Word: insist
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...cowboy murderer" or a "Texas assassin," who has "turned Viet Nam into a slaughterhouse." A middle-reading Athens journalist accuses Johnson of "blatant Goldwaterism." When it is pointed out that, had he lived, Kennedy would have had to make many of the same moves as Johnson, most foreign critics insist that he would have handled them differently, with more finesse. They concede that Johnson is brilliant in domestic affairs, though they don't really care much about that, but insist that he is heavy-handed or simply not interested in foreign affairs, particularly as regards Europe...
...Does Is Run. Statistics aside, there is no way to fix Brown's place among the great running backs of history-except to say that he is different. Somebody will always insist that Jim Thorpe or Johnny Blood or Bronko Nagurski or Red Grange or Steve Van Buren was the best runner who ever lived. Thorpe was flamboyant and unpredictable; he could be very good when the notion struck him-or very, very bad; he was always at his best when he had a bet riding on the game. Nagurski was a runaway truck who was lucky...
Bernstein's remarks on Wednesday indicated that the Group of Ten is rapidly moving toward a consensus in this first and crucial stage. France is expected to insist in general terms that any new system for reserve creation impose greater discipline on deficit countries like the U.S. and Britain...
...kick tires and slam doors, the truckmakers rely on aggressive bell-ringing salesmanship. The fleet owners, the largest of which are A.T. & T., Hertz and REA Express, account for 30% of all sales. They care less about chrome than about axle ratios and operating costs, unlike auto buyers insist on vehicles that will easily run 400,000 miles without major overhaul. All the salesmen's calls and painstaking demonstrations for show-me truckers are worth the effort, however. Depending on optional equipment, truck sales run as high as $130,000 per vehicle, with commissions to match...
Booth describes SDS as multi-purposed, he does insist that a settlement in Vietnam must precede action in any other area. To further the war effort, President Johnson has made an alliance with Right-wing forces which has turned the national mood against welfare programs and other progressive actions. In addition, priorities on resources have been given to the military instead of advancing the War on Poverty. "President Johnson is in bed with the wrong people," he concluded...