Word: demanding
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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North Korea, I dare to say, is like a spoiled child, who, every time he senses that the adults around him somehow begin to ignore his presence, makes some annoying noise to demand their immediate attention until he gets satisfied. And we all know that sometimes a spoilt child can get very nasty...
...renegotiations. The message of worker "abuse" was paramount; the ploy for increased wages was less apparent. While students must sympathize with any members of the HDS staff who has been mistreated by their boss, students should not believe the purported ills of the protesting labor force justify its contemporaneous demand for more money...
...February. The shortage of winter wheat is part of an overall global grain problem. Global grain production has not grown since 1990, although the world's population has increased by 440 million since then. Huge Chinese consumption exerts substantial influence over the grain supply, and in recent years its demand for feed grain has outstripped domestic supply. In recent years, China has become the world's largest importer of American wheat. One reason is modernization. As Asian countries like China, Japan, Vietnam and Korea industrialize, less land is cultivated for grain crops, and the populations begin to adopt Western-style...
...Once depressed communities are now enjoying economic growth and prosperity. For example, in Joliet, Illinois, the industry employs approximately 4,000 people with an annual payroll of $86 million, and in Tunica, Mississippi, 10,000 people with an annual payroll of $220 million. These jobs have helped reduce the demand on state and local governments for social-service assistance. Since 1992 Tunica has experienced a 29% drop in the number or residents receiving welfare payments. In New Jersey the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program was cut in half during the 10 years following the introduction of casino gaming...
...Wall Street for no other purpose than to generate fees, and the complicity of senior executives bought off with stock-option deals, bonuses and other payments. It is the operators and maneuverers who survive these deals, not the people doing the work. Companies need job stability to stimulate the demand side, to counteract the disastrous stimulation of the supply side. Raise the capital-gains tax, and start taxing securities trading. Correct the tax structure to discourage noneconomic deals and redistribute the money that was stolen from the middle class. Because of past government actions, we are heading toward an impoverished...