Word: demanding
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...deep gloom suffuses the country's charitable groups. Those who help the poor and desperate believe if the budget-balancing plan goes into effect as passed by Congress, charities and their clients face a potent double whammy: a drop in direct government support for charitable organizations just as demand for their help surges because of simultaneous cuts in federal entitlement programs. Bob Smucker, chief lobbyist for the public-interest umbrella group Independent Sector, says grimly, "It is the worst of times. And it is the worst of times...
Izetbegovic then made his final demand. He wanted Brcko, the Serb-controlled town that anchors the Posavina corridor, turned over to his federation. This looked like a deal breaker. It was almost as if the Presidents were afraid to conclude the deal. "At the end," says Holbrooke, "we faced not a question of substance but one of political will. Do you actually put pen to paper?" Christopher drafted language on his handy yellow pad that would submit the Brcko issue to international arbitration and sent copies to the three delegations...
Many Harvard students said the greater demand for college graduates does not affect their college graduates does not affect their career plans...
...eyebrow. But in the age of sexual correctness they have cut back his double entendres, and people keep telling him he lacks the capacity for mature relationships with women. Worse, he seems to believe them. What next? Sensitivity training? A condom in his wallet? Teetotaling, with perhaps a demand that his Perrier be served in a bottle...
...Slavonia, the sliver of Croatia ruled by rebel Serbs since 1991, would revert to Zagreb's control in a year or, under certain conditions, two. That was followed by a compromise on the cornerstone issue: Sarajevo. It will remain, at least in name, an "undivided city'' (as the Muslims demand), but it will be partitioned into nine self-governing ethnic zones. Each zone can have its own official language, its own education system and even its own set of holidays. Citizens in each area will elect their own representatives to the City Council, and the council in turn will elect...