Word: demands
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...library claims that since it will recall an officer's books on demand, the system is fair enough. But they admittedly don't advertise this service because of its expense; hence few people use it. Besides, it often takes a long time to recover the book, as the officer may temporarily refuse to return...
...Roman Catholic woman who has been denied an annulment and who would very much like to remarry and have a family, may I suggest to the Roman Catholic women of England who are in the same situation to march to the house of the Archbishop of Canterbury and demand that he prove that our church does grant annulments to "those it particularly desires to please?" We all may then perhaps remarry, and those childless ones like myself may probably arrange to be "pleased...
...Middle East needed support more than arm-twisting. They would see China not with detachment but with lively sensibility. As for the world entire, the great globe itself, they would talk less of balancing the unbalanceable and more of rolling back the intolerable. They would discover the practical demand for moral principle in politics and supply it from an ample hoard in their own past. Milton's name would ring out, and Hampden's. The responsibility that now shapes U.S. policy would fashion theirs into its weaker twin...
...plan to recruit liberal arts graduates. Instead of going through the usual pedagogical treadmill, candidates can take one special two-month course to earn a one-year emergency certificate. Today, says the commission, Connecticut has "become one of the few states nearing a balance of elementary teacher supply and demand...
...Rhythm] Gershwin. Arthur (Dancing in the Dark] Schwartz, Dorothy (I Can't Give Yon Anything but Love) Fields. Gian-Carlo (The Consul) Menotti. They reckon that they and other non-BMI composers have collectively lost $50 million in royalties in the past decade. Their demand: triple damages ($150 million) and a court order directing broadcasters...