Word: insist
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...President was not getting enough counsel close to home, a chorus of tax advice descended on him last week from just about every other quarter. Some influential voices continue to insist on a tax increase, of course, such as those of Walter Heller, former chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, Harvard Economist John K. Galbraith and Chase Manhattan Bank President David Rockefeller. But the nays increasingly have...
...suit, the Missouri Supreme Court affirmed the doctrine of "sovereign immunity," which is rooted in the ancient adage that "the king can do no wrong." Thus, no American Government or its political subdivisions, including school districts, can be sued without its specific consent. Though some do consent, most states insist that school immunity is necessary to prevent public funds from being diverted to private plaintiffs. Urged to abolish immunity by judicial decree, the Missouri court balked on the ground that such decisions in other states have created legal "chaos." In Missouri, said the court, Terry Smith and other students will...
Nice Writing. All such differences complicate teaching. Yet the schools are "sex-neutral institutions" - and "unequals are treated as equals." Teachers expect first-grade boys to write as well as their girl classmates, even though their hand muscles are less developed. "I don't see any reason to insist that boys write just as nicely as little girls," says Edward Feeney, supervisor of elementary schools in Prince Georges County, Md. Teachers also expect boys to progress at the same pace. "Why shouldn't boys take longer to go through the elementary school?" asks Elizabeth Wilson, a Montgomery County...
Getting Even. A basic problem, insist Education Professors Jean Grambs and Walter Waetjen of the University of Maryland, is that "women literally do not know that they use words differently, structure space differently, perceive persons and reality differently from men." They may not be aware that they "value neatness and cleanliness above intellectual initiative," and tend to be "not only more prejudiced" than men but "more dogmatic about their prejudices...
Frei was quick to insist that the purpose of the deal is simply to end the "distorted exaggerations" in the market caused by speculation, and to assure "a stable and just price." How the "just price" would compare with the London rate (currently 53?) will probably not be known until next May, when details of the Frei-Kaunda agreement are to be worked out at another meeting-this one in Zambia. Just to make sure that the policies stick, Peru and the Congo will be invited to join the cartel, and thereby boost its control to 75% of the market...