Sunni politicians consistently say that the rebels' most basic demand is a timetable for American withdrawal the last thing that President Bush, this week sounding as tenacious as ever, would give.
The basic demand was 200,000 taka per victim, about $3,700.
His basic demand was an agreement that a final vote require 60 supporters, a demand Democrats rejected.
This increased intolerance for male infidelity, says Fisher, is due to the rise of the economic power of women: "Women now have the resources to make some demands within a relationship, and one of the basic demands is 'If I'm faithful, you will be faithful.'" One hundred years ago, when women had scant ability to walk away from a relationship, they were more likely to look the other way.
The third demand is the basic income, and the fourth demand of a post-work future is the end of the work ethic.
And though the protesters know they caused mayhem in a way they had never dreamed possible, their basic demands are still unfulfilled.
Even the ultimatum it adopted, saying it would consider suspending talks if its basic demands are not met by April 30, was circumspectly phrased.
If this afterlife can be delimited only vaguely ("somewhere," "someplace better"), its basic demands are all too easy to articulate: these boys pray for themselves, self-defensive and self-dignifying; after an outing for childish "sweets," they can "come back" safely, without needing to pray they'll "come back" alive.
But Egyptians are waging new waves of protests today and declared the 28th to be Friday of Anger, determined not to rest or be deterred till their basic demands are met.
