Word: demanding
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...This settlement which Mr. Baldwin so hastily concluded staggered Europe. It amazed the business community of America. It was so unexpected. The [U. S.] Treasury officials were not exactly bluffing, but they put forward their full demand as a start in the conversations, and to their surprise Mr. Baldwin said he thought the terms were fair, and accepted them. If all business was as easy as that there would be no joy in its pursuit. But this crude job, jocularly called a 'settlement,' was to have a disastrous effect upon the whole further course of negotiations on international...
What went on at the Manhattan meeting, held in the offices of General Electric Co., was not revealed. The problem to be untangled was how to reorganize the vast Insull structure so that neither noteholders nor bankers will step in and disrupt it. To do this will probably demand either a tremendous extension of credit, a sale of some assets, the issuance of new securities to noteholders and bankers, or a combination of these steps. While it was stated that Owen D. Young was entering the situation only as Samuel Insull's personal friend historians recalled that in the early...
Despite the clouding of these other issues, what is the proper attitude of University administrators to student publications remains clear. All that University officials have a right to demand from editors of an undergraduate newspaper is conformity to the ordinary standards of honesty and decency which are required of men taking part in any other activity. At Harvard the administration, adhering to this liberal policy, has permitted the CRIMSON to enjoy complete independence. No such incident as the expulsion of an editor or official interference of any kind has ever been necessary. The CRIMSON has freely criticized the actions...
...popular records are not so popular this year as usual. Those selling best are from the musicomedies Face the Music (Irving Berlin), Hot-cha (Brown & Henderson), Of Thee I Sing (George Gershwin). Despite Depression there is a steady demand for symphonic records, but radio quickly kills many a good domestic popular tune...
...were realized on 5,386,000 gross. Imports are fractional compared to U. S. manufacturing. But a hardy competitor of U. S. pencils is the KohInoor, imported from Czechoslovakia. It was the first scientifically graded drawing pencil on the world market and draftsmen are inclined to demand it despite the 33.'% lower gross cost of U. S.-made pencils. The yellow KohInoor was the first fine quality pencil...