Word: insist
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...this time he intended to support them with action. The Communist Wall in Berlin caught the U.S. by surprise, and President Kennedy had no ready response. "There's no reason why we should do everything," he said. But he did decide, even if it meant war, to insist upon the maintenance of three basic Allied rights in Berlin: 1) the presence
...Prince Souphanouvong cried, "If you insist on Defense and Interior, we do too. If these are your final terms, we might as well go back to the Plaine des Jarres." Boun Oum snapped: "There is no need to have a three princes' meeting. I never want to hear about a three princes' meeting again." Souphanouvong got in a proletarian retort: "It's not my fault I'm a prince. I was born a prince, and I have to live with it." At a press conference, Boun Oum said: "I've told Prince Souvanna Phouma this...
...Afro-Asian nations (and to many U.S. liberals) who still regard imperialism as the paramount issue in world affairs, Katanga's white officers and soldiers were hired killers, sinister remnants of colonialism. This line, of course, has been happily aided by the Communists. Supporters of Moise Tshombe. however, insist that "mercenary" is merely an inflammatory term; all underdeveloped nations need foreign assistance (the U.S. sends thousands of officers and men abroad in its military aid missions), and besides many of the white troops in Katanga are only unpaid irregulars. The true mercenaries, complain the Tshombe supporters...
Kick in the Guts. Advocates of Sensitivity Training insist that most participants wind up enthusiastic about the program, contend that the only critics are uncooperative types who so cherish their emotional privacy that they refuse to enter into the spirit of the thing. Somewhere in the middle stands Vice President Robert Mitchell of Mattel, Inc., a fast-growing Los Angeles toy company that encourages its executives to sign on for Sensitivity Training. Arguing that only Sensitivity Training provides "the emotional kick in the guts" necessary to make an executive recognize his personality weaknesses, Mattel says: "I have seen a third...
...rebuttal, the manufacturers seem certain to argue that they gave their customers "fair value" regardless of price fixing. Some manufacturers, despite their earlier pleas, may now insist that they were not part of any conspiracy. All of them can be counted on to fight hard in the first cases to come to trial, since these will set the pattern for awards in subsequent suits...