Word: demanding
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...just plain bizarre titles emerge from the Hollis index. For instance, few economists have ever made a mental connection between the New York Stock Exchange and their bowls of soggy Fruit Loops. It was only a matter of course before new horizons in economics were explored and charted Demand for Ready-to-Eat Cereal and Its Implications for Price Competition, Merger Analysis, and Valuation of New Brands. Men who are befuddled by female sex lingo can seek counsel in Hard to Swallow: The Form and Meaning of Women's Oral Sex Talk. And it isn't simply a coincidence that...
...report, entitled "The Perpetuation of Prejudice in Reporting on Gays and Lesbians," states that it explores the "practice of journalistic standards over the past half-century on one of the most challenging subjects in contemporary America: the rise of gays and lesbians and their demand for civil rights...
...people who attended. The group aims to stop corporate investment and to cease recognition by any nation of the Taliban government, which has barred women from schooling and work. Mavis Leno has gone beyond giving parties. Two weeks ago, she went to a Unocal shareholders' meeting to demand that the oil company drop plans to build a $4.5 billion pipeline in Afghanistan. Not long after, Unocal temporarily ceased operations there...
These schools offer predominantly graduate study and operate on a "cohort system" that offers classes as soon as the demand for them reaches a critical level...
...label--of the three-year-old Santa Laura winery in Chile's Colchagua Valley. The vineyard's Cabernet Sauvignons are full of lavish spice and berry flavors, with pleasant touches of vanilla and chocolate, all for just $10 a bottle. Chilean wines like Hartwig's are in demand at Wine Brats, a Gen-X club in Santa Rosa, Calif. "If we think the best wine is even $5, we'll buy it," says Joel Quigley, the club's head. "The Chileans are giving us the kind of price-quality ratio we're looking...