Word: demands
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Although Butler later tried to backtrack somewhat in his accusations, he pressed his demand for a CBS showing and again betrayed the chip he wears on his shoulder for the press at large. Petulantly, he hoped that "the infant medium of TV [will] not fall into some of the habits of the older medium of newspaper reporting." If CBS did not meet his demand, he threatened darkly, it might be inviting "legislation...
Gomulka's real crime had been his demand that the U.S.S.R. respect Polish sovereignty and let the Poles find their own "road to Socialism," but the Bezpieka, Poland's security police, did its best to persuade Gomulka to confess to a formal charge of "lack of vigilance with regard to enemy agents." Instead of confessing, bullheaded Wladyslaw Gomulka counterattacked his interrogators with such vigor and skill that in the end the party had to abandon its plans to use him as the pièce de résistance in a show trial of Polish Titoists...
...reason for the scarcity was the fall-off in new car sales (down 12% from a year ago), which meant fewer trade-ins. But another factor was the growing demand, especially in the suburbs, for two (or more) cars in every driveway. Said a New York dealer: "Seems like everybody in the family wants a car these days...
This year, however, student requests have indicated a definite increase in demand for weekend usage, and those interested should be given an opportunity to use Lamont on Saturday and Sunday, Elliott added...
...only did the two reporters reject the offer, but their ten headquarters colleagues backed them up in their demand that, since they cover headquarters 2 hours a day, they are entitled to get police news first. Kennedy went through with his telecast, but waited until he was off the air to give newsmen the figures that made headlines the next morning (JUVENILE CRIME...