Word: demands
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...clear appeal for which they asked, nevertheless they consider that in the present circumstances it is no longer necessary to continue the Archbishop's detention." The government, added Lennox-Boyd, would not permit the Archbishop to return to Cyprus itself, nor would it comply with his demand for immediate lifting of the state of emergency in Cyprus. But Makarios would "obviously" be a participant in future discussions on the status of Cyprus, and, in the meantime, the government was prepared to offer safe-conduct out of Cyprus to any EOKA member who wanted to leave. (As a token...
...turn to one's neighbor in a crowded pub and suddenly pop such questions as these might seem eccentric behavior, but in Britain these days it is not only acceptable but fashionable. The neighbor will probably try for the answers, and he may also in turn demand that his inquisitor "complete the following by filling...
...editorial against Joe McCarthy). But in the end-after speeches deriding the network board of directors as "careful coupon clippers'' and the advertising agencies as "prudent dispensers of panaceas and happy endings"-the commentator gets fired. The viewer is left to judge between the newscaster's demand for free expression and the network president's case against giving so much power to one man. In effect, the script gives the reader fresh reason to wonder whether a medium of communication dedicated first to selling things, and also subject to government controls, can be expected ever...
Speaking to a Ford Hall Forum audience, Bender suggested that "decentralization" might be the answer to an unprecedented demand for admission to colleges...
...commission, which had reluctantly boosted production a month ago, acted on reports of a surplus in U.S. crude that could cut domestic prices all down the line. In addition to an estimate from the Bureau of Mines that daily U.S. demand for April will decrease 425,000 bbl., the commission heard testimony from major refiners that oil lifters (shippers in the emergency oil lift) cannot find European takers for some crude, are even canceling orders...