Word: demands
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Said Hammami, was shot dead by an unknown assailant. Only four days earlier, a short distance away, two passengers in a Syrian embassy car had been killed by a bomb. Hammami was known as a moderate who in the past had been savagely criticized by radicals for refusing to demand the liquidation of Israel. Fortnight ago, there were reports from Beirut that Palestinian extremists were plotting a new wave of terrorism; last week's murders in London presumably marked the beginning of that campaign...
...Trib will "fight for a better climate for business," wrote Saffir in a signed editorial appearing in the paper's first edition, because "when profits soar payrolls fatten, jobs increase, happiness spreads." The Trib will also "demand a fair policy for labor without self-destructive strikes, brass knuckles and police cordons." Another editorial, on New York's new mayor, Ed Koch, is innocuous. It declares that the paper is neither for him nor against him; it will wait to see how he does. (Presumably, Koch will get good marks at least this week, since he has solemnly proclaimed...
...orange Christmas tree? I sure wouldn't." Enough Denverites did, however, to strip the shelves of spray paint. And the distributor for the sweet soft drink that bears the fortunate?not to mention cleverly exploited?appellation, Orange Crush, has had to hire 20 additional employees to meet the demand...
Perhaps most of all, Miller is simply a manager, interested in results rather than doctrine. He has said that it is a mistake to focus only on management of total supply and demand in the economy; policymakers also need to develop programs for specific trouble spots. Though Miller was quickly criticized by Senate Banking Chairman William Proxmire for lacking sufficient banking experience to run the nation's money supply, those who know Miller say the charges are foolish. Says New York Investment Banker Felix Rohatyn, who knows Miller well: "I think that he knows more about finance than most...
...sleepless gaze are the hallmarks of students suffering from reading and exam periods and coffee is the thing that keeps them going--and this year the Harvard dining halls will again have coffee available after dinner onwards during reading and exam periods to satisfy the stepped-up demand...