Word: demanding
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Exeter with much regularity. But, being rather sceptical by nature and decidedly curious and feeling that my reputation as a soda fountain connoisseur was at stake, I made rather extensive inquiries, but regret to say that my search was unrewarded, for every storekeeper and proprietor in Exeter answered my demand for Exeter's favorite drink with a blank stare of dismay not unmingled with surprise which showed clearly that they were questioning my perfect sanity, a fact which caused me no little embarrassment...
...mental attitude "engendered by the performance of the securities markets" was blamed by Iron Age last fortnight for the slackening of steel demand. Production last week was averaging a shade under 40% of capacity against 41% the week before, 70% in the same week last year. Scrap steel prices reached the lowest levels last week since December 1914. At the end of May 105 blast furnaces were in operation, a loss of eight for the month, and only 33.4% of the total. The course of the automobile industry is expected to affect vitally future steel operations...
...protection now afforded by the University and the possibility of the establishment of a medical center to house and centralize all the medical services provided and proposed by the authorities. The need for such a medical center has long been evident and it is at present the most urgent demand of the Harvard community...
...directory, therefore, orders the leaders of 9,000 Fascist groups in Italy to govern their action by such principles, and reminds them that those who fell in the triumphant [Fascist] revolution demand that the revolution be defended inflexibly against anybody, at whatever cost...
...demand for college-trained men to sell things on commission (insurance, etc.) is still great. These, of course, are the least attractive jobs...