Word: demanding
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...plan to fight against drug abuse in our country. Hearkening to his inaugural day mission to give children "a safe, wholesome, constructive upbringing," Clinton is hoping to focus his plan on decreasing drug use in children. His method is two-fold. As he explained: "We want to reduce our demand for drugs, but we are determined to reduce the supply as well." He plans on attacking the demand-side of the drug market with vigilance, through an enormous anti-drug advertising blitz as well as increased spending on a number of established anti-drug programs. Clinton is also looking...
What deep grievances brought the pilots to the verge of such an extreme act? Though outsiders had trouble understanding how a group with an average pay package of $120,000 a year and a stratospheric wage of $100 to $166 an hour could possibly demand more, the pilots' wages have in fact been frozen for nearly four years. They also believe the company should be in a more generous mode, given AMR's $852 million in profits...
While these are the best of times for airline companies--rising stock prices and record profits--the opposite is true for passengers. In most service industries, the customer comes first. But because of the nature of airlines--huge, expensive jets whose fixed costs can't be adjusted for demand--a peculiar paradox emerges. "The policies and procedures at the major airlines are geared to produce a system that meets the needs of the airline and not the customer," says Michael Boyd, an aviation consultant in Golden, Colorado...
...embarrass CEOs into remedial action. CalPERS and other managers--be they of mutual funds or public or private pension funds--have generally wielded their clout for the good of all. The money, after all, is largely ours. We should cheer as they ferret out clueless CEOs and demand solutions. Indeed, the average CalPERS laggard stock begins outperforming the market once it hits the list. Can't argue with that...
...call for greater social spending as the way to help young brains develop properly misses the mark. Where is the demand for greater individual responsibility? Now, more than ever, prospective parents must carefully consider the time commitment required to raise children. The new findings call for people to take greater responsibility for their actions, not for the government to increase spending on social programs. MICHAEL V. IPPOLITO JR. Bedminster, New Jersey...