Word: insist
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...national and personal history, whereas the Holocaust was very foreign to this Southerner who knew no Jews until age 12. But I will not bear this burden; I was born with original sin in general, not the sin of slavery in particular. Some descendants of slaves may insist upon internalizing the pain of slavery--that is their choice. My choice--and I do have a choice--is otherwise. There is no "reciprocity imperative," at least concerning slavery per se. All the participants--perpetrators and victims--are dead...
...officials insist that time will transform the raw recruits into an effective authority. Now they lean heavily on 6,000 U.N. peacekeepers, but they will soon be expected to step in for the entire contingent--unless the Security Council approves Preval's urgent request to retain 1,800 for another six months. Even though the peacekeepers may serve only as a psychological deterrent, the Americans have been vital to U.N. credibility. But at the very moment when the country's insecurity is growing, the U.S. is leaving. A senior American diplomat familiar with Haiti says, "Of course...
...year life span, its purpose has changed along with its usefulness. As its motives for existence have gained in integrity, its necessity has all but vanished. Harvard has changed since the 1920s, and with that change has come the need for reading period reform. Why does Harvard insist on having exams after the vacation? Why does it seemingly remain a slave to tradition...
Gilchrist said that he believes that the council's lengthy debate has contributed to a high drop-out rate of representatives. He said that he would insist that council members develop resolutions in committee before presenting them before the entire council...
...Minister, Victor Chernomyrdin, visits Washington this week, it is appropriate, indeed essential, for the American government to make its views known on an area of Russian policy in which the U.S. and other countries have a legitimate interest as well as some influence: foreign policy. It is essential to insist on Russian compliance with treaties limiting nuclear and non-nuclear armaments and also vital to insist on Russian respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of its neighbors that were once republics of the Soviet Union and are now independent countries--especially the Baltic states and Ukraine...