Word: demanding
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...announced that he would not do any saber-rattling during his visit. In Washington, President Eisenhower made it known that he was planning to meet Khrushchev's plane when it arrives in mid-September, though Khrushchev is not technically chief of the Soviet state,*and protocol does not demand welcome by the President. Ike also made it known that he was reserving time for a possible Big Four summit meeting in the fall...
...coalition got behind sterner, identical bills filed by Georgia Democrat Phil Landrum and Michigan Republican Robert Griffin. In an advance nosecount, the coalition could only muster 209 votes for Landrum-Griffin-ten short of the 219 needed to win. Results:1) the President decided to take to TV to demand reform of labor inequities-"a national disgrace," and 2) Virginia Democrat Howard Smith, Chairman of the Rules Committee, stalled the mild Elliott bill just long enough so that the President could make his speech, and public reaction could pile up before floor debate begins this week...
...before you in any partisan sense-I am not a candidate for office." And he carefully stopped just short of the Write-Your-Congressman-Now appeal that would have weakened that impartiality. "It is my earnest hope," he said, "that Congress will be fully responsive to an overwhelming national demand. Thank you and goodnight...
...period last year. Outlays for new private building in July rose to $3.6 billion to push the seven-month total 16% ahead of a year ago. Biggest gains were in home building, which leveled in July at a seven-month rate 32% above last year. So great is the demand for funds to finance home mortgages that Federal Reserve Board Chairman William McChesney Martin Jr. warned: "Overstimulation of building activity under currently developing boom conditions" must be held in check to avoid a later downturn...
...earnings rise came from a strong demand for oil products that exceeded earlier industry forecasts. With record six-month sales of $621 million, Sinclair Oil Corp. boosted profits to $1.76 per share, v. $1.45 in the first half last year. Second-half prospects, noted Sinclair Chairman P. C. Spencer, are even brighter. Said he: "In July gasoline prices began to strengthen appreciably, and if this trend can be maintained, it is reasonable to expect that the remainder of 1959 should continue to show improvement...