Word: demanding
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...polls of Congress showed a 20-to-1 sentiment in favor of quick inflation. Nevada's Senator Pittman tried to interest the White House in inflation by the free silver route. In Idaho Senator Borah rumbled: "Infla-tion is indispensable to the success of the NRA." A growing demand was developing for the Treasury to pay off depositors in closed banks with $3,000,000,000 in "greenbacks." The Iowa Farmers' Union was ranting for inflation and Secretary of Agriculture Wallace's scalp because he refused to believe that inflation was a cureall. Even conservative members...
Their decision: the eleven Army cadets are sentenced to imprisonment for four years without hard labor, but provision was made to parole them within a year. Up to last week 357,000 Japanese had petitioned the Government to free the Army cadets. Only 16 Japanese had written to demand that the culprits be put to death...
Other colleges provide parking space for their student bodies, and in Cambridge, where the garage accommodations are obviously insufficient to the demand, the need for it is clear enough. The CRIMSON, after an investigation, declared last year that the tract behind the Business School could be prepared at a cost of less than seven hundred dollars. This is a sum which a very small initial fee from each Parker could defray. Before the police inaugurate further nonsense in the name of order, the advantages of such a planned parking space should be considered...
...rent signs and the owners of properties feel that sufficient mortgage money is outstanding, the truth is a survey of many big cities reveals a housing shortage. This is because families have doubled up during the depression. The moment unemployment is relieved in any considerable volume the demand for housing facilities will reappear...
...radical innovation in uniform, we are told is not to be in effect for the games. Shorts may go over for tennis but there are those who demand no less than a fur coat for the late fall games...