Word: insist
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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When your landlord starts to insist that he be referred to as the Dalai Lama, when he suspects that the geese on his estate are trying to put spells on him, and when he becomes convinced that he is always under government surveillance, it's time to consider finding a new place to live. But when someone who is so obviously delusional is also a gun fanatic with deadly aim and has an arsenal that includes weapons ranging from a .38 revolver to an armored personnel carrier, moving is imperative...
Most notably of all, as chair of the Standing Committee on Athletics, Lewis continued to insist publicly that the College was giving equal support to male and female athletes when records showed that the University was spending twice as much on men's sports as on women...
...company fears too that in a market such as California, spending on research would create a competitive disadvantage. "One thing I have to insist on as a company is a level playing field," says Health Net's Dr. Popik. "I can't afford to pay for it if my competitors won't pay for it. If you want to do it through a tax, that's fine...
BEIJING: Chinese officials arrested and ordered the expulsion of U.S. diplomat Bradley Gerdes on charges of spying in restricted military areas. Gerdes was arrested along with Kenji Maetani, his Japanese counterpart, while traveling through the southern town of Suixi. U.S. officials insist the two diplomats were traveling with the permission of the Chinese government. So why the expulsion? Beijing bureau chief Jaime FlorCruz reports that the Chinese may simply be retaliating for the Clinton Administration's decision to grant a transit visa to Taiwanese Vice President Li Yuan-zu: "Such moves pique China, because in Beijing's view...
Exhibit A for supporters of the new policing is New York City, where major crime--murder, rape, robbery, auto theft, grand larceny, assault and burglary--is in something like statistical free fall, dropping 17.5% last year. Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and his police commissioner, William Bratton, both insist that the reason is their devotion to new ways of doing police business. John DiIulio Jr., a professor of politics and public affairs at Princeton University, says that since the mid-'80s top brass who embrace a similar shift in philosophy have risen to key positions in cities all around the country...