A fractious battle is being waged over Cablevision's refusal to pay what it believes is an excessive monthly fee of $2 per subscriber to carry YES as a basic channel, as YES has demanded.
But it comes back to this notion of being "you're more mysterious than you know" -- that personal writing often feels less narcissistic when it's genuinely inhabiting a posture of uncertainty and questioning; when it's excavating rather than reiterating or insisting -- and yes, perhaps demanding something from the reader: some kind of validation or sympathy or sentimental attachment.
America must hope — yes, demand — that pursuit of campaign contributions does not steal this historic opportunity.
A real world that is highly competitive and one that demands, yes demands, that you not only be able to fail, but learn from your failures and then move on, but also be able to pivot on a dime, change course in a moment's notice and have the skill to do so seamlessly.
Thanks to a series of Day-Glo animations we learn that man says yes to his demanding boss, and to his avaricious woman (she wants shoes, can you believe).
"Basically, we're friends, you and me, friends, yes?" he demands, trying to put them back on their old footing once again.
We hope the new format will provide for focused, extended discussion and be entirely different from the disappointing primary and caucus debates, where we saw moderators preening for the camera, demanding yes-or-no answers, asking candidates to raise their hands to respond to questions, and forcing candidates to shout to be heard.
Intellectually demanding, yes: the Housman audiences are most likely to know was the author of a few rhythmically plain, much-anthologized poems about the poignant beauty of youth and nature, marred as it is by time and death.
"It was demanding, yes, but I was well rewarded.
