Word: demanding
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...this past weekend. When we and the media talk about events like the South Boston riot, we always talk about race. And seemingly, this is how the drama last Thursday played itself out--Black versus white, neighborhood against neighborhood. Approached this way, the problem doesn't demand a challenging answer--only twinges of self-righteousness. When whites hate Blacks and vice versa, it's not our fault. We know better...
...hard-line Bosnian Serbs are the only hold-outs on the peace plan. The Serbs' recent demand for time to conduct a "referendum" on the plan represents a blatant delaying tactic to forestall Western action...
...second FDA demand is that the label compare the effectiveness of female condoms with that of other barrier methods of birth control. According to the FDA, in a study of 150 women who used the female condom for six months, 26% became pregnant. The manufacturer contends that the pregnancy rate was 21% -- and only because many women didn't use the condom every time they had sex. With "perfect use," company officials say, the rate is 5%, in contrast to 2% for male condoms...
Shock waves from the failure of Vasiljevic's Jugoskandik Bank continue to rumble in Belgrade. Thousands of furious depositors took to the streets to demand their money back and stirred panicky runs on other banks, leaving Belgrade as frenzied over finance as over the latest Western sanctions. When Vasiljevic fled to Israel at the height of the Jugoskandik scandal, the departure only fueled his ever growing legend. No sooner had he left town than local papers breathlessly reported rumors that a Tel Aviv-bound Sabena Airlines flight had made an unscheduled stop in Belgrade and taken off with bags bulging...
...Mixner, the decision to speak up was painful but inescapable. As a practicing politician, he was less surprised than other gay leaders by the postelection outcry against Clinton's proposal to lift the ban on homosexuals in the military, which caused barely a murmur during the campaign. Rather than demand that the President sign an Executive Order as pledged, Mixner collaborated with the White House in shaping a compromise...