Word: demanding
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Alumni Bulletin stated that Lamont contained duplicates of books in high demand at other University libraries. The example given was Hadley Cantril's The Invasion From Mars...
...colleges expanded to meet the demand andthey never looked back," Skocpol said.Harvard YearbookTOO MANY MEN OF HARVARD:Thousands ofreturning veterans flooded postwar classes,crowding dormitories and classrooms. Top, ahousing shortage forced the University to lodgestudents in the Indoor Athletic Building, now theMalkin Athletic Center. Above, veteranregistration in Memorial Hall was administrativechaos...
...Northwest and U.S. Airways -- announced a 4 percent hike in their standard domestic leisure rates over the Memorial Day weekend. If, as expected, other carriers follow suit, this third raise for 1999 will zoom fares to an 11 percent increase for the year. It?s a function of classic demand in the midst of a booming economy, says TIME senior economic reporter Bernard Baumohl: "Airlines are experiencing record high traffic by passengers, which has been pumped up by low unemployment, consumer confidence and a rise in personal wealth." At the same time, he notes, airlines have faced increases in fuel...
This building boom is happening just when consumer demand for theme parks is softening. Attendance at the three older Disney parks dropped about 10% last year, according to Amusement Business, a trade magazine. The number of visitors at Universal Studios Florida and Sea World was flat in 1998, at 8.9 million and 4.9 million, respectively. The economic slump overseas slashed tourism to Orlando. But experts wonder whether the whole theme-park business is maturing, as the children of U.S. baby boomers get older and hence reduce the number of repeat trips. "I just don't think it makes...
According to Director of Harvard Dining Services Ted A. Mayer, the growing demand for Fresh Samantha and other similar drinks at Harvard reflects an increasing health consciousness among students...