Word: demands
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...provisions of the Potsdam Proclamation ordering the return of Japanese prisoners to their homes will be carried out. This new paragraph, added to the final draft in August, opens the way for Japan to demand return of some 77,000 prisoners whom it claims Russia still holds...
...truths that deliberately confuses ends and means. And, with his glancing blow, he gave McCarthy's supporters just the right opening for a burst of commando tactics. Before Tobin could walk off the platform, a delegate grabbed a floor microphone. Over the loudspeakers his voice boomed out: "I demand that we invite Comrade McCarthy here to give us the other side of this story...
...second thought, the "popular" demand for a Perón-Perón ticket seemed less than overwhelming. Only 250,000, instead of the expected 2,000,000, had turned out for last fortnight's monster meeting at which the Peróns said yes. Some Peronista chieftains began to complain that too many traditions were being broken too fast and that the Sefiora had better restrain her ambitions for a while. At the last minute, moreover, Argentina's soldiers were reported bridling at the unspeakable thought that if Perón should die, a woman would...
Gradually, supply caught up with demand. Today the college, with headquarters in Heidelberg, has more than 100 instructors, who travel as far afield as Eritrea, teaching a five-term schedule. (The Army and Air Force pay three-quarters of military students' fees, provide classrooms, handle registration and collect fees...
...workers will be brought down to the mines by power launches. With a new mine abuilding in Bay Ste. Elaine, La., Freeport will boost its yearly output well over 2,000,000 tons a year (Texas Gulf Sulphur leads the world with 3,200,000 tons). With the demand for newsprint, fertilizer, rayon and other sulphur-users soaring year by year, Williams and Whitney see no limits to their future markets...