Word: insist
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Economists are divided over the future course of the U.S. currency. Most insist that the dollar is unlikely to fall much any time soon. Data Resources' Eckstein expects the dollar to drop at an annual rate of 3% to 4% over the next several years. "Those are small changes," he says. But a few economists predict that the U.S. currency could fall just as rapidly as it has risen. Stephen Maris, former chief economic adviser to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris, warns that when the dollar does drop, it may come crashing down. He believes...
Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III, last week called the new pamphlet "a powerful, literate document." He said, "It breaks new ground in that it talks about the legal definition of rape, and it tries to encourage the survivor to insist as dignity...
...Cuban aid Williams writes about in directed toward Namibia's northern neighbor, Angola. What Williams should have written is that Zimbabwe does not believe that the United States should insist that the withdrawal of the 20,000 Cuban troops that currently reside in Angola can be a condition of any plan for Namibian independence. Expected by President Reagan, this policy is an example of what Mugabe calls "the United States's tendency to view African political struggles strictly in East-West terms...
Audiences will undoubtedly walk into Daniel thinking about the Rosenberg case and view the movie as a statement about the Rosenbergs. Ironically though, both Lumet and Doctorow downplay the parallel with the Rosenberg case, and consequently any social or political aspects of the film. For instance, they insist that the opening scene--a striking closeup of Daniel detachedly and encyclopedically describing the procedure of electrocution--is an artistic device. Lumet, who directed the film in addition to co-producing with Doctorow, calls the scene an interior monologue, designed to reveal how Daniel is objectively attempting to make sense of what...
Chinese officials insist that the transfer of power from one generation to another is irrevocable. If one believes them, as they try to believe themselves, then this new National People's Congress may have real power, may mark a change to a Chinese system of checks and balances, Congress checking on government, both checking on party, party interacting on both...