Word: demanding
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...trick is to get a lot of foam in the milk so the pop bottle will fill up quickly." Norman B. Collins, president of Security Bank and Second Security Bank of Chicago, and his wife were kidnapped in Wilmette (Chicago suburb) by five men in a black sedan who demanded $100,000 ransom. Arguing with their captors as they drove hither & yon, Mr. & Mrs. Collins got the demand down to $5,000. She was released to telephone to Chairman James B. Forgan Jr. of Second Security Bank, while Banker Collins rode on in the black sedan. Banker Collins was later...
...Many of those [Frenchmen] who did demand cash " said M. Germain-Martin, "gave as their reason that they 'fear an imminent...
...Each side looks to Barthelmess to betray the other. He snubs a tenant girl's (Dorothy Jordan's) clean love as he succumbs to the unholy temptations of the landlord's daughter (Bette Davis). When the burning of the store destroys the accounts against the poor, the tenants demand of Barthelmess his duplicate set. Strong with social conscience, Barthelmess calls a meeting of tenants and landlords, draws up an unspecified plan for cooperation, blackmails the bully landlord into signing, while the majority of good planter-landlords sign willingly. Retrieving the tenant girl's clean love, Barthelmess goes to lead...
...cafeteria, modeled after the one opened two years ago in the Business School, has, since its foundation last spring, met a demand on the part of upperclassmen for a place to eat at night without undergoing the inconvenience of walking to the Square. But the main reason for the cafeteria's popularity, according to a statement from an official of the Dining Halls, is that it furnishes the student a respite in his studying and a chance to relax in congenial surroundings before retiring for the night...
...however, see less men, most of whom arrive just before one o'clock, at which time, the cafeteria closes. Nine out of ten men order sandwiches, the toasted tomato category being the most popular, with toasted cheese or toasted bacon among the other favorites. There is also a great demand for waffles; eggs are seldom ordered. Ginger ale runs a poor second to milk as a favorite drink, while coffee and tea, contrary to popular opinion are in little demand...