Word: demands
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...fervent Baptists, and Bill earned his first $5 for reading the entire Bible aloud for his illiterate father. His father wanted him to be a Baptist preacher. Bill settled instead for teaching Sunday school until he was in his 40s, and, to the time of his death, was in demand as a lay preacher...
...Toronto, and at some U.S. border points the two dollars were traded even, although a customer still had to put up $1.02 to buy a Canadian dollar at a U.S. bank. Reason for the drop: 1) recent withdrawal of U.S. investments for profit-taking, 2) an increased demand for U.S. goods, which boosted Canada's imports above, exports in September, and 3) the U.S. election. "All the Republican talk of economy," said one Canadian observer, "brought back confidence. Withdrawal of securities for profit reasons has been going on for some time . . . but the election undoubtedly speeded...
Both alternatives, however, fail to fill the demand. The Housing Office lists but a handful of weekend tourist homes, most of which fill up weeks in advance. Bound by the fire laws, Radcliffe dormitories can only assign guests the beds of girls who have left for the weekend--and big social weekends are hardly the time for a mass exodus from Radcliffe. If they wish to avoid the trials of Pumley, students must try the outlying suburbs or high priced hotels...
...petition read: "We the undersigned declare the present freshman study accommodations inadequate and demand that Lamont remain open until midnight on weekdays and on Saturday night and all day Sunday...
...ticket agent at the Harvard Club of Boston reported no demand for extra seats there as of last night...