Word: demanding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Soviet studies expert and member of former President Ronald W. Reagan's National Security Council has been in demand by media and government types thirsting for analysis of the changes sweeping Eastern Europe...
Many Harvard professors are accustomed to acting as talking heads, but they say the pace of academic comment-on-demand has accelerated dramatically with the convulsions sweeping Eastern Europe in recent weeks...
Scholars say they often focus on the historical process which has made ongoing changes possible, despite the constant demand for crystal ball gazing...
IUSED to enjoy reading the newspaper. I would gloss over the articles, read some summaries and peruse the editorials. It was a daily, casual event that kept me abreast of the times, but didn't demand much intellectual strain...
...debate is not a matter of discussion in the Germanies. The debate is largely held abroad. Therefore, the analogy comparing the appeasement policy in the 1930s to today's situation completely misses the mark. Nobody is pressuring the international community to do anything about reunification. Where there is no demand, there can be no appeasement...