Word: demanding
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...behalf of Harvard-Radcliffe Hillel. All the things I wrote then apply to this situation as well. We bitterly mourn the deaths of the victims. We express our outrage and pour out our wrath upon Hamas, whose cruelty, inhumanity and hatred of the Jewish people knows no bounds. We demand that all possible steps be taken in order to apprehend these terrorists and to prevent such tragedies from occurring again. And "we hope and pray that the dream of peace may one day become a reality...
Alexander's call for a citizen legislature in Washington that would meet only six months a year became a lot less attractive to the G.O.P. rank and file after they swept into power in 1994. His demand on the stump to "cut their pay and send them home" remains a crowd pleaser. But congressional experts are worried that for government to function during the "off season," the President's power to commit troops and spend money would become enhanced far beyond the checks and balances the Constitution envisions. These uncharted waters seem a high price to pay for reforms that...
...years the Republican Party has tried to appeal to discontented white voters by assuring them that their troubles are caused by abortion on demand or gay marriage or immigrants or federal bureaucrats or, most of all, colored folks getting all the breaks...
What can be done? If we could specify the Quad or the river houses, perhaps we wouldn't feel quite so much hanging on our decisions. Maybe enough people would choose the Quad, assuming it would be less in demand, so that several blocking groups would be together. Perhaps enough people don't really mind "being Quadded." Some might want to live in a beautiful, slightly-removed community...
...NOVA has not acceded to Dr. Mack's demand and with the exception of a handful of minor word changes made to avoid the possibility of misinterpretation, is broadcasting the program in its entirety," the NOVA release said...