Word: demanding
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...original cost of the materials, would, within ten years, equal the cost of concrete stands, approximately $380,000. The estimates submitted for the maintenance and handling of temporary stands figured between $40,000, and $46,000, annually. The investment is thus, obviously, completely out of proportion to the demand raised. To put $380,000 into what will be at best undesirable seats, used only on four or five afternoons of the year, would impede the possibility of any future developments, aside from being a little ridiculous in itself...
...newspaper chains was suave and eloquent General Manager (Colonel) Frank Knox of the Hearst papers, largest U. S. chain. Speaking on the question, "Is the chain a menace to American journalism?" he protested: "No, quite the contrary." Said he: "Group newspapers have been gradually brought about by the demand for more, better and more varied newspaper content, a more complete coverage of the news and quicker distribution. . . . They have been in existence many years, and I do not believe the newspapers of the country, chained or unchained, ever had better editors than today, were ever edited more intelligently, conscientiously than...
...various people and their organs, why certain treatments are used, the ways of preventing the spread of infection. By answering all questions and avoiding obscurantism he has kept his patients from worry, that great handicap against treatment. His book, in which he organized his lectures, has been in wide demand. Last autumn he revised it and recently C. V. Mosby of St. Louis published the second edition (price...
...cultural training is not for the rich alone. It would seem a necessary balancing factor in the life of the specialist who makes the wheels of the modern day go 'round. The competition of this age may demand a reorganization of our schools. But the direction of that revision as Professor Rand has recently suggested, might better be back to the old fundamentals brought up to date with a philosophy of modern science. Some such move as this might by raising the standards, take care of the excessive competition, and at the same time insure the intellectual stability of university...
...frost away from the remaining crops. Possible losses to banks and insurance companies have not been estimated. Farmers in many sections, particularly the San Joaquin valley, are heavily mortgaged, and many a bank has become, involuntarily, a farm owner* Makers of tin cans, too, may notice a slackening demand for their goat-food...