Word: demanding
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...come, when the U.S. economy is expanding steadily with little inflation? Some conservatives grumble about an international investors' vote of no confidence in Clinton's leadership. But most analysts stress other causes. German financiers cite a worldwide demand for investment capital to finance renewed economic growth. The U.S., they say, is losing out because investments in other countries yield a return roughly equal to what American securities pay, with less risk of currency-exchange losses. So fear of a further decline in the dollar chokes off the very investments that could prevent...
...Kevorkian and assisted suicide for the terminally ill, the Dutch decision troubles ethicists. "Terminal illness at least gives you some line to draw," says Arthur Caplan, director of the University of Pennsylvania's Center for Bioethics. Critics are worried that Holland has pointed the way to "assisted suicide on demand."Can one say no to a despairing Vietnam vet or rape victim?"If you're worried about the slippery slope, this case is as far down as you can get," warns George Annas, health-law professor at Boston University...
When the woman decides she has had enough, she may move out or demand that her partner leave. But "the men sometimes panic about losing ((their women)) and will do anything to prevent it from happening," says Deborah Burk, an Atlanta prosecutor. To combat feelings of helplessness and powerlessness, the man may stalk the woman or harass her by phone...
That is good news for the entire world. Even with the U.S. well into its recovery, the slump in Japan and Europe has dragged down the global economy, hurting demand for raw materials and other export goods from developing countries. But last month the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (O.E.C.D.) reported that it was revising upward its 1994 growth estimates for Germany, the powerhouse of the European economic engine, from 0.8% annually to 1.8%. The organization now predicts the Japanese economy will expand 0.8% in 1994 -- last year it grew 0.1% -- and the European Union 1.9%, vs. a drop...
...does that mean we should perhaps spare some human empathy even for the low-powered losers who are the usual murderers in our society? Is their tragedy, perhaps, also complex? Does their remorse count for anything? Should we hesitate to demand death for death in their cases...