Even if the south could secede without war,he said, it still would not get any of the things it demanded.

VOA: special.2009.03.19

(Speech) Nemtsov says Mr.Medvedev could carry out his program if he demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, insisted that state TV directors lift censorship, permitted independent political activity, and most importantly,punished those who falsify election results.

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

A senior Obama administration official who briefed State Department reporters said if the coup is not reversed within 72 hours, as the regional body demanded late Tuesday, it would clearly mean the expulsion of Honduras from the OAS.

VOA: standard.2009.07.01

But I thought that if regulators demanded that traders put more of their own money at risk, they would be less motivated to drive up prices.

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But Benn Steil, an economist at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, argues that, once in place, it could easily be extended into daytime trading hours, particularly if customers demanded it.

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