Word: demanding
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Beijing insists that only two teeth survived the Buddha?s cremation, one of which is in Beijing, the other in Sri Lanka, and says the 2,000-year-old tooth presented to Taiwan by Tibetan monks is nothing more than old dente. But Beijing?s demand that the tooth be returned to China takes the bite out of its protests over the tooth?s authenticity. Taiwan?s premier will likely flash his pearly whites when he greets the ?third tooth? on its arrival Thursday. Beijing?s leaders are more likely to be gnashing theirs...
Bean says student demand has inspired hisefforts...
...culture but insist that the implication of accepting their queerness is that the larger culture must be transformed to wholly integrate alternative sexualities. The queer community is not content to exist as a protected but discrete minority group. But, can they reasonably expect the sort of cultural integration they demand...
...Iowan, so naturally I went to my state university. This was during the bad days of the Cold War and those days there were very few Americans who know Chinese (at least there were very few American students going through school who knew Chinese and there was a big demand) so U of I in those days started a Chinese language program...
...afternoon probably had no desire to head to the MAC for an evening stairmaster session, those searching for summer jobs or working during business hours found the MAC closed by 5 p.m. Limiting hours during vacation is understandable, but how about shaping the schedule to fit with student demand...