Word: demanding
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Mission of course said little except "Hope." But it was accompanied by two journalists ? Stephane Lauzanne, Editor of Le Matin, and Pertinax, Foreign Editor of L'Echo de Paris... Those two gentlemen were voluble in their protestations. They exhibited an entire unwillingness to believe that the U. S. demand for payment in full on something like the terms to Great Britain was serious. Mr. Lauzanne went so far as to retail a rather malicious story...
...purchasing of motors which even the most optimistic scarcely thought possible one year ago. In the beginning (TIME, Jan. 12) the price slashing between motor companies seemed to point inevitably to elimination of the weaker companies, which is already not unknown in this strenuous industry. Thus far, however, demand has been so great that no important casualties are reported...
Recognizing that the organization has for the past few years found difficulty in securing some very desirable engagements, the management has decided to adopt a new policy, and to conform to the modern demand by including in its programs representative music of a lighter vein than has been customary, modelling its selections somewhat after those of the Symphony "Pops...
...demand for tickets to all football games for which applications are necessary this year far exceeds that of the same date in 1924. Although applications do not close for this year's games until the dates given below, an increase in every game except the one with Princeton, which is to be played away this year, is already recorded...
...work necessary to put the job over is in the boat," he declared. "You came here to get an education, and rowing is not going to stand in your way. We demand good scholarship at the boathouses. If you must sacrifice either rowing or scholarship, then rowing must go by the board. We do not fear for rowing, however, because we know it is easy to do both. Fifty per cent of the men on last year's University and Freshman crews were on the Dean's List, and at least one man was Phi Beta Kappa...