Word: insist
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...whether his plan protects U.S. interests. We insist there will not be a lasting peace in the region if there is no democracy, as long as the people of Central America cannot freely choose their leaders. The only reason the contras are not included in the negotiations is that the Nicaraguan government would not accept this condition. We have to be realistic. If we want to achieve peace we cannot establish conditions that we know are unacceptable. It is possible that the peace proposal is not ideal for the contras. But they have agreed with...
...risk for peace." As he sees it, the plan is a "balanced proposal" that, at best, could bring an end to nearly a decade of bloodshed in the region. At worst it would call the Sandinistas' bluff, perhaps exposing them as the hard-line Communists they frequently insist they...
With Rogers in place, the 25,607 voting participants at the denomination's annual meeting in St. Louis turned to the report of a "Peace Committee" that was set up in 1985 to mediate between two S.B.C. factions. On the right, the Fundamentalists insist on inerrancy -- in essence, a literal interpretation of the Bible. The old-guard moderates, whose hold on denominational agencies and seminaries is steadily weakening, tolerate less rigid views...
Country music now holds about 10% of the recording market (down from 15% in 1981). Nashville music executives insist, however, that everything is turning around. Forecasts like that are as reliable as the 6 o'clock weather, but at the moment Nashville seems to have the talent to back up its boast. "I know that country music is going out to a lot of kids," Travis says. "You see a lot of teenagers and even little kids who know the words to the songs." There still may not be an overabundance of youth at a typical country concert...
...views. Neither, until his own departure in February, was former White House Chief of Staff Donald Regan. As members of the Reserve Board have resigned, retired or fulfilled their 14-year terms, the Administration has gradually replaced them with appointees who have favored more expansionary policies. Reserve Board insiders insist that relations between Volcker and the newcomers never deteriorated into antagonism. But, says one, "he obviously didn't have the control he had before...