Word: insist
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...insist on an immediate apology for Powell's invitation, in the form of a public reaffirmation of the University's commitment (now sadly in doubt) to the full and equal rights of--specifically--its gay and lesbian faculty, staff and students. As proof of Harvard's good faith in this, we further insist that you speak out at commencement to dissociate our university from General Powell's bigotry. D.A. Miller, Professor of English Barbara Johnson, Professor of English and Comparative Literature Jeffrey Masten, Instructor in English Phillip Brian Harper, Assistant Professor of English and Afro-American Studies Frederick Neuhouser, Assistant...
...talk of cost containment, doctors and nurse practitioners insist that money does not affect how they treat patients. Care providers on the front lines say they don't know the costs of the different procedures and tests they can perform, and most say they don't want to know...
...never to do anything else for himself and who expects his wife to pamper him the same way. Young women are putting off marrying the Fuyuhikos as long as they can. Older women who married Fuyuhiko types decades ago sometimes express their resentment at the bitter end: they insist that they be buried in individual graves rather than alongside their husband, a practice called shigo rikon -- divorce after death...
...inquiry concluded that Andreotti's Sicilian protege had links to the Mafia. The next day Andreotti turned up at an army barracks to be interrogated in the Operation Clean Hands probe. Another ex-Prime Minister, Arnaldo Forlani, was ! also placed under investigation for allegedly illegal party financing. Both men insist they are innocent...
...work, Administration officials disclosed details of the plan that they hope to unveil in mid-May. The White House proposal, which would provide basic benefits for all Americans, including the 37 million who lack coverage, emphasizes the ability of citizens to choose their own doctors. In fact, officials insist, many Americans would have more choices available to them than they have with their current coverage...