Word: insist
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...accused the demonstrators, however, of being "out of date." He said that those students who insist that the brunt of aggression is not from the North are no longer being realistic. "Even Hanoi no longer denies the assistance," he declared...
...closest advisers. Bobby Baker turned out to be a money-hungry charlatan. Walter Jenkins, Moyers' overworked predecessor as top staff man, was arrested in a Washington Y.M.C.A. men's room and booked on a morals charge. Moyers is honest, resilient and, above all, shrewd enough to insist on getting away from his man-killing job whenever possible. He insists on spending all the time he can with his family. Invited to Camp David for a weekend with Lyndon and his entourage on one occasion, he said: "I'm sorry, Mr. President, but my wife and I have...
...parading about with placards and chanting: "Hey, hey, L.B.J.! How many kids did you kill today?" These burning-eyed youths who set fire to their draft cards and urge others to do the same? These interpositionists who stand on railroad tracks to block U.S. troop trains? These professors who insist that the war in Viet Nam is no more than the struggle of the peace-loving peasant to win the national independence and personal free dom denied him by U.S. intervention? What are they? Are they pacifists in any real meaning of the word? Are they malingerers, humanists, enemy agents...
...ANTITRUST. To what extent can manufacturers restrict franchise retailers? Chevrolet dealers in Los Angeles sold new cars at bargain rates through dis count houses. By stopping them, argues the Government, General Motors restrained trade and violated the Sherman Act. The trustbusters insist that such franchise agreements hobble merchants across the country...
Opponents of PR insist that the system exerts a permanent divisive influence on the City. Instead of a coalition of interests, the majority ought to rule, they say. What they propose to replace PR with is the traditional non-partisan system of citywide primaries and general elections. In the primary the 18 candidates receiving the highest totals would be nominated for the general election; of these, nine would win in November...