Word: insist
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...radical, unilateral American departure from the rules that have governed the strategic competition between the superpowers for two decades. As seen from Moscow, it is bound to look like an attempt to create an invulnerable sanctuary from which the U.S. can attack the Soviet Union with impunity. American leaders insist, of course, that they would never consider such a thing, but the Soviets will not believe such protestations. Instead, they will see the U.S. indulging in a deadly combination of ambitions-better offense, better defense-that the Soviets are sure to try to match...
...being asked to leave the room, if necessary, so that consultants can have a free and open exchange on pay matters." Nonetheless, a leading former investment banker argues that even more needs to be done. Says he: "Questions should be asked about compensation at all levels. Shareholders should insist that compensation committees be composed of outside directors free to make comparisons, use consultants and make independent judgments." If high-level executive salaries keep rising steeply, more people will be asking those million-dollar questions more loudly. -By Stephen Koepp Reported by Paul A. Witteman/Detroit and Adam Zagorin/New York
...considered buying plants from Kaiser Steel, but backed out after deciding that the facilities were outdated. Last year the Japanese firm broke off negotiations to buy Ford's Rouge Steel unit, mainly because the United Auto Workers would not make wage concessions. This time Nippon Kokan did not insist on a new contract with National's steelworkers, though they make an average of $21 an hour in wages and benefits, compared with $11.60 an hour for their counterparts at the Japanese company...
...period of the Games, an existing ban on Soviet airliners carrying passengers into the country and has granted permission for a Soviet ship to be used as a floating hotel. Administration officials maintain that they were justified in denying a visa to a suspected KGB official but insist that they would grant "unhindered entry" to accredited athletes. Privately, some officials acknowledge that the U.S. embassy in Moscow made a mistake in stating that Soviet athletes needed visas instead of identity cards, but they emphasize that the matter could have been sorted out quickly and quietly...
State regulators are caught between a public that wants rates to stay down and telephone companies that insist they need price increases. Raising telephone rates for any reason, however rational, is an act with potential political consequences. Moreover, determining "true cost" is difficult, since the phone companies and the regulators disagree on the elements that go into it. Regulators cannot lightly reject requests for more money, because the phone companies must now earn a competitive rate of return on capital to attract investors. Says John Arcate, NYNEX's director of regulatory matters: "Regulators are more important to us than...