Word: demanding
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...scene, Elias, as the Marquise of Berkenfield, is seated at the piano coaching the high-spirited Marie, played by Battle, in a proper old tune. Battle stiffly complained that Elias' piano playing was inept and was adversely affecting her phrasing; she issued a series of ultimatums culminating in a demand that the solo be played by a musician in the orchestra...
That brings us to Clinton's drug strategy, which he introduced last Wednesday in the same slick way he handled Bosnia. The President portrayed his moves as a grand departure from the drug wars of previous Administrations. Gone, though, is Clinton's promise to provide addicts with "treatment on demand" and his pledge to spend more money on education and prevention than on law enforcement. If approved by Congress, Clinton's overall antidrug budget will climb about $1 billion, but even after including the dubious allocation of $285 million for community policing as a "prevention and treatment" expense, the ratio...
...bowing to popular demand, Thayer recited it at his 50th Harvard reunion...
...Clinton administration, as the President has demonstrated in Prague, is committed to an activist policy in the region by supporting prosperity and security," Oxman said. "Our interests demand nothing less...
...solution is in your hands. You can bring learning back to the center of the university. You can end the era of gimmicky theory. You can demand that quality of scholarship, rather than slick wordplay, be the standard for employment at Harvard...