Word: demanding
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...MEDIA SHOVING POWELL down the throats of Americans? There has been no perceptible popular demand for him to run for President. If it hadn't been for the Gulf War, the public at large would never have heard of him. Is the press promoting him just because he is black or because he's one of the few blacks in the public eye about whom no scandal or wrongdoing has been reported? With the exception of Washington and Eisenhower, generals have made notoriously poor Presidents. EDWARD J. FLICKINGER LaGrange Park, Illinois...
Making the backlog worse is a shortage of several key parts--from microchips to modems--Apple buys from outside vendors to put in its computers. The company has been turning to alternate suppliers and trying to allocate its inventory better, but "we still expect demand will outstrip supply until January," says Apple spokeswoman Betty Taylor...
...when more than half of marriages end in divorce, when the majority of the children murdered in this country are killed by parents and stepparents, many of whom say they were trying to discipline the child for behavior like blocking the TV or crying too much, it suggests a demand for remedial emotional education. While children are still young, Goleman argues, there is a "neurological window of opportunity" since the brain's prefrontal circuitry, which regulates how we act on what we feel, probably does not mature until mid-adolescence...
...NEWS ON DEMAND...
...victim, and no one is responsible. Police work, just like every other profession, has its share of questionable people. Where money, power and greed are prevalent, cops, attorneys, bankers, politicians and others will be tempted by the easy way out. When these people fall from grace, society must demand penalties suited to the crimes. Moreover, it is the administrator's responsibility to remove flawed people from the ranks before they have an opportunity to misuse their position. ROBERT A. BELLAMY Sheriff, Dundy County Benkelman, Nebraska...