Word: demands
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...most important, from his own viewpoint, is the New York Governor's race, in which he is trying to re-elect his friend Hugh Carey. Says Garth: "In my home state, I get very personally involved -and I hate to lose." His customary strategy is to demand that his candidates raise a lot of money, trim down to fighting weight, learn to concentrate on key issues, and leave the details...
Lesser problems that had to be worked out included Egypt's demand for compensation for oil that Israel has pumped from the Gulf of Suez during the eleven years of Israeli occupation, and the Israeli demand for payment for its investment in roads, airfields and settlements in the Sinai during the same period...
Some reporters have agreed to turn over their notes after subpoenas were redrawn to demand only pertinent information or to ensure that sources remained confidential. Reporter Robert Andrews of the Syracuse Post-Standard at first refused a judge's request to disclose his sources for an inquiry into local corruption, but agreed to testify when the judge said he did not have to divulge the name of his only confidential source...
Episode two found our would-be villians, the MBTA, signing a contract to build a tunnel from Harvard to Porter Square. That move followed a federal district court judge's refusal of a citizen's group demand for a temporary restraining order...
Rothschild said the demonstrators will demand that the U.S. sever diplomatic ties with South Africa. They will also protest the actions of Andrew Young, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, who has voted five times to veto a Security Council measure which would impose economic sanctions on South Africa...