Word: demanding
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Disclosure of Young's role in the 1994 loan guarantee has turned the political tables in Washington for the first time since the election. Democrats on the Senate and House committees investigating 1996 campaign irregularities seized the moment to demand subpoenas of Young, his employees and company records. "There are possibilities here of...illegal foreign contributions," said Senator Carl Levin of Michigan...
...Canada in 1994 had to repeal a stiff tobacco tax that had pushed prices past $5 a pack because a violent black market developed. U.S. consumption peaked at 640 billion cigarettes in 1981, which is when the industry started raising prices aggressively. When prices stabilized around 1992, so did demand...
...second step involves keeping the issue in the spotlight among the student body, something ethnic studies activists have done poorly this year. Keeping ethnic studies on center stage is important because Knowles' tenure decisions are often based on student demand. The Dean has even said in the past that he will not tenure professors who specialize in the study of ethnicity because there is little demand for such courses...
Well-attended and publicized events among students show that the demand for such courses exists. A panel in April 1996 debating the merits of ethnic studies attracted nearly 200 people and another hundred rallied outside University Hall a week later...
Messinger's criticism implies that the city not simply be an employer but create a model workplace. Certainly this should come in time, but first, let us demand that the city be a just and safe employer...