Word: demands
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...several options. He could, for example, cancel the 1975 Sinai Disengagement Agreement. This would enormously increase tension in the area and could start a chain of events leading to new hostilities. Sadat could also ask the U.N. Security Council to condemn Israel's occupation of Arab lands and demand immediate withdrawal. If Begin emerges from Camp David splattered with blame for the summit's failure, then Washington might find it very difficult to veto such a resolution...
...strongly condemned the burning of an Abadan moviehouse last month in which 377 people perished. "I am absolutely against bloodshed," he said. "I have advised anyone who will listen that we should make our grievances known, but not with bloodshed, and I believe we will be heard. My only demand is enforcement of the constitution. We would like freedom of expression and we want a government of the people by the people. That has been our message." Among his requests: the appointment, as called for by the constitution, of a five-mullah watchdog committee in parliament...
...religious leaders. "We have no intention of implementing the traditional Islamic criminal codes such as cutting off thieves' hands or stoning adulterers to death," said one moderate leader, Ayatullah Sharietmadari. "We don't want to turn Iran into another Saudi Arabia or another Libya. But we shall demand strict adherence to the Islamic precepts of our country's constitution." Many members of the Western-educated elite were predictably appalled at the latest turn of events. "The Shah's concessions will only make the opposition demand more," complained one Iranian businessman. "Mark my words: we are headed...
...expects the new stringency to squeeze inflation down below 5% by late 1981. Consequently, interest rates will tumble. With inflation, taxes and interest rates all lower, business people will be able to invest in capital goods without demanding abnormally high rates of return to justify their outlays. Because those "hurdle rates" have been so steep, capital spending has been retarded for years. Just to stay competitive in the world, the U.S. needs to put 12% of its G.N.P. into such investment, but the figure has been 10% since the early 1970s. Result: America's plant is aging and outdated...
Most of Ely's outdoor-loving people demand unrestricted use of "their" wilderness, including the right to crisscross it in snowmobiles and outboard-powered boats. As a local insurance man puts it: "Why should we be locked out of an area we love...