She bemoans the way electronic media, with their demand for spectacle and brevity, have shortened our attention spans.
In Germany the reception to Big Brother was completely different: Politician after politician went public with their demand to prevent it from being broadcast.
"The Americans are driving the drug business with their demand, while we are the ones who end up with the dead bodies," said Carlos H. Sandoval, a forestry engineer who travels throughout the Mosquito Coast.
But very few actresses understand the musical nature of Williams's dense language — the notes that are piled high and then higher, until they threaten to strain the voice and the nerves with their demand for pure feeling.
With their demand for precise timing and quick reaction times, and often foreknowledge of what's to come, success is often a case of repeating the sequence enough times that you've learned the exact button presses required.
Throughout his career he treated fans and journalists as little more than nuisances who, with their demand to be entertained, got in the way of the serious business of winning matches.
