Word: insist
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...course, the students could use some help bringing down their use, particularly of electricity. Overheated (or underheated) rooms are not just uncomfortable, but wasteful. Although the superintendents insist windows should never be opened to dispense of excess heat, few students are willing to live in a sauna...
Shuster and Eppard insist that he has done nothing special for his longtime aide or her clients. But the real value of effective lobbyists is the ability to make a member of Congress pay attention to the causes they promote. At a conference committee on highway legislation last fall, Shuster rankled some in the Senate by tying up talks for weeks with his demands to loosen the federal restriction that keeps billboards off scenic roadways. The billboard industry is both an Eppard client and a leading Shuster contributor. One question that Common Cause may ask the ethics committee to investigate...
...career, to share power or work harmoniously for others. Diller himself doesn't sound unduly deferential when he describes his drive to succeed: "A lot of it has to do with willfulness, whether you're capable of imposing your will on the process. To the extent that you insist, you at least have a prayer...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: President Clinton today called Fidel Castro's regime "repressive and violent," and announced a list of sanctions designed to send a stern message to Havana. Clinton was responding to the downing of two Cessna aircraft by Cuban MiG jets last Saturday afternoon. Cuban leaders insist that the two planes, belonging to an anti-Castro organization "Brothers to the Rescue," were in Cuban airspace, and were warned to turn back. Clinton Monday unveiled a battery of punitive measures against Cuba. Included were proposals to compensate the families of the downed airmen with funds from frozen Cuban assets...
...years of arcane academic research, don't forget to make frequent copies of your records, and keep them in a safe place. If you're not going to keep copies, at least don't keep all of your research in the same place. Well, if you insist on keeping your work all in one place, then never let it out of your sight. Keep it with you at all times...