Word: demanded
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...hope that students here in America will see the need to struggle against oppression and the students will demand action from Nike...
...passed, Miller proposed a delightfully diabolical strategy. He had Bradley, subcommittee chairman of Water and Power for the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, block every federal water project that came across his desk. By the time he and Miller were ready to move their bill, the demand for those "water pork" projects was enormous. Next, Bradley and Miller rolled their reform together with many of those projects in a single piece of omnibus legislation, so that for other lawmakers, the price of getting water pork was a vote in favor of reform. For Bradley, the price was agreeing to pork...
With occupancy rates falling and the room supply outpacing demand in the $93 billion U.S. hotel industry, the big powers are thinking small. Even though boutiques still account for just a fraction of the total market, the chains "don't really have a choice," says Chekitan Dev, marketing professor at the Cornell School of Hotel Administration. "For all practical purposes, the traditional hotel is obsolete. There's too much wasted space, it doesn't look inviting, and there's an erosion of brand loyalty." Starwood Hotels & Resorts chairman Barry Sternlicht tried in vain to lure Schrager to his camp...
...teacher conference. The ingratiators (like me) try to win over the teacher on their child's behalf. This involves lots of smiling, nodding and offers of Florida time shares over the spring break. The intimidators get in the teacher's face--to tell him what they expect and demand attention to their children's individual needs and just generally show him who's boss...
...attractive to people and companies that are willing to invest millions of dollars to own a "share" of a plane, many people don't want to have their money tied up in such a costly asset and don't fly enough to justify the expenditure. For most people,"on-demand aircraft charter" is far cheaper than fractional ownership, especially if they fly fewer than 20 times a year. Aircraft charter varies in cost from $40 to $400 a seat per hour. Charter operators and pilots must meet more stringent FAA safety standards than fractionals--and usually an on-demand charter...