Word: requested
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...have the presence of mind to reflect that Karen's "Thirteen" (the floor number) was uttered more in the style of a hierarchical demand than a request from an equal? Did no one conceive of the presumptuousness of speaking that way to anyone, regardless of color or gender? Did no one even notice the absence of so basic a courtesy as "please"--or blush for the tone of despotic privilege that omission almost invariably conveys...
...House decided to restrict production of the controversial B-2 bomber to just four planes during the next two years, and to authorize those only if the Bush Administration agrees to scale back its $70 billion program. The House also chopped $1.8 billion from the Administration's $4.9 billion request for the Strategic Defense Initiative, cut $502 million out of Bush's $1.9 billion plan for a rail- launched MX missile, and completely eliminated $100 million for the Midgetman missile. Griped Bush: "Yesterday was not the House's most memorable moment." The Senate is expected to complete its own, equally...
...have been wrecked since the plane began flying 18 years ago; that amounts to 3.8% of the 445 DC-10s built by McDonnell Douglas, a higher percentage than that recorded by comparable superjets like the Lockheed L-1011 (1.2%). Both the FAA and McDonnell Douglas rejected the I.A.P.A.'s request. Said FAA spokesman John Leyden: "There's nothing that's come out of the Sioux City accident indicating a basic design flaw that would warrant such an action...
Since 1982, the FAA has allowed passengers with children to bring their own federally approved infant car seats onto planes, but it rejected a consumer request that safety seats be required. Airlines discourage children's seats by failing to tell parents that they are allowed. Many families would probably pass them up anyway, since guaranteeing another seat would mean buying another ticket...
...last week when a leaked Exxon memo suggested that the company might walk away from the job after work halts for the winter on Sept. 15. But in testimony before a House subcommittee, W.D. Stevens, president of Exxon's U.S. operations, said the company would comply with any "reasonable request" from the Coast Guard to resume the cleanup next spring...