Word: insist
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...plead with you because I no longer have the power to insist; you have left the space of open discourse for a self-regulating private haven...
Even supporters got nervous as Murdoch exploited permissive Australian accounting rules to run up $8 billion in corporate debt (vs. assets worth perhaps $20 billion), much of it short-term and in need of frequent refinancing. But Murdoch continued to insist to stockholders that "fortune does favor the brave." Says Steve Rattner, head of the media department at the investment bankers Lazard Freres: "Of all media moguls, Rupert has been the boldest. If Fox or Sky had crashed and burned, he would have burned too. He has an enormously strong constitution...
...Critics insist that Bennett, a conservative intellectual with an abrasive manner, simply burned out. "I don't understand this idea about declaring victory and quitting," said Democratic Representative Charles Rangel of New York, chairman of the House Narcotics Committee. "He must be smoking cigarettes without printing if he thinks he can lead me to any city, town or village and find anybody who will say, 'Thank you, Bill Bennett, there's light at the end of the tunnel.' " "Mr. Rangel," Bennett retorted, "is a gasbag...
Administration officials insist that any impression of confusion or vacillation is unfair. Since the crisis began in early August, the President has been consistent about his bottom line. Says one White House official: "We thought our message was simple enough, that we'd like Saddam to withdraw peacefully but that we will kick him out if he doesn't. But we've learned that that's too complicated for most reporters to understand...
...Washington also seems genuinely undecided on some points, notably when and on what evidence it might conclude that the embargo has failed and war should be the next step. Some experts insist that the sanctions are working; others contend it will take months to a year or more before their effect is felt. Who really knows? And are they saying what they know...