Word of mouth created such a demand for Attorney Gubin's report that he had it printed and sold in booklet form. In it he had written: "Traditional American methods of aggressive salesmanship and advertising in established media reaching European markets may spell the difference between success and failure in your ECA operations...
Health officials in all affected areas were worrying about epidemics. The death rate was up; it was hard to know how much. Said a Red Cross official: "The only check we really have is the number of requests we get for shrouds." In his area the demand for shrouds had doubled...
This week, booksellers all over the world are preparing to meet the usual Christmas demand for the book that has made the name of Thomas à Kempis more enduring than marble. The Imitation of Christ has probably been translated into more languages than any other book but the Bible (at least eight U.S. publishers have one or more editions currently in print).* It is a short book, simply written. Like the writings of the earliest Christians, it speaks directly to ordinary people, not merely to theologians or philosophers. It is perhaps the nearest, clearest answer that has been made...
...those who demand more than good food, the Copley Plaza's Oval Room, the Campus Room at the Showboat, and the Fife and Drum Room in the Vendome are but a few of the lusher dine and dance spots...
...Demand is so great, said Fox, that Vacuum has had to allocate shipments and is thinking of setting up a California plant. The shortage temporarily takes some of the bloom off the Crosby deal. But Vacuum hopes to step up output enough to fill the new orders Crosby will bring in. And in the scramble for the new market, Vacuum figures that Crosby is just the Pied Piper needed to lure customers away from the old brand names...