Word: demands
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Although the international political situation precludes an immediate raise in oil prices, eventual increases will be necessary in order to balance supply and demand, Taher said. He added these increases might follow inflation in oil-consuming nations...
...police released 21 members of the group shortly after their arrest on $100 bail. The rest of the demonstrators remained in jail to call a hunger strike and demand release on personal recognizance...
...Housing demand remains high, although prices have jumped more than 16% in the past two years (the average price of a new house now is $63,000), and mortgage rates run 9% in and around New York City, 9.75% in the Chicago area and 9.75% to 10% in Southern California. Many people, burned by the stock market, figure that real estate is their best hedge against inflation and a good long-term investment. The baby-boom kids of the mid-1940s are now setting up housekeeping; most of these young families have two earners, and they confidently assume the burden...
...Davis. "I'm very happy to be here," said Allan Bakke, enrolled after the U.S. Supreme Court's historic ruling last June invalidating the school's preferential admissions program. Others were not nearly so delighted by his presence. As Bakke arrived, demonstrators shouted, "Affirmative action we demand; unite to smash the Bakke plan!" but the student kept his cool. After a three-hour lecture in molecular and cellular biology, a fellow student handed down his own Bakke decision: "He seems like a pretty nice guy. He's just stuck in class like the rest...
...points out, just being able to "mention the D.A.'s office gives you clout." Explains former Assistant District Attorney Ray Bonner, 36, who originally conceived the Complaint-Mobile project: "Many people simply can't afford lawyers, and they don't need them. They simply have to demand their rights. Most businesses know that people do not complain and even if they do, they'll go away if they lose Round 1. We're just helping them get what they should be able to get for themselves. This is a government program that works...