Word: demanding
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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There is much demand for fractional currency from all parts of the country...
Harvard Union Debate. Sever 11, 7.30 P. M. The question is: "Resolved, That the interests of the United States demand a tariff for revenue only...
...great has been the demand for tickets for the athletic meetings that additional seats will be built, from the floor to the gallery. Tickets for these will be on sale the last of this week...
...shown him, and from certain ominous whispers he inferred that he was an object of suspicion. His position was embarrasing, and the conduct of his brethren inexplicable. In vain he sought to make himself agreeable or useful, and when at last he was constrained to make a formal demand, he was informed that a few days before his arrival a letter had been received from the president of the college which he professed to represent, stating that he should be unable to attend, and that a man who was unfortunately out of his mind was travelling around the country pretending...
...actual choice, provided that some one reasonably popular and efficient be selected. It would be mere presumption to claim that the students are at all competent to make any affirmative choice from among the various candidates for the position, but it is certainly fair for them to demand that no one, who by general agreement is believed to be unsuited for the place, and whose unpopularity would impair the efficiency of his administration, should be chosen to an office so closely connected with the welfare and interests of every student...