Word: insist
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Mexican authorities insist that Cortez was merely held briefly for questioning. But Cortez told a Tucson news conference last week that he probably would have been killed if DEA agents in Guadalajara had not forced his release. Cortez, who claimed he was beaten and had chili juice and carbonated water forced into his nose, said a captor told him, "If you think this is bad, wait until we get you out into the country, and you'll see what Camarena went through." The reference was to DEA Agent Enrique Camarena Salazar, who was kidnaped and murdered in 1985. The Jalisco...
...sense. People are dying around us." Weistart, the Duke professor who criticizes drug tests for college players, feels that they are appropriate for professionals. "Pro sports is a commercial transaction involving huge amounts of money for both physical performance and public image," says he. "Owners have a right to insist on a fair exchange...
...believed that the city would remain divided forever," says President Von Weizsacker. "That the Wall remains after 25 years is probably the most important proof of the fact that our feelings of belonging together are as strong today as in the past." On the Eastern side, officials insist that the "German question" is closed forever and denounce any suggestion of reunification. But the longing is not dead among the population. A visitor to East Berlin was consulting a city map on a park bench when an elderly woman asked if she could look. "We can't get maps that show...
...dogs' well-organized lovers assail all such criticism of their pets as unfair. They insist that the pit bull is a friendly animal whose behavior depends on how it is treated and trained. Says Robert Rush of the Los Angeles department of animal regulation: "It's not a dog problem; it's a people problem." Contends Bill Leamer, an officer of Missouri's Sho-Me Pit Bull Club: "There's no dog that has a bigger heart. You can just feel the love coming from this dog." For those who have felt the pit bull's teeth rather than...
...steel plant. For the first time in 27 years, U.S. Steel, now a division of the newly renamed USX corporation, was shut down. In all, 23,000 members of the United Steelworkers union walked off their jobs at 16 plants in nine states, from Pennsylvania to Utah. The workers insist that the company has locked them out, while management calls the action a strike. By any name, predicts Union Spokesman Gary Hubbard, "it's going to be a long fight." The walkout began after negotiations on a new contract broke down. USX rejected a union offer of a wage freeze...