Word: demanding
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Some Russians expect Yandarbiyev to be forced out soon by another strongman, possibly the battlefield commander Shamil Basayev, who was named last week to handle any future parleys with Moscow. But if the Chechens stand firm on Dudayev's basic demand--full independence--there will be little to discuss with the Kremlin. In spite of Yeltsin's peace maneuvers, it seems likely he will carry the burden of Chechnya into the election...
...poured into the workplace, compelled by economic necessity and personal ambition, to the point where dual-wage-earner families are now the norm. Yet somehow neither work nor the family has changed enough to make this a tenable situation. Day care is still catch as catch can. Employers still demand 110%, while spouses and children still need clean socks and a ride to the dentist. Add stagnating wages and layoff anxiety, and for millions of Americans, each week becomes a stressful triage between work and home that leaves them feeling guilty, exhausted and angry...
...eggs by 44%. Other drastic shortages will be in passenger cars, furniture, building materials and synthetic fabrics...[T]o order a pair of pants from a Soviet tailor shop...[n]o fewer than four magazine-size blanks must be filled out...[As for] the military, [it] will continue to demand a disproportionate share of the country's wealth...
...policy came at the demand of the Cambridge License Commission, which insisted Harvard either take more aggressive measures to keep the public out of Loker or submit to regulation as a restaurant...
...Montana would drop its charges if the group surrendered within 24 hours. But apparently they misunderstood the terms, and realizing today that they would still face federal charges, they refused to surrender. Gritz says the group vows that it will only emerge on its own terms, which include a demand to be tried before a tribunal of their Justus township peers. "They say Yahweh created an invisible barrier around their sanctuary that cannot be penetrated by foreign enemies," Gritz said. He added that he was leaving Jordan, and did not intend to pursue further negotiations. The standoff with FBI officers...