Word: insist
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...Muppet duo share a room; they inspire disguises at gay-pride events. Producers insist that they're just "good friends...
...unwanted," she says. "That is shameful." Germany's Jews accept that changes must be made, but insist they be consulted. For now, policymakers and the Jewish community have agreed to lower the volume and jointly honor the 6 million dead. - By William Boston Temporary Sanity SPAIN Spanish AIDS campaigners were surprised and delighted when Father Juan Antonio Martínez Camino, secretary-general of the Spanish Catholic Church's Episcopal Conference, appeared to reverse Church policy by approving the use of condoms to combat the spread of the disease. But less than 24 hours later - following reports that Camino...
...tempted to seek help from Iran. That said, the U.S. is well aware that the Iraqis will probably demand that the Americans start making plans to leave. In November the CIA's departing station chief in Baghdad sent a cable to Washington predicting that the new government would insist on a schedule for the withdrawal of U.S. troops. A State Department official tells TIME, "We always expected to face a request from the Iraqi government to have a specific timetable...
...think tanks want to do, they insist, is make the teaching of evolution more honest by bringing up its drawbacks. Who could argue with that? But the mainstream scientific community contends that this seemingly innocuous agenda is actually a stealthy way of promoting religion. "Teaching evidence against evolution is a back-door way of teaching creationism," says Eugenie Scott, executive director of the National Center for Science Education...
McLoughlin and Corker both insist that the media attention will not change the function of the job. Corker said he declined all requests for interviews, and has already scheduled a number of events for February including concerts in Loker Commons, a roller skating party “in the Van Wilder vein” and busses to the Beanpot tournament...