Word: insist
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...book have been violently attacked by both the right and the left. Judging from the book's reception, it appears as if reality has become so painful that our society refuses to consider any serious artistic critique of itself. Lacking the integrity to admit our fear of freedom, Americans insist that artists censor themselves. In the case of books like Ellis's, our society has decided to kill the messenger...
...poses is entirely plausible. In 1983, Stanford University professor Terry Karl left her post at Harvard even after she won a sexual harassment case against a senior professor here. In this Saturday's Boston Globe, speaking on the record for the first time, Karl wrote, it is "strange to insist that Hill or any other woman must quit her job, not take advantage of job opportunities, or file a complaint in order to demonstrate her credibility in a sexual-harassment case." We agree...
...quest at times seems impossibly romantic, restorationists display a refreshing pragmatism. Rather than demanding that all hydroelectric dams be dynamited, river restorationists insist that power generators install fish ladders and adjust water flows to help salmon and trout reach upstream spawning grounds. Al Steuter, manager of the Nature Conservancy's 20,800- hectare (51,400-acre) Niobrara Valley Preserve in Nebraska, hopes to demonstrate how ranchers can run cattle on restored prairies without destroying them. After all, he asks, "what's the point of restoration if we have to station guards to protect the landscape...
...same conflict arises in the controversy over testing hospital patients for AIDS. Some people argue for mandatory testing; others insist that it be voluntary. But both groups seem concerned only with the patient's rights. "No one on either side wonders if the patient has a responsibility to his fellow human beings," says George Washington University sociologist Amitai Etzioni. "The language focuses almost exclusively on individual rights, which are quickly described as absolute and which are then disconnected from societal obligations...
...think the confirmation process, if you want me to go on to that, is a total mess. The Senate Judiciary Committee is ill-equipped to do the job. The Senators ask mostly dumb questions, and they insist on asking questions about how the nominee will vote on such and such an issue, which is entirely improper...