The top operations executive should drive daily status assessments of supply and demand.

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Clients expect on-demand, self-service access to the status of projects, the burn rate of the budget, and so on.

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High consumer demand for well-known, cult-status Napa wines drives the wholesale prices up, and they get even higher at the steakhouse because "people are willing to pay, " he says.

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With an unprecedented number of people making more money than ever, the demand for all things that signal an improvement in status is gargantuan.

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An alternative course for the Palestinians would be to demand greater recognition from the UN, but a status which falls short of full nationhood.

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While there are certainly highly-skilled and in-demand professionals who are able to parlay their hired-gun status into big paydays or renaissance workers who are mashing up day jobs and dream jobs, those who benefit financially from the gig economy are in the minority.

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Letters provided to CNN show IRS officials in Washington and California contacted conservative groups to demand more information before approving the groups' requests for tax-exempt status.

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The status quo will continue if you let it -- but it will change if you demand it.

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