Word: demanding
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Senator Borah came out with an open demand for Mr. Daugherty's resignation. Several Republican Senators urged the President and Mr. Daugherty to consider the latter's resignation in order. Mr. Daugherty replied: "My elimination, voluntarily or otherwise, will be a confession of the truth of all these baseless charges of our adversaries, and will justify them in claiming that we have thereby admitted their truth, and such admission will accomplish the ultimate end and purpose most gratifying to such adversaries. I will never be a party to such a program...
...object of the move was said to be that the Croatians intend to go to Belgrade (the capital), join the Opposition there, oust Premier Pashitch, demand new elections, revise Balkan policy, "kill" the Italo-Yugo-Slavian treaty over Fiume (TIME...
...capable of absorbing all our raw materials and providing all the manufactured goods we need. We didn't buy recognition. Some countries are still trying to bargain with us; others still are muttering about old debts, etc. We refuse any such negotiations or any preliminary conditions. We demand, first of all, de jure recognition. That...
...estate and his father had maintained it. But Lieutenant Willatz Holmsen has none of the qualities to continue this work. He is proud, for one thing. If a tenant does not pay his rent, he will not ask for it. People might think he needed the money. If a demand is made upon him, he will accede to it rather than admit even to himself that he cannot afford it. Then, too, he has a German wife who does not know that money is not plentiful, and an only and expensive son. Things are in this state when Holmengraa arrives...
...sensations during the past week was the new signs of prosperity for copper. Practically ever since the high war-time prices resulted in open-ing so many new deposits that demand was soon swamped, the industry has experienced a condition of suspended animation. Only the richest deposits, with lowest production costs, really paid to operate. Even Anaconda, premier American company in size and scope, has had difficulties...