The most strident demand was for the writing off of all debts of the peasants that were manipulated by the feudal lords.

He shuddered at the thought, already hearing the strident demands that the Fleet provide sufficient protection to stop this sort of thing.

These were at first resisted by municipal authorities, but resistance only served to change polite suggestions into strident demands.

It was interspersed with strident demands to be released.

The past four and a half days had been ones of strident demands from the terrorist organization and seemingly abject capitulation on the part of the authorities.

Baldessari parodies the strident demands of American media by setting them askew.

Or has he decided that he has to continue to bow to the increasingly strident demands of his party's right wing?

Increasingly, well-educated Indians made ever more strident demands for self-governance and found themselves in conflict with the British.

Already enraged by the bombings, Israelis reacted to stepped-up Hezbollah activities in southern Lebanon with ever more strident demands that Mr. Peres order military retaliation.

Republicans, such as California Governor Ronald Reagan, demanded victory or withdrawal, while on the left strident demands for immediate withdrawal escalated.