Word: insist
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...debate over the means of battling apartheid, Harvard activists insist upon complete divestment above all else. That insistence is founded on several bogus assumptions...
...center would not just be social, student proponents insist. It would also serve as a central place to help organize minority events, house libraries, hold meetings, and host similar activities...
Despite protestations to the contrary, union organizers around the Ivy League insist that the universities don't practice what they preach...
...Sandinistas, who this month made two incursions into the area, will have no excuse for further attack. It remained unclear last week where most of the estimated 15,000 rebels are now operating. The contras claimed that 12,000 of their troops have returned to Nicaragua. Sandinista officials insist that the rebels have retreated to areas farther inside Honduras, possibly to wait for new supplies. Either way, the Honduran army's effort, which included the occupation of Las Vegas, the main contra camp, reflected concerns about continuing to allow their country to be used as a staging ground...
...Administration was also under fire from many Costa Ricans, including several Legislative Assembly deputies, who are incensed that 21 U.S. military trainers recently arrived to instruct 750 civil guardsmen. Both U.S. and Costa Rican officials say that the three-month program is nothing more than routine police training, and insist that Costa Rica's neutral status (the country has no armed forces) will not be affected. But many in Costa Rica fear that the U.S. presence might signal the first step toward forming an army...