Word: demanding
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...States was tackled, when the Japanese offered to discuss the naval ratios which may be revised when the Treaty of Washington expires in 1935; this, of course, gives her a quid pro quo, for in return for a free hand in the Far East, Japan can offer to waive demand for naval parity...
...issue no more gold coins; in future to keep all the monetary gold of the U. S. in the form of bullion [big gold bars] which will be used only in settlement of international trade balances. This step, generally foreseen, caused no surprise. Since gold coin is in little demand except in times of crisis and at such times goes into hoarding, it is worse than useless to the nation as a whole. 2) To have the Treasury take all the gold in the Federal Reserve Banks and give to the Federal Reserve, in exchange, gold certificates. These certificates would...
...most obvious remedy for this lamentable situation is to provide more books containing only elementary and popular course exams like History 1, Economics A and Physics C for which the demand is greatest. The bound books that now contain everything in a given department from, say, the lower reaches of Slavic 4 to the higher reaches of Indic Philology would then no longer exist quite so much for the benefit of one student to the exclusion of all the potential intermediate beneficiaries. However, the most effective method of accomplishing this result in its entirely would be to stock the library...
Eighth, the need for a rise in the present price level, which can be achieved by public confidence in the monetary policies of the various countries and which in turn should bring a revival in business and demand for goods...
...announcement that the Athletic Association will be allowed to run a deficit of $30,000 this year represents a compromise between President Conant's demand that the athletic budget be balanced and Mr. Bingham's request for a student tax or aid from the Corporation. To the prophets of disaster who believe that the day of large football gate receipts is past, the compromise will appear either as a postponement of the inevitable day of reckoning or a virtual subsidy to the H.A.A. But the outlook is by no means so gloomy as this. The time may come when college...