Word: insist
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...face (and predominantly conservative) talk radio. The Clinton scandal galvanized its core audience, and Fox seems the most reluctant of the three to let the story die. Last week it reported that Hillary Clinton no longer wants to be "in the same bed" with her husband. Yet Fox executives insist the channel is not a one-trick pony. "We're doing political and Washington news for people who like political and Washington news," says chief Washington correspondent Brit Hume. "That may be only a few hundred thousand people, but that's plenty...
...expressed verbally of physically. Rape may also include intercourse unwillingness or its prevented from resisting as a result of conditions including, but not limited to, those caused by the intake of alcohol or drug," The College however must clarity its position punishment for the act of rape; administrators insist that for all intents and purpose "dismissal" is the most serve punishment possible-and we fell that rape warrants that serve punishment. As long as "expulsion" remains on the books as an option, however confusion and frustration will linger...
...these don't grab you, create your own adventure. The important thing is to capture the excitement of connecting literary landscapes with real-life places--and to nourish your family's love of reading. And if your kids insist on stopping at an amusement park on the way, one more water slide probably won't kill...
Others, who insist that you must "earn your turns"--that is, ascend mountains on a pair of skis that have synthetic skins attached to the base for traction--find their own backcountry or hire guides. Jean Pavillard, a Swiss-born mountain guide whose Colorado tour service, Adventures to the Edge, leads such folks as trial lawyers and surgeons into avalanche country (up to $2,800 for a five-day group trek), says his clients are "addicted to risk management." He leads them into the back, where they are supposed to apply the three rules they follow in their own work...
...such a deception really fair? And what of our complicity? Why do so many of us insist on showing our parents only the superficial gloss? We've scanned today's class schedule searching for marquee professors, we'll proudly show-off the magisterial interior of Sanders Theatre, and we’ll probably even pretend that our House Masters know our names. What we should do is have our parents sit with us for an hour while we churn out a senseless response paper. That would give them a clearer picture...