Word: demanding
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...scene of the film, Tom, alone in Philipe's bedroom, puts on Philipe's clothes and starts speaking as Philipe, pretending to address Marg and kissing his own image in the mirror. Philipe discovers him and orders, "Take off my clothes", which to contemporary ears sounds like a sexual demand. Incredibly, the homoeroticism of this scene was not apparent to the audiences of the sixties, but this coded tension is vital to understanding the vehemence of the two men's emotions for each other...
...killed seven people, including five Americans, at a U.S.-run training center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia's capital, last November. Warnings of more outrages had been coming by phone and fax for months, and security measures at military facilities had been stepped up. Troubling long-range strategic questions also demand answers. Is the rule of the royal House of Saud in more danger than the West suspected? Does the presence of about 5,000 U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia bolster or undercut stability in the land? Could it go the way of Iran? Its future matters immensely because it produces...
...have seen 20% rate increases in some cities, or for vacation travelers, who may be spending as much as 30% more this summer in the hot spots. Some chains are charging a fee if you leave a day early, while others, such as Hyatt and Westin, have tested a demand for as much as 72 hours' notice on cancellations...
...giving Hilton two gambling tents in Atlantic City, New Jersey, a place now fairly bursting at the seams with wage burners. "He's brilliant and a terrific guy," says Trump, the once and future king of Atlantic City, whose own company can't build rooms fast enough to meet demand...
...much cheaper to operate there: they can pay native workers much less than Americans, and they can use child labor, the cheapest kind in the market. When Americans get angry, they can change things for the better. In this case, Americans could refuse to buy the offending products and demand accurate information on the labels of everything they purchase. If you can have a label that says NOT TESTED ON ANIMALS, you can also have one saying NO CHILD LABOR WAS USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF THIS PRODUCT. And make sure it is true. IRMA PARDO Mexico City...