Word: demands
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...protests against the search led in turn to a telephone call relayed from Britain's sorely tried Suez Commander in Chief Sir George Erskine to Egyptian Interior Minister Serag el Din. General Erskine's demand: the Egyptian police must hand over their weapons and evacuate the Canal Zone. Otherwise, warned the British commander, Ismailia's police headquarters would be "destroyed by force." Serag el Din turned the ultimatum down cold and ordered his policemen to "resist to the last bullet...
...citizen who "violates the law in his country club or fraternal lodge is in no position to, and does not in fact, insist that his elected officers enforce the law in the corner saloon . . . Many of our most reputable and influential citizens [thus] sterilize their power and influence to demand and get faithful performance by their local officials. They have tied their own hands and stopped their own mouths...
...true aim of the Schuman Plan. By combining six nations' annual coal outputs, totaling 220 million tons, and steel outputs, totaling 38 million tons; by making products salable, tariff-free, in a market of 155,000,000 people; by making labor fluid, free to meet manpower supply & demand without passports; by sinking Europe's traditional tight little cartel islands which hold production down-by doing these things the Schuman Plan can liberate the European economy...
...Frontier. "There is a huge public demand for medical research. The amount of money, new buildings, equipment, and staff now devoted to it is staggering . . . The causes, as so often in the U.S., are partly ruthlessly practical and in part pure idealism. On the practical side, the public is moved by an old instinct-fear: fear of death. Although many Americans still adhere to a traditional religion, many have lost its comforts. They are scared of the thought of their end, and look to medicine to save them...
...last year, and more increases are in store. Both Chris-Craft and Wheeler Yacht Co. announced a hike, and other companies are due to follow. But there still seem to be enough well-heeled customers to buy even the most luxurious yachts. Chris-Craft-to "meet demand" -puts out a 62-ft. yacht. Price...