Word: demanding
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...there is enough demand, Traietti said, the complex will consider holding performances on other days of the week...
...moral voice for children in board rooms, classrooms, voting booths and homes. According to the Children's Defense Fund, in 1992 we spent $90 million each day to bail out the nation's savings and loans, but only $100 million for the entire year to increase Head Start programs. Demand accountability from those who represent you, at all levels...
...finally, the Jews and the State of Israel rank high on the Buchanan list of scapegoats. In 1989, he declared, "To orthodox Catholics, the demand to be more sensitive to Jewish concerns is becoming a joke. Referring to Congress as an "Israeli-occupied territory" and as a Parliament of whores incapable of standing up for U.S. national interests, if AIPAC is on the other end of the line," Buchanan has deservedly been subject to charges of anti-Semitism. Furthermore, Buchanan is known for his hyper-sensitivity to comparisons between him and Hitler--I wonder why. Is it because he referred...
...model of the import quotas that Ronald Reagan imposed on Japanese cars. But among economists, an otherwise squabbling breed, there's something like a consensus that for the great majority of American workers, free trade is a long-term boon that delivers better bargains on consumer goods and boosts demand for the products of America's fast-growing, high-wage export industries. More important factors in holding down wages are automation, sluggish growth in productivity and consumer demand for lower-priced goods, whether foreign or domestic. Tariffs against shirts made in China might help workers in America's shrinking garment...
...hotel hired additional waitresses and security staff to accommodate the influx of politicos in the hotel, and Roy admitted the hotel raised its rates to cover increased expenses. "We operate on the laws of supply and demand," she said...