Word: demanding
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...within six years." Said the Red statement plaintively: ''Facts have proved that only a few of the upper-strata personages support the reform, while the majority still harbor varying degrees of doubt and are actually against it; and that, although a small portion of the masses enthusiastically demand reform, the large portion of the masses still lack enthusiasm." Nine-tenths of the Red cadres (but not the Red troops) sent into Tibet from China have been withdrawn, local authority and schools have been handed back to the Tibetans, and a number of Red construction projects have been postponed...
...more trouble piled up for Batista. In Miami his exiled foes last week formed a united front, at a meeting that joined Castro's fanatic student worshipers to Old-pro politicOS such as ex-President Carlos Prio Socarras in a "Cuban Liberation Council." The council's first demand: formation of a provisional government that "will call general elections as quickly as possible...
...Radcliffe Administration wants the girls to be treated as equals with Harvard men and at the same time demand that all joint organizations have at least one Radcliffe officer. This is absurd. If the girls are our equals, let them compete as such. But past experience has shown that one Radcliffe girl can prove the downfall of innumerable members of Harvard College. They don't need any official help...
...Thirds of a Jeep. Petersen concedes that his campaign may not get anywhere "for a long time." Nevertheless, his magazines wield far-reaching influence. By popularizing cars with lower lines and such avant-garde gimmicks as fuel injection systems and dual exhausts, the magazines help stimulate demand for engineering and styling refinements in assembly-line autos (which are rigorously road-tested each year by the editors). In addition, Publisher Petersen, himself an auto mechanic's son, has been a major factor in building a new, $15 million-a-year market for manufacturers of esoteric auto accessories ranging from racing...
...industry was caught last week in a pinch that had the oilmen howling for relief. Instead of the usual 4%-5% annual increase in domestic oil demand, consumption has edged up only 1%, pushing surplus stocks of petroleum products to 723.9 million bbl. by the end of September, nearly 43 million bbl. more than during the same period last year. Oilmen everywhere cut back exploration for new wells, and prices slumped sharply. With more oil than it can sell, Ohio Oil Co. shaved its bids for new supplies of Wyoming heavy crude by 8? per bbl. and Indiana Standard...