Word: insist
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...soaring rhetoric, though stirring, seems to float above the realm of the practical. "We believe in only the government we need," Cuomo says frequently, "but we insist on all the government we need." An elegant phrase, but hardly a coherent philosophy of governing. In practice, Cuomo rarely makes the distinction between only and all. What Cuomo will tell you, though, is that government has an obligation to assist the homeless, the infirm, the destitute, to serve the poor without ravaging the middle class. "I didn't come into this business to be an accountant," he says. "I came into this...
While diplomats try to gauge the political effects of Chernobyl, nuclear experts have renewed their search for safer atomic power systems. Many engineers and scientists argue that well-designed existing reactors are safe by any reasonable standards, but others insist that it will take a new generation of machines to ease people's fears and restore their confidence. "Chernobyl was the Hindenburg of the current nuclear power business," says Lawrence Lidsky, an M.I.T. nuclear engineer, referring to the 1937 explosion of a German dirigible that ended the use of hydrogen in lighter- than-air passenger craft. "People simply...
Fiat executives question the fairness of the U.S. move, since other firms that may have Libyan shareholders are not being penalized. They also insist that their Libyan directors have never tried to influence the way the company does business. Says Nicolello: "They behave like Swiss bankers." Maybe so, but the Gaddafi connection could be a continuing source of trouble for his unwilling business partners at Fiat...
Though parents pay the bills, precocious youngsters often insist on making decisions in matters of taste and style. Partly because of their exposure to TV and music videos, retailers say, the kiddies can be adamant about what is and is not in vogue. Notes Susanna Hart, manager of Little Me in suburban Atlanta: "The child comes in and says, 'This is what I want. I won't wear anything else.' These are very opinionated children...
While national security concerns are often taken into account on sensitive stories, news editors insist that the final decision on what to publish must be their own. Casey has contacted the Post six times in the past year with objections to specific articles, according to Post editors, and in one case the paper killed the story. Others argue that Casey's campaign is misdirected. "The public has the idea that the press is constantly breaking secrets," says A.M. Rosenthal, executive editor of the New York Times. "The reality is that it is the U.S. Government and U.S. officials...