Word: demanding
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...control of Catalonia, and have all but come to blows anent the conduct of the Spanish forces in Morocco. Now at last General de Rivera has triumphed. Last week, as the conqueror of Ajdir, the former capital of Abd-el-Krim (TIME, Oct. 12), he was able to demand that General Weyler be relieved by the Spanish Government of his post as Chief of Staff of the Spanish Army...
After much toil and tribulation, the packing industry has at length arrived at the haven of prosperity. In 1924 demand for packing products held up well, while the short corn crop made the supply of hogs coming to market small. This enabled the packers to get good prices and at the same time reduce inventories...
...present, according to Armour & Co., the packing outlook is excellent. With nation-wide prosperity, there is an active demand for packing products, especially those derived from hogs. The very large corn crop of this year also gives assurance of an ample hog supply...
...hundred professors a minimum salary of $30,000 a year and the entire profession will soon demand justice of the public .... They should receive from $30,000 to $50,000 annually. The tendency should be, unless the cost of living falls off sharply, to pay the higher sum generally. . . . This nation spends many hundreds of millions a year upon chewing gum and candy ... a half-billion on military and naval aviation since the war. . . billions for pleasure automobiles. Our contention here is that it is not being used to the best advantage...
...many millions of dollars have to be paid out by New York banks in cashing bond coupons due on that date, and also dividend checks issued on stocks. Very often this sudden though temporary demand for funds by New York banks, coupled with the need of sending funds west to move the crops, creates a temporary money shortage on and just before Oct. 1. So it turned out this year, and call money on the Stock Exchange-;-the most sensitive part of the American money market-rose to 6% quite suddenly...