Word: demanding
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...even his friends have any clear idea how Chichester-Clark intends to govern. His one known political formulation is that he supports the "one man, one vote" demand of the Catholic opposition-but "not at the present time...
...Demanding Fukki. Both in Tokyo and the Okinawan capital of Naha, Okinawans held demonstrations too, but of a far more purposeful and peaceful nature. In Naha, about 20,000 showed up to hear Chief Executive Chobyo Yara and Shinei Kyan, head of the Council for the Return of Okinawa Prefecture to the Fatherland, demand that Okinawa revert to Japanese control. "The more people shout," said Kyan, "the stronger will be public opinion for our goal." Shouting is hardly needed to convince most Okinawans: Yara was elected last November on a platform demanding fukki, or immediate reversion. Yara has no illusions...
Statement could easily become a cult movie about a sort of engage Graduate. MGM has already bought the movie option and production plans are under way. Kunen is in great demand for TV and radio talk shows and freelance assignments. But, as he told TIME Reporter L. Clayton DuBois last week, he skips them if they interfere with his duties as "one of the ordinary soldiers" among Columbia's warriors. He admits to some concern that "I occasionally get criticized for exploiting the movement and for allowing myself to spend time being co-opted by the mass media." What...
...refused otherwise to raise the lowly status of women in the Islamic world. Moslem husbands may still divest themselves of an unwanted wife by simply repeating "I divorce thee" three times. The conference also took a surprisingly moderate stand on the Middle East. It refused to consider the demand of the El Fatah guerrillas for a jihad (holy war) against Israel - and pointedly explained that the word jihad also meant sacrificing one's self for the good of mankind...
...results are mixed at best, reports TIME'S Moscow Correspondent Jerrold Schecter. The extra day has piled 10 million extra people on top of the 18 million already using the council's facilities. The demand for sports goods has grown so great that hockey sticks disappeared from the shelves of Moscow's stores this winter. There is still a two-to three-year wait for new automobiles, and drivers who plan a long trip must load up with food and extra gas before setting out, since there are few service stations and no motels and restaurants outside...