Word: demands
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...gnat against Mao. Kuomintang officials themselves have reckoned that preparations will take a year. But even Chiang's much discussed "commando raids," could do little damage unless supported by American forces. If anything, Eisenhower's order will thus have little significance save balming the torture minds of those who demand action--any action...
...secret meeting with West Germany's Konrad Adenauer at an old chateau outside Paris. Purpose of the meeting: to discuss renegotiation of the European Defense Community treaty. Adenauer was assured that Foreign Minister Robert Schuman would not be present. Facing a political crisis over Schuman's demand for unequivocal ratification and parliament's demand for amendments, Pinay hoped to escape his troubles by working out a deal with Germany...
First-rate historicals are still being published, e.g., Edith Simon's The Golden Hand and Alfred Duggan's The Little Emperors (see below). But that many readers want them that good is doubtful. The big demand is for the kind of historical that neither engages the mind nor disturbs the emotions, at least not the higher ones. The historicals getting the big promotion buildups this winter have the competent and predictable plots, the busty heroines, the mixture of sex and violence that challenges the movies and television...
...unusual demand, 15 per cent more than previous exam periods, was due to a shortened reading period," continued McNiff. He said that there had been no increase in books taken from the library at night, but that those used in the building during the day had risen markedly...
...sees fit. There was also a serious question whether France could freely exchange its overseas officers-fighting in Indo-China or tied down in colonial trouble spots-with its own officers in the European Army, without five nations' concurrence. These difficulties had led De Gaulle to demand a looser federation, something like an old-fashioned grand alliance. Germany would get its army more quickly, he said; but down in the fine print, France would run the show...