Word: demanding
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...charges, he essentially denied knowledge of his lewd behavior by blaming alcohol and charging his accusers of lying, a maneuver that served only to bring forward new complainants and to persuade the committee to investigate charges that Packwood was intimidating potential witnesses. Instead of complying with the committee's demand that he surrender his diaries, Packwood first tried to threaten colleagues, warning that his memoirs would expose other legislators' sexual dalliances. He then petitioned a federal court to protect his right to privacy. That ploy took almost a year to resolve, going all the way to the Supreme Court, where...
...University needs to make up its mind. It should either demand the entire league is held to the same standards (and be competitive), or opt out of the formulaic exceptions and declare it will accept students on a basis with which its admissions office feels comfortable. At least let the students, alumni and others know what is really going on and force the administration to be clear about its actions and its goals...
...better to buy a network than compete with one. Add to that the passage of the sweeping telecommunications bill in the House last week--a final version has to be hammered out with the Senate--and bigger looks better than ever. With whiz-bang technologies--interactive video on demand, whoopee!--receding back into the future, the familiar and iconic television networks look almost sexy. "In a cluttered landscape," says Howard Stringer, former president of the CBS Broadcast Group, brand names "are going to be more important than ever before...
While the well-to-do worry about quality of life, low- and middle-income residents voice fears of being pushed out of boomtowns as the increased demand for housing sends prices to the sky. Growth critics imagine the West turning into a string of Vail-like resorts, where the rich play and others stay away. Denver's Roman Catholic Archbishop J. Francis Stafford wrote in a pastoral letter last fall, "We risk creating a theme park 'alternate reality' for those who have the money to purchase entrance and around them sprawls a growing buffer zone of the working poor...
...moral myopia sets in. The affliction stems partly from the patronizing attitude of many whites, who assume that when blacks rule themselves they will inevitably revert to savagery. But it also reflects the unwillingness of some African-American leaders to hold black-ruled nations to the same standards they demand of everyone else...