Word: insist
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After over $30,000 of tuition and another four digits on textbooks, hundred-dollar sourcebooks can feel like the last straw. The most expensive of these packets of photocopies, topping off at over $150, seems downright extortionary. But despite appearances, Harvard officials insist that Harvard doesn’t skim anything off the top of its burgeoning sourcebook business. “No profit is made from the coursepacks, and both the copying and finishing costs are minimal,” says Harvard Printing and Publishing Services (HPPS) CoursePack Coordinator Geraldine Barney...
...even without something graver, the Bush Administration believes the old evidence is good enough to justify action. Administration officials argue that the issue of proof has gone topsy-turvy. They say Saddam has to prove he doesn't have banned weapons, but skeptics insist the U.S. needs to prove he is, in fact, hiding them. Hans Blix, the chief inspector hunting biological and chemical weapons, provided the White House with an unanticipated boost when his Jan. 27 report to the Security Council gave Saddam's cooperation low marks and complained that Iraq had shown no "genuine acceptance" of full disarmament...
...screen is a frail minority. Start with the money. The year's most profitable picture ($236 million on a $5 million budget) was My Big Fat Greek Wedding, with which Nia Vardalos proved that a woman could walk Sylvester Stallone's Rocky road: write a script, then insist that you star in it. Sweet Home Alabama ($127 million at the domestic box office) certified Reese Witherspoon's star magnetism. Sandra Bullock in Two Weeks Notice ($89 million) and Jennifer Lopez in Maid in Manhattan ($91 million) revived a staple, the Manhattan romantic comedy...
...particular investments and potential suitability violations like selling high-risk, high-commission stocks to safety-conscious retirees. Brokerages set trigger points according to each customer's attributes, such as age, net worth and level of investing knowledge. In the case of a false alarm (that retiree really did insist on selling all his bonds), no harm is done...
...nightclubs?won widespread public support. And when it appeared Thaksin was trying to engineer Purachai's resignation, Thaksin's own political mentor, Chanlong Srimuang, publicly backed the Justice Minister. By Friday, Thaksin backed down, niftily taking credit for keeping Purachai in the government?"He definitely won't quit, I insist"?while also heading off potential divisions in his party. There has, however, been no more talk of succession...