Word: demanding
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...North Korean newspaper says that the government will demand a new nuclear reactor as a condition of opening its nuclear program to international inspectors. If that deal flies, according to the government organ, Pyongyang will seek a "package deal" that includes full diplomatic ties. The talk may not be so tough, since the Clinton Administration quietly floated the nuke offer weeks ago. Even as relations with the North grew somewhat warmer, the U.S. had to reprimand the South. Assistant Secretary of State Robert Gallucci, the chief U.S. negotiator, slammed Seoul for rhetorical attacks on the North and for the wide...
...capital come from? That question is the latest to embroil the quarrelsome community of economists, raising fears that the victory could lead to a shortage of funds that will slow growth in the U.S. and abroad. With so many countries hungry for capital, say these experts, the demand will drive interest rates up. The increases in turn could choke off investments for new homes, plants and machinery. "This is the first time since the outbreak of World War I that every nation on this planet has a capitalist economic system or a market- oriented economy either in place or about...
...last week hinted that he would soon raise short-term interest rates for the fifth time this year. In this instance, he blamed again the incipient presence of inflation. But Greenspan also sees a more global context for the pressure on rates. "If you get a significant increase for demand for capital in the world, real interest rates will tend to rise if the savings are not forthcoming to offset that," he told Congress in June...
However, those who fret about a shortage say interest rates already seem to be rising faster than economic conditions would demand. Such economists note that so far in 1994, long-term rates -- those that companies pay to finance / new plants or that apply to home mortgages -- have jumped as much as 2 percentage points in the U.S. and other industrial countries. That kind of spurt normally reflects lenders' fears of inflation, but inflation has been dormant all year, thanks at least partly to the Federal Reserve's vigilance. "What's going on with interest rates is more a scarcity...
...TIME: You think the demand for a cessation of violence is a precondition...