Word: demanding
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...stories, as the wrapper announces find their grace and power and conviction as they reflect his own nimble curiosity and his insatiable demand for now affirmations of life." Whether, however, they present as "lucid and honest a vision as Whitman or Rousseau" is a matter for future generations to decide. "They do", however, "comprise realistic and experimental stories, travesties, and allegories, tormented searchings and sardonic commentaries...
According to this learned German professor "democracy and social justice demand a good education for everybody, but only that higher education for which the individual is fitted and which he can use for his own highest good and for the highest good of society...
Many students have bought squash cards from the H.A.A. only to find that they could be used exclusively at the Linden Street courts. Since the demand for these courts far exceeds their capacity students desiring a half-hour of exercise are forced to use the House courts and pay for each game. The House courts, being in closer proximity to the Houses and having a definite number of courts set aside for members of each House, are preferred by most students to those on Linden Street. For those who play daily the charge for each game is irksome and many...
...class struggle under capitalism. Economics of capitalism will comprise the topic of the second and third evenings, introductory to the fourth meeting, which will devote itself to monopolistic capitalism and finance capital as the characteristics of imperialism. At the same time, the springs of war and foreign policy will demand attention...
...Federal, State and local governments (must) act forthwith on the demand that their cost be drastically reduced." (This explains the FERA, the PWA, the CWA, and other economies...