Word: demands
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Economist gently twitted the Laborites for arguing that "the right way to approach a bargaining match with Oriental Communists is to tell them in advance that their main demand will be conceded." But even in that, the Economist seemed to be saying that if Britons would just be patient, the U.S. would back down...
...melting in the sun. In Abadan and Khorramshahr, all shops closed down, and the oil company's air-conditioning system would not work because the water warmed too quickly in the condenser. Abadan's two ice plants (capacity: 70 tons a day) could not meet the demand as smugglers shipped heavy loads out to oil-rich Kuwait and Qatar. In ten days, Iran's heat wave killed 158 people...
...enemy wanted to discuss withdrawal of all "foreign" (U.N. and Chinese) troops from Korea. The U.N. negotiators refused, and the matter was left off the agenda for possible solution at a post-truce political conference. The second defeat of the Communists was the breaking down of their demand for a truce line on the 38th parallel. The third-and greatest-was their failure to win repatriation of prisoners unwilling to return to Communist control. The U.N., in turn, failed to 1) get a trustworthy inspection system (i.e., one that would tie up the Reds as tightly as the allies originally...
...First stage would be simple guiding cables, which would have considerable value when visibility is poor. Next would come the buried transmitters to warn of obstacles on the road. These, thinks Zworykin. will probably have to wait until transistors are available in quantity; vacuum tubes in the transmitters would demand too much current. Final stage would be a complete system to deliver driverless vehicles at their destinations unguided by human hands...
Nothing makes the sick U.S. coal industry sicker than the prospect of a new wage demand by John L. Lewis' United Mine Workers. Last week, with the time for reopening of negotiations only a few days away, Joseph E. Moody, president of the Southern Coal Producers Association, gave Lewis an angry warning...