Word: demanding
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...change in the security regime governing air travel, in which passengers may be required to subject themselves to substantially longer delays for pre-flight scrutiny. The potential to hide explosive components in everything from toothpaste and contact-lens solution to laptop computers and other personal electronic devices may also demand rules that make air travel even less comfortable than it currently...
...Today, the Stevenson Trail - also known as GR-70 (Grande Randonnée, or long hiking trail) - is one of France's best-known donkey and trekking paths. And with interest surging in family hiking, donkeys from the Alps to the Atlantic are once more in demand as porters and endearing travel mates, especially for kids. More than 200 donkey agents now specialize in hikes 'n' hires. The affectionate quadrupeds, says Régine Delhome Boudreau of France's national donkey trekking organizers' association (FNAR), "give rhythm and soul to your walking. They facilitate contact and conversation...
...inspections. Nonetheless, Alaska's oilfields - far from war in the Middle East and hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico - seemed slightly sheltered from turmoil. No more. "It's turning out to be bigger than people thought," says Flynn. "It reminds us how thin the line is between supply and demand...
...everything from airline tickets to petroleum products like plastics. Ten years ago, the markets would have hardly batted an eyelash at the loss of Prudhoe Bay, which accounts for less than 2% of daily U.S. oil consumption. But with production and refining not nearly keeping up with worldwide demand, these days every drop of oil is instantly snapped up, leaving little cushion. "It used to be when something went wrong, prices would move by pennies, nickels and dimes," says Larry Goldstein, president of the Petroleum Industry Research Foundation in New York. "Today, when something goes wrong, the price moves...
...booming economies of China and India are often credited with vacuuming up the world's oil, though American motorists are still high on any petroleum producer's list of best customers, with the run-up in pump prices hardly having made a dent in the summer driving season. As demand has surged, supply has not kept pace (hence higher prices), largely because not enough extra production and refining facilities have come online. That gap makes the market especially sensitive to any loss of supply, even the relatively modest 400,000 barrels a day that came from Prudhoe...