Word: insist
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Clinch River's proponents insist (hat breeders are the only means that the U.S. has to guarantee itself an unlimited domestic supply of atomic fuel. But even this advantage may not justify the costs. "There won't be a shortage of conventional uranium for at least 50 years," says Jan Beyea, a physicist on the staff of the Audubon Society. "Certainly there is no urgent rush to get into breeder technology." President Jimmy Carter, worried about the proliferation of plutonium, tried to stop Clinch River. Even Budget Director David Stockman, while he was a Michigan Congressman, opposed Clinch...
While going along for the moment with Reagan's plans, the reformers insist that the Pentagon justify every expenditure and offer alternative approaches for some weapons systems, rather than presenting Congress with this-is-it-or-else choices. Congress is beginning to "fence in" military appropriations?that is, to vote money for a defense project only on condition that the Pentagon come up with solid evidence that it is practicable, potentially effective and not likely to suffer stunning cost overruns. Says Senator Hart: "If it doesn't make sense, if it's not cost effective, if they can't answer...
...Soviets, before the end of the year, on limiting medium-range nuclear weapons in Europe. Said Haig: "The charge that we are not interested in arms control or that we have cut off communications with the Soviets is simply not true." But he also said the Administration would insist on linking strategic arms negotiations to Soviet conduct around the world: "A policy of pretending there is no linkage ends up by saying that in order to preserve arms control we have to tolerate Soviet aggression...
...House staff, particularly National Security Adviser Richard Allen. The Secretary's staffers convey the impression that their boss is a man under siege, subject to criticism and sniping that goes well beyond the expectable vying for power between State and the White House. Reagan's top aides insist that Haig has plenty of friends and admirers in the White House, that his counsel is trusted, and that he has won more battles than he has lost. In a speech to the National Press Club last week, White House Chief of Staff James Baker interrupted a litany...
...their own defense, lawyers insist that most legal consumers, while expecting topflight legal expertise, have no idea what it costs to maintain a first-rate law firm. An up-to-date law library can cost upwards of $25,000 annually. First-year associates from the best law schools are now expecting salaries from $30,000 to $40,000 a year from large firms in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. What is more, telephone bills, rents, messenger services, copying equipment and supplies, plus new computerized billing and information systems, can push a law firm's overhead...