Word: demanding
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...York City for a fund raiser, delayed Air Force One's takeoff from a fog-shrouded Kennedy Airport to read the riot act to Indonesia's strongman, SUHARTO. The two leaders spent what must have been an uncomfortable 25 minutes on the phone as translators relayed Clinton's demand that Suharto immediately implement an International Monetary Fund austerity program that Indonesia agreed to last October. Earlier, Suharto had seemed oblivious to the crisis when he went on television to announce a budget woven of pure fantasy, thereby setting off panic. The job of leaning on Indonesia now falls to Deputy...
...place. Having simplified the instruction of reading, writing and arithmetic, the American educational establishment may have finally managed to do the impossible: it has dumbed down even driver's ed. (What's next? Dodge ball?) Some states have backed off mandatory driver training altogether, and elsewhere most courses demand no more than six hours behind the wheel. In what was no doubt an exceptional case, last September a North Carolina driver's ed teacher allegedly told his trainee to chase a driver who had cut them off, then got out and punched the offending driver. The teacher (who later denied...
...connection between Seinfeld and the ER negotiations, however, does not end there. As part of a deal, Warner Bros. is likely to demand that NBC replace Seinfeld with another one of its shows. To further complicate matters, Paramount, which produces Frasier, may insist that if that show is moved to Thursday, it must be followed by a new comedy the studio is developing around Nathan Lane, who is currently starring in the film Mouse Hunt. In formulating its post-Seinfeld strategy, NBC will have to take into account all these demands, as well as the other scheduling dilemmas caused...
...defendant doesn't look ready to dignify the demand, not even with a counter-offer. Reporters searching for a quote from the Clinton camp have been forced to fall back on an old maxim from his lawyer, Robert Bennett, who insisted, way back, that Clinton "will not apologize for something he didn't do." Indeed, all signs are that the President's in for the long haul on this one. And if that means facing the gaze of his accuser and losing some Chief Executive dignity...
...leaders spent what must have been an uncomfortable 25 minutes on the phone as translators relayed Clinton?s demand that Suharto immediately implement an International Monetary Fund austerity program that Indonesia agreed to last October. Earlier, Suharto had seemed oblivious to the crisis when he sparked panic by announcing a budget woven of pure fantasy. The job of leaning on Indonesia now falls to Deputy Treasury Secretary Larry Summers and Defense Secretary William Cohen, who both visit Jakarta and other Asian capitals this week, along with a senior IMF delegation...