Word: demanding
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...maintain several homes, and others received official protection from highly-placed political figures. Commissioners said only that they had uncovered "indications of possible protection" and said further inquiry was needed. That's scant comfort for the more than 250,000 thousand outraged Belgians who rallied last October to demand drastic changes to the justice system...
Furthermore, much of the American public does not realize that we have been destroying our chemical weapons stockpile over the past 13 years. Current U.S. statutes call for the completion of this process by 2004-5, the same year that the CWC would demand destruction of all weapons. The military, Congress and the executive branch recognize the destructiveness and immorality inherent in chemical weapons and have already ordered their elimination. Therefore, the treaty would impose no undue burdens on the United States; instead, the treaty only affirms decisions our country has already made...
...arms lobby first had to stir up demand among the Latin Americans. The Pentagon quietly arranged for Puerto Rican Air National Guard pilots to fly Brazilian generals in F-16s. In March 1996 an armada of U.S. warplanes flew to Chile for an air show. As scores of Latin American officers and hundreds of civilians squinted into the sunny sky, an F-16 Falcon soared high up, then roared down in a kamikaze dive. A B-2 Stealth bomber flew over the Santiago fairground. A giant C-17 air cargo plane rumbled along the taxiway with a Chilean flag fluttering...
...treating particular illnesses. "No. 1 in cardiac care," brags HealthSystem Minnesota--plus "96% early detection of breast cancer...above-average five-year prostate cancer survival rates." Some groups ask for $10 a month, in addition to the $70 payment each patient gets from his or her employer; others demand $20, still others $40 (no deductibles though). You pays your money--along with funds kicked in by such employers as Pillsbury, General Mills, Honeywell or Scotch tape-maker 3M--and you takes your choice...
Although May says that he is often worried about compromising the integrity of his writing for the popular demand of the film market, May says he manages to differentiate screenwriting from his more personal work...