Word: demand
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...people of China began to boycott Japanese goods. In the vacation period the students went out through the country urging the manufacture of those goods in China. Their suggestions found great support, and they made a number of new demands. The government granted nearly all of the demands, including the demand for a guarantee of free speech...
...objections to this process are for the most part surmountable. The blurred appearance of the letters can be remedied by improvement of typewriter type. Hitherto it has not been profitable for manufacturers of typewriters to prepare type as carefully as in printing, but this new demand for accurate typewriters will result in the necessary improvement. As for the uneveness of typewritten manuscript, due to the uniform space allowed for each letter regardless of its width, there are at present patents in Washington for differential feed typewriters--that is, typewriters which allow a different space for each width of letter...
...operations necessary in engraving as compared to the one of the linotype machine, and, finally, the necessity of recopying an entire page of manuscript if the proofreader discovers one or two typograhpical errors, all combine to make the process longer than the requirements of a modern newspaper press demand. Another restriction is that the process cannot be used for the better grade of book work. The uneveness of the right margin, which I mentioned, and the difficulty of producing artistic work will not allow the engraving of the more expensive books until the process has been greatly improved...
This year the demand for social service workers is greater than ever. For every man now engaged there are two positions available; at least two hundred more men are needed. The work requires only two hours one night a week. Those who are interested are urged to apply at the Phillips Brooks House from 8 to 10 o'clock in the morning...
...organization, the Princeton Speakers' Association, has been added to the list of undergraduate activities at Princeton. Its purpose is to supply the outside demand for speakers of college age and to provide an audience for men in the University who are interested in public speaking and desire some practical experience...