Word: demanding
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Often attributed to Poet-Humorist Dorothy Parker, who publicly denied authorship: "My God, no. I demand an apology for even thinking I would write such a dreadful rhythm...
...boom has passed a significant milestone. The buyers' market of the recession, said the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago last week, has turned into the sellers' market of prosperity. Rising demand from industry and consumers has increased delivery time on new orders and created scattered shortages for freight cars and trucking rigs. It has also brought a short supply of labor in many skilled trades and slowed the rate of gain in output per worker as the number of jobholders has increased. "Under these circumstances," forecast the bank, "it appears likely that any substantial further increases in demand...
Fresh signs that consumer demand is continuing to increase came last week from the Federal Reserve Board. It announced that consumer installment debt in June rose by $452 million (seasonally adjusted), the largest addition for any month since September 1955. The June increase raised total outstanding consumer installment credit to a new high of $35.8 billion...
Last week, adding its 100th U.S. dealer, Toyota announced that U.S. sales will hit 350 this month. Toyota will start bringing in station wagons this month (price: $2,500), is building an $18 million plant near Nagoya to meet the demand...
Just when polio vaccine was needed most, supplies were thin and spotty. Reason : spurts and lags in public demand have bedeviled the vaccine makers. Last year Eli Lilly & Co. alone destroyed n million doses for lack of takers (the vaccine deteriorates after six months). This year the U.S. Public Health Service has asked manufacturers to cut out exports. Both Lilly and Merck Sharp & Dohme laboratories have stepped up output; U.S. production to date (from five manufacturers) is up to more than 50 million doses-10% ahead of last year. But last week, with the belated demand for shots running ahead...