Word: demands
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...from his hatred of inequality to a recognition that much of the opposition to Negro equality is just as honestly felt as his own convictions. ("Some of my best friends are Dixiecrats -but they're honest Dixiecrats.") He must stretch all the way from an idealist's demand for nothing less than justice ("On the racial issue, you can't be a little bit wrong any more than you can be a little bit pregnant or a little bit dead") to a practical lawyer's acceptance of what he can get when he knows...
...inflated economy. Six months ago, France was enjoying something of a boom, and producing more cars, steel and textiles than ever before in its history. Production is going up, but last week, on their return from the beaches, French workers were out on strike in 17 provincial towns. Their demand was for higher wages to match higher prices...
Trouble Insurance. Some big corporations have found that one of the best kinds of insurance against trouble is to hire even more native personnel than local law and feeling demand. National Cash Register Co., which has always had a policy of hiring native employees, has only six foreign officials in Tokyo, all British; the other 739 employees are Japanese. As a result, the Japanese government has been much more friendly to N.C.R. than to any other foreign company...
...handle licensing. By last week, Patentex had taken over 51 domestic and 47 foreign licenses. The industry was ready to produce-and to promote. Led by Nylon Manufacturer du Pont, more than a million dollars worth of advertising has been scheduled for the fall to create a bigger demand for stretch yarn and its many new products...
...Public demand for flood insurance quickly crests and drops off, most companies find. "Wait six months," said a Boston insurance man. "Even those who suffered losses will begin to feel that it could never happen to them again." Nonetheless, many Northeastern businessmen and politicians are talking about Government-backed insurance as the only solution...