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They are treating loved ones like catalogs or department stores, brandishing lengthy wish lists, demanding gift cards or boldly asking for cash.
But lately, whether at a charity benefit, a movie premiere or a store opening, guests are getting, even demanding, gift bags crammed with a mother lode of gratitude.
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Soon afterward, dozens of Indians from the Xingu region emerged from the forest, carrying bows and arrows, and demanding gifts.
The Demanding Gifts of 2012.
Others said he must be angry and perhaps demanding a gift, prompting one Mexican journalist to post on Twitter: "If Don Goyo needs a sacrifice, I suggest the political class".
Art supplies and Legos are a high-demand gift, she said.
Like the country in general, they are sometimes plagued by corruption, with educators demanding expensive gifts from parents for favorable treatment.
Then career choice: a man with absolutely no gift for small talk choosing a profession which absolutely demands a gift for easy chit-chat.
Mr. O'Neal gives his daughter a pashminalike present at the beginning of one conciliatory dinner; when she confronts him with her memories of an abusive childhood, he is affronted and demands his gift back.
But according to the paper such cases now pop up at a rate of one a day.Typically, says al-Watan, they come about when a divorced father seeks to spite his ex-wife by withholding his legally required approval of their daughter's choice of husband, or when the father demands a gift from his prospective son-in-law, or even a proportion of his salary.
The "Birthday" Scam is when a Jammer demands a gift from another because it's supposedly their birthday.
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