Word: demanding
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Young Marshal, as his public demands indicated fortnight ago required as hls personal profit out of the transaction that China reconquer and restore to him his Empire, or equivalent. This personal demand was inextricably mixed up with the issue of Chinese national policy vis-à-vis Japan...
Steelman Ernest Tener Weir, also throbbing with the spirit of reform, spoke warmly if tritely for redistribution of wealth: "Demand can be increased not only by increase in total national income, but also by distribution of the increase through the whole population. . . . Wage increases or investment returns that are paid solely through price increases are only apparent gains. ... It is probable that work on this problem will indicate that special attention should be given the low-income groups. This would have human value because these groups are most in need...
London: As censorship breaks down and headlines scream, frantically milling crowds, for the first time since the Armistice, buy London papers so fast that presses whirling at top speed cannot meet the demand. In the House of Commons lobbies, politicians think the public reaction is hostile to the King and scamper for the Baldwin bandwagon. "I was for the King when it was purely a question whether he should be permitted to marry whomsoever he should choose," says beetling-browed Labor Radical James Maxton, "but when it is a dispute between him and the Government, I cast my lot with...
After thrice protesting that his lips are sealed, Mr. Baldwin suddenly changes his mind and rushes into the House of Commons, tripping over the extended feet of Mr. Eden, to unseal his lips in a tacit admission that the King does not demand that Mrs. Simpson be his Queen but only insists upon contracting a morganatic marriage and giving her one of his lesser titles such as Countess of Chester. "The only possible way," Mr. Baldwin tells the House of Commons, "would be by legislation dealing with a particular case. His Majesty's Government are NOT prepared to introduce...
...trade which will be the heaviest in dollars since 1929 and may exceed that year in volume of actual goods. In rural sections retail trade this autumn has already topped 1929. City counters have been jammed ever since the holiday shopping started after Thanksgiving, with a notable improvement in demand for quality and luxury lines. In Manhattan stores furs have led all departments in gains over last year...