Word: demanded
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Although Chile will demand a hearing on Antarctica at the Bogota conference this spring, González Videla intended to handle things in his own direct-action way . for the time being. With Bogotá-bound Pascual la Rosa, Argentine Foreign Office big shot, he signed an accord for a common front against Britain and negotiation of disputed Argentine-Chilean claims in the polar regions...
...overcivilized modern orchards the trick does not always work. Many high-bred apple trees, for instance, have flowers that refuse to be fertilized by pollen of their own variety. They demand pollen from other varieties, which the local bees seldom supply...
...decline." In Akron the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. cut production 30%, and other tire companies followed suit. It was the "normal" winter slump which, before the war, was common to the industry. But it was the first time it had happened since the war. Said Goodyear: ". . . The big postwar demand has been filled...
Textile mill owners still said they were booked solid for months ahead. But last week cotton textile men convinced the Administration that supply just about matched demand, and the Administration dropped plans to set up voluntary allocations...
...letter of protest to President Conant earlier this month, Raisz, the senior active member of the Institute of Geographical Exploration, stated that "the demand for good geographers and cartographers continues strong. Harvard cannot progress without geography any better than it could without history...