Word: demanding
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Papadopoulos' power comes chiefly from the support of a couple of hundred zealous junior army officers, who demand nothing less than total reform of Greek political life. They are already pressing Papadopoulos to move into the so-called "second stage" of the revolution, which calls for sacking the civilian Premier, Constantine Kollias, whom the junta reluctantly installed at the bidding of young King Constantine. Next would come the creation of an all-military Cabinet, with Papadopoulos himself as Premier. As far as Papadopoulos is concerned, the post is already his. In a recent chat with Cypriot President Makarios...
...militant demand for "student power" now being heard on U.S. college campuses sounds like a defiant challenge of academic authority. Yet at least one aspect of the undergraduate rebellion-student demands for new and more relevant course offerings-is generally embraced and welcomed by faculty and administrators. Not only do students now sit on many curriculum committees, but their interests are being reflected in countless new courses that carry regular academic credit...
Paralleling the student interest in current problems is a new yearning for value-defining courses that help put life in broad perspective. This often takes the form of a demand for religious studies. At student request, Rutgers will offer a religion major for the first time this year, while at the University of Wisconsin's Milwaukee campus a student-organized poll led to regent approval of a new Department of Religious Studies. A similar desire for scanning a broader scene led engineering students at Claremont's Harvey Mudd College to secure a humanities course on "man, science...
Beneficial Environments. Much of ITT's rapid overseas growth is coming from its traditional communications operations, a trend that should continue on the strength of the unmet foreign demand for telephone lines; even in industrialized Europe, there are only ten telephones for every 100 people v. 48 per 100 in the U.S. ITT recently installed a 5,000-line telephone exchange in Madras, India, won a contract to supply the Hong Kong Hilton with a 1,000-ex-tension automatic phone system. Another rich market opening up is in worldwide satellite communications; ITT (after A.T. & T. the largest stockholder...
...perfidious painter escapes to the Huns on the other side of the Great Wall. There he shows the Khan a lifelike picture of the girl, persuades him to assemble his army and demand her hand. To save her country, the girl nobly leaves her Emperor, journeys to the Huns and presents herself to the Khan...