Word: insist
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...been ordered to close eight of its foreign offices and that its charitable activities will be confined to the kingdom. The Saudis also plan to bring three other major charities to heel--al-Rabita, the World Muslim Youth League and the International Islamic Relief Organization. Some U.S. officials insist that the Saudis will have to do still more to break a pattern of appeasing Islamic militants. Yet acting forcefully would represent a risk for the House of Saud, which has long drawn legitimacy from deeply religious Muslims...
Once a complaint reaches schools, though, those schools need to do all they can to pressure the brands that they license—in this case, Lands’ End—to insist on improvements at the factory. Lands’ End at first refused to respond to the allegations and then denied the WRC’s claims. Hopefully they will begin to cooperate with the WRC to resolve the problems at Primo. Harvard should keep a close eye on Lands’ End, their licensee, and do whatever it can to get Lands?...
...minutes to help install a wiring harness might need only 90 seconds, meaning he or she could do another job--if allowed. But at some Big Three plants, assigning a new task to a worker requires consulting the local union leader, who might approve the extra job but insist on a quid pro quo--say, extra break time. Such complications can make it more costly to adjust the vehicle mix--leading to unsold vehicles and requiring more profit-eating 0% financing...
...insist and insist again, by Vague Generalities. We abhor V.G.s, we skim right past them, we start wondering what kind of C to give from the first V.G. we encounter; and as they pile up we decide C- (Harvard being Harvard, we do not give D’s. Consider C- a failure). Why? Not because they are a sign the student does not know the material, or hasn’t thought creatively, or any of that folly. They simply make tedious reading. “Locke is a transitional figure.” “The whole...
...elevated levels of stress. A good way to avoid that, says Melanie, "is to make sure at the start you're getting married for the right, solid reasons"--and not, she adds, to make a social statement. Melody and Ali say they have considered the challenges they face and insist their marriage isn't just youthful idealism. "The bigger challenge for us is that I'm Catholic and he's Muslim," says Melody. "So we've thought this through." --With reporting by Anne Berryman/Athens, Ga.; Jeanne DeQuine/Miami; and Constance Richards/Greenville...