Word: demanding
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...stock of neck wear has received considerable additions of new silk ties, in an attractive assortment of seasonable colors and shades. The reversible 4-in-hand, in particular, are much in demand...
...weeklies at Yale. Up to the present year, the Courant and the Record have been conducted on the same plan, and they have given themselves up to the lightest kind of literature. But Yale is unwilling to support two papers of this style, and to meet the demand of the University the '88 boards of editors have made radical changes in the respective fields of the Record and Courant...
...Free raw materials for ships will go far towards enabling the American builder to supply the demand which free ships will create: Codman, "Free Ships...
...duty on the part of the college. Measures must be taken to-provide lodgings for the large number of students,- a number which is constantly on the increase.- The dormitories owned by the college are wholly inadequate to accommodate the crowd of applicants. As a result, the demand for desirable rooms near the yard is so great that no price is considered too exorbitant by the owners of private buildings. Landladies are enabled to retire with a handsome income after a few years in this business. Men whose purses are limited, and who are unsuccessful in drawing a college room...
...cold was intense and a coating of ice was formed on the East River thick enough to bear the weight of a large crowd who availed themselves of this opportunity of crossing the river. The drifts in the city were enormous and few cabs ventured out after "fares." The demand for conveyances was wide-spread and exorbitant prices were paid for rides. A number of Wall St. brokers collected around a solitary cab and a spirited bidding took place for its possession, The price which that cab brought was thirty-six dollars. It was a common occurrence for several...