Word: demanding
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...flaw in Nixon's moves was one that has so far marked-and may come to plague-his Administration. It is his tendency to take cautious half-steps in the hope of appeasing critics who demand leaps, while avoiding angering those who insist that he stand fast. However laudable each small act, this course in the end satisfies no one and it leaves him open to the charge that he cares more about the illusion of action than about substantive change. Without any cooperation from Hanoi, it is difficult to see what else Nixon can do, short...
PRESIDENT NIXON'S demand last week for congressional action on his draft-revision bill was adapted from a scenario inspired by Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird. More than anyone else in the Administration, Laird worries about the possible consequences of the autumnal unrest planned by student anti-Pentagon groups. With the opening of school approaching, Laird recently counseled the President to apply pressure for passage of the draft-revision bill submitted to Congress last May. It may be too late to get action this year, but Laird figures that at least students will know that the Administration wanted...
...most crucial dispute is with the members of the orchestra. Last year they were paid a minimum of $14,000 for 44 weeks of work and four weeks of vacation. Initially, they demanded half again as much by the third year of the new contract, but have since come down to a demand for $20,000. Bing's offer has been and is a three-year package that amounts to a 24% increase -or $17,370. "We are entitled to make as much as, if not more than plumbers,"*the legal spokesman, Herman Gray, asserts. "The community...
...Mexican variety?grows wild throughout the Midwest. In Nebraska alone last week, an estimated 115,000 acres of it were nearly ready for harvesting?by any would-be pot-gatherers who could sneak by the police. Yet despite the plenitude of "Tennessee blue" and "Bethesda gold," rising demand for pot in the U.S. has recently been a major factor in producing a marijuana famine in many U.S. cities. Many authorities say that the dearth of pot is prompting users to take up harder drugs like amphetamines or even heroin...
Soon Hanson spotted the demand among campers for extra convenience and decided to concentrate production on bigger motor homes. It was a timely switch. His line of six motor homes now accounts for 80% of the company's sales. The smallest models, about 17 ft. long-or two feet shorter than a full-sized station wagon-sell for $6,500. The 27-ft. model sleeps six, has a bedroom and kitchen and is priced at $11,210. Last year Winnebago made some 4,000 of the 18,000 motor homes sold in the U.S., and Hanson expects the market...