Word: insist
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...latter, commanders in the field insist that at least 750,000 men will be required to permit the allies to seal off the South's sievelike borders and to send perhaps two divisions into the Mekong Delta, the southernmost section of the country. "Something has got to be done in the delta or you aren't going to win this war," said a high-ranking U.S. officer in Saigon. "Half the people in the country live there. We've got to control the delta, but we haven't got the men to send in there...
Opponents insist that the use of class ranks has the effect of increasing pressure and competition for grades at the expense of more relevant aspects of education. While the trend at Harvard and at universities all over the country has been to de-emphasize grades, the effect of considering them in determining deferments has been to increase their importance. Thus, it is argued, class ranks must not be sent to the draft board, even if indirectly, or students will naturally seek out easier, more familiar, and less challenging courses...
Apart from this potentially damaging effect on the student, some class rank opponents believe that the use of ranks by Selective Service means interference with university autonomy. They insist that the draft has become a major consideration in the formation of academic policy, not only at Harvard but at all universities, and that ranks must be discontinued if operations are to return to normal...
...exempt status, the National Geographic is able to offer lower advertising rates than its competitors, Holiday and Venture. Much of this untaxed income, to be sure, is plowed back into exploration and research that are not always written up in the magazine. Still, Geographic's competitors insist that the deal is unfair...
Amelia Earhart helped found Northeast Airlines 35 years ago, and some critics insist that that was the highest Northeast ever flew. Its equipment included the oldest DC-3s flying regular service in the U.S. Schedules through and out of New England were as patchy as a Cape Cod fog, baggage and reservations were often scrambled. Anguished anecdotes about Northeast service became a fad. There was, for instance, the plane that loaded up and then sat for so long on the apron that passengers joked to one another about not having a pilot. As it turned out, they didn...