Word: demanding
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Beijing's protests were unusually fierce. Foreign Minister Qian Qichen summoned the U.S. Ambassador, J. Stapleton Roy, for a diplomatic dressing down. As Defense Minister Chi Haotian's scheduled visit this month to the U.S. was postponed, the People's Daily thundered, "We demand that the American government rescind this wrongful decision." Speculation about reprisals was the buzz of both capitals. Possible countermeasures discussed range from China's cancellation of Boeing jetliner purchases to the still unlikely option of closing the U.S. consulate in Chengdu, capital of the hinterland province Sichuan and a doorway to restless Tibet...
...light, clears up your complexion and allows you to lose weight effortlessly. Then why aren't Macs on 80% of the world's desktops? Apple made too many bad business decisions. It failed to license Apple technology in time to create a cheap Mac clone market; it underestimated demand for PowerPCs when the product turned out to be a hit, etc. ... Who cares anymore? The battle is over. Soon, Windows 95 will land in the stores and while the technical press has given it mixed reviews, one good thing you'll hear is that it's more "Mac-like...
...number of clauses in the original measure were left unchanged. Every tobacco vendor will be required to obtain a tobacco sales permit from the city. Vendors will also be required to demand proof of age, with photo...
...huge demand for his course and others that made the Faculty reconsider the College's system of enrollment for classes, DeVore says...
Landry portrays the homosexuality issue as the product of "a year...[of] pouring through the biological, psychological and sociological studies on homosexuality published in English over the past fifty years" Just English? Well I suppose this is enough research to demand serious consideration of the conclusion contained in their preamble "We believe that homosexuality is bad for society, that it can harm even those who might otherwise not seem affected by it. More importantly, we think it is bad for the individual; submitting to the homosexual 'lifestlye' [Why is this in scare quotes?] can destroy individuals emotionally, physically, and spiritually...