Word: demanding
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...demand has been almost too much for Rollerblade to keep up with, Brine says. Competitors like Ultrawheels, Bauer, and Roces are making quick inroads, and, in some cases, turning out a more durable product...
...American Hotel and Motel Association: "The airfare war has been the greatest stimulus I have seen in many years. Our reservations traffic is up more than 30% in many places, all because of the airfares." But on the other hand, the airfare sale has created a huge demand for unprofitable, cheapskate travel. And chances are good that more fare wars are coming. Travel companies fear the auto industry pattern, in which consumers refuse to buy at anything but desperation prices. The U.S. hotel industry is severely overbuilt. Nearly 2 out of every 3 full-service hostelries have been losing money...
When, along with George Bush, he announced the agreement at the White House, Yeltsin said the traditional Soviet demand for strict parity in numbers and strengths had resulted in Russia "having half its population living below the poverty line. We cannot afford...
Summer school will demand a lot of hard work and focused concentration. You'll have to avoid distractions: your roommates' loud music, the temptation to watch "Northern Exposure," and the city waiting just outside your entryway door. Good luck, Cambridge may be one of the most distracting towns in the country...
...entrenched sex roles, the feminist movement has achieved nothing. That women have learned nothing. That women still bask in a sense of worthlessness that sounds ominously like Betty Friedan's "problem with no name." If all of this is true, feminists should regard this book with considerable alarm and demand that the problem be explored systematically (Heyn readily admits that her sampling is not scientific) to diagnose the cause and extent of the problem...