Word: insist
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...principle that North Viet Nam has no right to interfere with the sovereignty of South Viet Nam. And yet we have ignored this principle in Guatemala, Cuba and the Dominican Republic. How can we ask the world to live by one standard of morality when we insist upon living...
...those who insist on all-glass structures, Pittsburgh Plate Glass is now producing a double-ply glass with a reflective coating that keeps out 70% of the sun's heat and cuts glare by about...
Changes Considered. United Presbyterian spokesmen insist that "we are in no way nearing a point of schism." Nonetheless, they acknowledge that conservative feeling about the Confession runs high, and that some congregations may well withdraw from the church in a year or two unless substantial changes are made. Next month, a new 15-member committee of ministers and laymen will begin to study the text; they will consider changes suggested by churches, presbyteries and synods, submit a report to next year's General Assembly in Boston...
...Airborne Division. Also ticketed for Viet Nam is the Army's recently created 1st Cavalry Air Mobile Division now in training at Fort Benning, Ga. By the end of this year, the U.S. will almost certainly have nearly 200,000 men in Viet Nam, and if the Communists insist on stepping up their own effort, the U.S. troop total may well come to 400,000 by next summer...
...past Mexican divorces would be a rank injustice. By a vote of 4 to 2, however, the court sharply split over future Mexican divorces. The majority upheld them on pragmatic grounds. Since the state of domicile is no longer truly relevant, ruled the majority, it makes no sense to insist that a one-day Mexican divorce is substantially different from a six-week Nevada divorce. In light of the hardships caused by New York's divorce laws, suggested the court, "a balanced public policy requires that recognition of the bilateral Mexican divorce be given rather than withheld...