Word: demands
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...American correspondent remarks: "But the military war can be won, the way any war can be won, if you are willing to pay the cost." A British correspondent interrupts: "The way you did in Korea?" The American does not answer and the French journalist continues: "You demand, everyone demands, history demands that we fight on out here. But there is something about Asian wars these days. They cannot be won in the old ways. You cannot win unpopular wars. We are up against something...
...zinc, tin, magnesium, tungsten and other metals than it had planned. While the fighting was on in Korea, the Truman Administration encouraged expansion of domestic mineral and metal products beyond normal needs by guaranteeing a market for much of the extra output. The guarantees served their purpose. But when demand slacked off and prices fell, the Administration had to buy up the surplus. It either had to raise stockpile limits or dump excess metals on a shaky market...
Physically, Lowell is one of the most attractive Houses. In the spring, Lowell men sport about a beautiful courtyard that never fails to bring out a rash of photo enthusiasts. The library is one of the largest of the Houses and the seven squash courts are in continual demand. There are practice rooms for musical instruments and Lowell's musical bent finds outlets in the Opera given each spring and in a large record library...
Though Okatie Farms may receive 5,000 or more monkeys a month, the supply never catches up with the demand. After 21 days for rigorous health checks, they are on their way to laboratories in Toronto, Pittsburgh, Detroit and Berkeley, Calif...
That was in 1936. Namatjira learned so fast that within a few months he had sold his first watercolor. Price: five shill ings. By 1945 his pictures were so much in demand that 43 watercolors in a Sydney show were sold in 20 minutes, for nearly...