Word: demands
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...plan politicking And griping and kicking At mystical schemes far away, But we're pinned to an office Our reply to a scoff is The simple demand "Does it Pay?" No matter what others may say-For bisness is backbone and brainbox and bread So we'll stick to our bisness until we are dead...
...Assembly was dominated less by the personality of owlish Edgar Faure than by fear of Mendes. Deputies feared that if they refused Faure, they might get Mendes back. Faure, with his genius for avoiding head-on collisions, was careful never to alarm the Deputies' touchy pride by threats, demands, or talking over their heads to the public. He did not once demand a vote of confidence.- And every time he achieved quietly what Mendes had tried to do dramatically, Faure's durability increased, and the threat of Mendes' return diminished...
After the war, with the growing demand for a sleek, easily handled racing yacht, Uffa Fox came into his own. He designed the "Flying Fifteen,": a slim. 20-ft.-keel sloop carrying 155 sq. ft. of sail, with a planing hull. By 1948 the Flying Fifteens were the rage among racers (including Prince Philip), became a standard feature at Cowes. With more than 2.000 Fox-designed yachts afloat throughout the world (but few in the U.S.), Uffa has no trouble keeping up his credit at the pubs of Gowes. When the weather prohibits sailing, he rides Frantic, his mare, around...
...Warning. This was the second Butler anti-inflation warning. Last February Butler had hiked bank rates on loans from 3½% to 4½%, also curbed installment buying. But it had little effect. Labor, its hand strengthened by overfull employment and Tory Party unwillingness to antagonize trade unions, had demanded and received higher wages, causing increased domestic demand. Manufacturers, beset by higher costs, found it harder to compete in world markets. They took the easy way out by selling their products in the clamoring home market...
...fuel injection is on the ramp"), and a crew chief to stack the dishes. When a cadet is ready to leave, he says: "New Cadet Blank reports in No. i take-off position. Am I clear?" The ramp commander, using control-tower jargon, can either "hold" him or demand: "What are you, Mister?" (to which the cadet must say: "Sir, I am an F-94C"), or he can let him go: "You are clear to roll...