Word: insist
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...vaccinations so much as the possibly overwhelming effect they could have had on the immune system," says TIME science writer Christine Gorman. But because of the large number of variables involved, determining whether the mix contributed to a Gulf War Syndrome is still difficult if not impossible. Pentagon officials insist the vaccine, licensed by the FDA since 1970, is safe and effective. With UN inspectors still certain that Saddam Hussein is hiding anthrax powder, the Pentagon believes the benefits of prevention outweigh questions about the cure...
...Kyoto climate treaty, but he won?t make the mistake of submitting it for ratification just yet. The White House announced Thursday that it will delay sending the treaty to the Senate until the third world signs on to the greenhouse-gas-cutting effort. Developing nations, however, continue to insist that the industrialized nations, which are the worst offenders, must go first...
...work is so painstaking, Kovacevich says, that most growers insist on having women do the pre-harvest work...
Harvard students studying Japan today who are interested in Japan-related business jobs insist that Japan should not be written off--at least...
...their country is immune to terrorism, as they did for decades, and they are spending big money to fight the threat--more than $400 million in federal counterterror programs alone. State and local efforts are becoming more serious too; the New York City drill is an example. But experts insist the country is essentially insecure. The borders are porous, the government cannot keep track of routine visa violators, and the population is forever on the move. The U.S. is a sea into which evildoers can dive and remain submerged. Terrorists, like anyone else, have little difficulty obtaining guns...