Word: demand
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...week's end the impasse remained unresolved. The American hostages, under guard in the embassy, were visited by Swedish, Syrian and other diplomats. Some were allowed to send letters, and 33 reputedly signed a petition supporting their captors' demand that the U.S. extradite the Shah. Khomeini let it be known that he would not be receiving visitors over the weekend, thereby precluding for the moment much chance of direct negotiations for the prisoners' release...
...houses is slumping, sales of condominiums and cooperative apartments are holding up better. They account for only 2.3% of all U.S. housing, but in recent years they have become the hottest properties in residential real estate, and supertight money seems unlikely to put more than a temporary brake on demand...
...been modest. In Chicago, the Baird & Warner real estate firm reckons that October condo sales were 6% ahead of the same month last year, but prices have eased from an average of $93,000 in 1978 to about $85,000 today. In New York City, both demand and prices remain high, and luxury four-room apartments are selling for an average of $ 160,000, vs. $ 100,000 a year...
...condo not far from Fort Lauderdale: "I can't worry about interest rates now. Where am I going to go? I don't want to live in a rental any more, with its $50-a-month increase every year." Over the long term, it seems that demand-and prices-for condos and co-ops will be stronger than for housing in general...
Coryell's tactics demand an eagle's vision -and a lion's courage, to wait for the open man while defenders thunder in for the kill. Coryell says of Fouts: "Dan has great peripheral vision." Adds Offensive Coordinator Joe Gibbs. "He's completely oblivious to the rush. He stands there with composure and concentration, with all those guys in front of him hittin' and gruntin...