Word: demands
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...credit went to the democratic unions; the Communists could only grudgingly accept the gains on behalf of their own members. Caught up in the Marxist dogma of progressive "pauperization," the Communist unions demand political rather than economic gains, preferring workers to be poor and militant rather than well-paid and independent. Some of the French workers seem to be catching...
...fact that California snails have generally stuck to wild areas, and presumably could not be coaxed into orchards. More over, says Clausen, he does not fear that the Gonaxis will devour the Helix and turn to other food. Long before that happens, the law of supply and demand will take over, freezing the population of both hunter and hunted at a safe level...
...plight of this school stems from its inability to cope successfully with the increased demand for entrance to it. Without any set purpose, the headmaster does not really know how to choose students. Nor does he know what qualities the colleges want in applicants. Many schools and colleges, including Harvard, have this same type of problem...
...Canada's gross national product is now running 11% above the record set in 1953. Even at its present high rate, the output does not meet the demand. There are shortages of steel and cement for domestic use, and of newsprint, chemicals and metals for eager foreign customers...
...Sellout. The push to find more and better methods of producing more and better products is a major factor in the current demand for engineers. Georgia Tech's placement bureau, which will be sold out of 1956 graduates by May, is already taking orders for the class of 1957. The demand has led to a story of the civil engineer who, tired of using a transit for the state highway department, went to work for a major oil company. Three months later he was back asking for his old job. The new job had been fine, he said...