Word: demand
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...while a few airlines may be able to capitalize on the public's urge to travel through the New Year, says Baumohl, they shouldn't expect that demand to last long once the tinsel and noisemakers are put away. Other major airlines have held fast against the increase so far, and aside from the initial gains from the holiday rush, the price increases could turn out to be very temporary for Delta and American. "These two airlines may be able to get away with these prices through the holidays, when demand is highest," says Baumohl, "but if the other airlines...
...sympathetic to the airlines' cries over rising fuel costs, which is the primary reason cited by Delta and American for their fare increases - nor should they necessarily believe it. "This is the time of year when airlines have enormous control over pricing," says TIME business writer Bernard Baumohl. "Demand is high, and people are willing to pay to get where they want to go. So every seat is filled, no matter what the price...
...this comes at a time when the demand for drugs is growing. Pharmaceuticals companies are making what seem like almost daily breakthroughs on diseases like Alzheimer's, arthritis and mood disorders. The allure of all these new drugs makes their high cost that much more frustrating to those who want them. "The drugs aren't seen just as a cure for illness. They're seen as essential to an active, healthy lifestyle. That makes the issue even more salient," says pollster Garin...
Gates: We'd love to resolve this thing, and we're going to be pragmatic about it. But at the heart of this case is a principle that's pretty important: our right to add features to Windows. We have been taking things that people demand, whether it be adding a graphical interface or support for networking, and building it into the operating system. Doing that has been why the PC revolution has done so much for consumers...
...other of the two leads is admittedly the limited opinion of one critic; but to say that this production lacks that character direction needed to inspire sympathy is the right of any audience member. To exercise that or not becomes a question of what we demand of theater...