Word: demanding
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...members of the Faculty or former members of the Harvard Regiment, will be later given an opportunity to secure tickets admitting to the exercises in the Yard, and will probably have some opportunity of securing tickets to Sanders Theatre at the same time. In view of the large demand, the Committee is not able to say at this time how many tickets to Sanders Theatre will be available...
...they are reaping their blighted harvests. For whereas formerly the demand for highly trained young men was adequately met by the technical schools of the country, today concerns are asking for ten men and only getting five because there are not enough instructors left to teach them. They have not looked ahead but have been satisfied with the gains of the moment...
President Lowell will address a meeting open to all members of the University in the Living Room of the Union tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock on "The Outstanding Events of the Year 1919-1920 at Home and Abroad." In response to undergraduate demand the Union management has waived its regular ruling, and all students in the University, and not only members of the Union, are invited. H. H. Faxon '21, the recently elected Vice-President, will preside...
...popular demand for him is overwhelming. People from all walks of life, the humblest farmer, the worker in the mill and factory, as well as the professional men, all have rallied to his support. His home state, California, has spoken emphatically in his favor. Michigan, a great Roosevelt state, and the birthplace of the Republican party, has recognized him as the successor of Col. Roosevelt. His victories in Nebraska and Montana, and his remarkable showing in New Jersey and Indiana, have astonished the politicians and have set them speculating about the causes of the success of Senator Johnson...
There have been numerous contributing influences to bring about high prices--such as the export demand for some articles, the shortage in the supply of certain raw materials, and so on. Nevertheless, the chief reason for the general rise in prices has been the inflation of credit and currency. The process of inflation, through the working of the Federal Reserve banking system, has provided a large additional buying power without a corresponding increase in production. As has always taken place under similar circumstances in the past, inflation of credit and currency has resulted in inflation in prices. The Federal Reserve...