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Word: demanding (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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This week the urban elections (or "consultations," as the Belgian authorities prefer to call them) will be extended to Elisabethville and Jadotville, the largest towns in the mining province of Katanga. Next in line: Stanleyville, Bukavu, Luluabourg, Matadi. But not even unlimited economic opportunity can still the demand for political expression, which runs through Africa like a fever. Said one Congolese last week: "This didn't come soon enough, and it isn't enough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BELGIAN CONGO;: Too Late, Too Little? | 12/23/1957 | See Source »

...tired of hearing certain hi-fi records, took to hiding them around the camp (one victim: twangy Ballad Singer-Guitarist Burl Ives). But the men balked only once-when a stateside psychologist sent down a lengthy questionnaire probing each man's attitude toward the others. On unanimous demand, the camp doctor tore up the questions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Life in the Deep Freeze | 12/23/1957 | See Source »

...hopes for a 6,000,000 year. The reason U.S. auto sales have leveled off for the past few years, said Romney-with a bow to his hot-selling little Rambler-is that the automobile industry as a whole has ignored "fundamental changes occurring in automobile use and demand," i.e., the increased popularity of smaller, more compact cars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: Lower Targets | 12/23/1957 | See Source »

HUGE GAS POOL will be tapped in Utah and Arizona and piped to West Coast, where natural gas demand is racing ahead of supply. If FPC approves as expected, El Paso Natural Gas Co. will sink 1,000 wells in rich twelve-mile-square area of Utah...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Clock, Dec. 23, 1957 | 12/23/1957 | See Source »

Innocenti's tubing will form the framework of the new Lambretta GoggomobiL He will have to dress it up for the Italian market, since Italians demand more flair in body style than the functional-minded Germans. But he still hopes to charge only $500 for his Lambretta Goggo, half the price of the cheapest Fiat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: From Scooter to Auto | 12/23/1957 | See Source »

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