Word: insist
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...they had thought to govern a large Arab population. Not only that, but the fertile west bank would make an attractive place in which to move the 315,000 refugees now crowded into the Gaza Strip, say the Israelis. The Israelis are also disposed to hold, or at least insist on the demilitarization of, the Golan Heights of Syria, which not only served as a launching platform for Syrian shells aimed at Israel but also controls one of the sources of the River Jordan, which the Arabs have threatened to divert. For their part, the Israelis hold out, among other...
...doing portraits of bar patrons along Tokyo's Ginza (at 280 apiece), he studied older graphic techniques, and from them evolved his own distinctive style, in which he scratches directly on a metal plate with an etching needle to obtain a nervous, dramatically blurred line. "Why do Westerners insist that Japanese artists remain 'quaint' and 'traditional' in order to fit their image of artistry in Japan?" he asks. "We dress just as Americans do; we drink Coca-Cola just as they do. An artist's work is composed of various sources. They include tradition...
...chandelier in the lounge-and a main floor men's room copied from Napoleon's campaign tent, with toilet paper in saddle bags and spigots of 18-karat gold. No two guest rooms are alike, and once a guest settles on a favorite, he is likely to insist on the same room year after year. Three suites are patterned after the chambers of Louis XIV, XV and XVI. But Sophia Loren favors No. 414, the so-called Royal Suite, copied from Josephine's boudoir at Malmaison...
...Canadian officials refused for years to allow single-engine planes to begin transoceanic flights from their airfields because the ensuing air-sea rescue missions were costing Canada too much time and money. Now that the planes and pilots are better, the Canadians have relaxed their regulations, but they still insist that every small plane undergo a thorough pre-takeoff inspection at Moncton...
...Oilman H. L. Hunt, a former director of Hunt's far-right Life Line Foundation, and a member of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, an ultra-conservative political-action group. Unremittingly hostile to Government involvement in health care, Dr. Rouse still refuses to treat patients who insist on being billed through a Medicare agency. Attacking Government programs that he considers to be threats to private practice, he declared in his inaugural address: "We must increase the effectiveness of our opposition...