Word: insist
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...note that it was the President--who supports a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage--who sets policy. In the vice-presidential debate, Cheney had genially acknowledged the remarks of Senator John Edwards after he complimented the Cheneys for standing by their "gay daughter." Friends of the Cheneys insist that the Vice President was actually peeved by Edwards' remark, but chose to hold his tongue. "He was ostensibly being gracious," said a Cheney ally. "But he was really saying, 'You're a punk...
...ranging from the Greenville County School District in South Carolina to companies like Fortune Brands. According to Spitzer, roughly $800 million of the $1.5 billion in net income Marsh earned last year came from those dicey commissions. The complaint says Marsh would sometimes promise business to one insurer but insist a competitor provide an inflated bid to create an illusion of competition--even demanding a "live body" at presentations to prospective clients...
...vote elections by January 2005. With a word, he temporarily blocked the signing of the U.S.-designed interim constitution last spring because it gave too much power to minority Kurds and too little to Islamic law. When the elected assembly drafts a permanent constitution next year, he will insist it maintains Shi'ite dominance as well as strong national unity...
Michael Rogers’ “outing” brigade illustrates his proclivity towards the former, his insistence on its superiority and his willingness to impose it by force. The problems with his tactics are numerous: disrespect for privacy, insensitivity to personal choices and so on. Furthermore, though, they highlight the deep divide between the two camps. His actions are driven by a conviction that Mary Cheney, as a member of an oppressed group, should act out of loyalty for her cohorts. She should be a good ally and use her position of relative power to insist upon full...
...point is not to lambaste Cambridge residents, who, by and large, are so chill that it’s not even funny. Rather, I hope to take aim at the few, the proud—the obstructionists—who insist upon cramping our style at absolutely every turn. I speak to those who doggedly and repeatedly stand in the way of making the university community—nay, the broader community—a better place...