Word: demanded
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...growth of the output of goods and services has slackened. Profits are expected to fall in this year's third quarter. Housing, industrial production, new orders for factory goods and stock prices have declined. Over lunch at Pittsburgh's elite Duquesne Club, industrialists grumble about slipping demand and sales. Automakers have scheduled 7.5% fewer car assemblies for the final quarter of this year than during the same period a year ago, and Chrysler is about to lay off some of its 40,000 white-collar workers to reduce costs. A. W. ("Tom") Clausen, vice chairman of the Bank...
...stated that "We, the Faculty, demand, in these extraordinary times, to take a stand on the war." Adding that the University must stand for something, he said that "it is time for the Faculty to take moral leadership...
...Arabs -must play a part in peace as in war. Thus, when Secretary of State William Rogers met on two occasions last week with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, the Middle East was high on their agenda. Moscow now seems to realize that it is unrealistic simply to demand Israeli withdrawal from the conquered Arab lands. Any withdrawal terms will have to be part of a package that includes a binding declaration of peace from the Arabs. The Rogers-Gromyko talks also proved that there are wide differences on other items of the package, including final boundaries, the disposition...
...Army does go through with the trials, Rothblatt will probably demand a change of venue to Washington or Hawaii. He claims that the men cannot get a fair trial in the war zone. Even if the Green Berets lose at first, the defense lawyers are likely to take full advantage of a lenient appeal procedure. After automatic review by the convening authority and an Army court of review, they can take the case to the Court of Military Appeals and then try to shift it to the federal courts. The Army, which likes to prosecute its law violators in private...
...appliances. "We went to four different places before we finally bought a color TV set," says Norma Piel, a Pittsburgh housewife, "and I'm sure that we saved at least $100." Apparel sales are strong almost everywhere, but stores in Los Angeles and St. Louis report a declining demand for shoes, partly because the new styles, which many people consider ugly, have not really caught on. The fur industry is having its shabbiest year in decades; women are not buying as many minks and Persian lambs as in recent years. In Boston, Detroit and other cities, retailers express misgivings...