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Word: demands (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...first trimester, was a matter for a woman and her doctor, not the state, to decide. That was hardly the reasoning Burger had hoped for. The Chief eventually added a cryptic concurring opinion arguing that the court's decision did not sanction ''abortion on demand''-though that was precisely what Blackmun meant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Inside the High Court | 11/5/1979 | See Source »

...move that triggered a midnight march of students chanting "We want kegs!"). The University of Kansas now requires that soft beverages be available whenever alcohol is served at on-campus social functions. Promotion of alternative beverages has even won a few converts at the Uni versity of Virginia, where demand for booze by undergraduates has long been legendary. The sales volume of the local liquor store in Charlottesville is third highest in the state. One Charlottesville wholesaler even offers a ''Dial-a-keg" service, complete with a fleet of truck drivers equipped with radio-telephone beepers, to keep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Going Back to the Booze | 11/5/1979 | See Source »

...money becomes Eurodollars, and the bank can lend it to some other company to build a plant in Turin or Trenton. Because the dol lars are outside the U.S., the bank is free from Federal Reserve rules that require it to keep as much as 16.25% of its U.S. demand deposits frozen rather than loaned out. Since this free dom lowers the bank's costs, it can pay perhaps 1% more interest on the dol lars deposited with it abroad than in the U.S., and it can offer loans at lower rates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Clash over Stateless Cash | 11/5/1979 | See Source »

Most funds demand a minimum initial investment, which generally ranges from $500 to $5,000 but can be partly withdrawn once the account is open. The funds make money for themselves by paying out to shareholders slightly less interest (usually one-half of 1%) than the investments earn. One of the most appealing features is liquidity. Nearly all offer instant withdrawal without penalty, and most allow shareholders to write checks to third parties against their investment balance, thus ensuring that savings earn interest right up to the day the check is presented for payment. Still others offer credit lines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Mania for Money Market Funds | 11/5/1979 | See Source »

...National Graphical Association, which represents 600 compositors, machine managers and stereotypers, staved off management's centerpiece demand: that journalists and classified ad takers be allowed to operate the keyboards of computer typesetting equipment. That issue is to be discussed further over the next year, with no guarantee that the NGA will let anybody else use the new machines. Said NGA President Les Dixon: "Our boys will do it. They've been training...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Return of the Thunderer | 11/5/1979 | See Source »

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