Word: insist
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...government’s apparent reluctance to yield under this scrutiny makes Staples’s decision to keep mum on Darfur all the more misguided. This not to say that Staples was wrong to insist international diplomacy should come first—it certainly should...
...this logic, there should be no objections against the Yale senior, Aliza Shvarts, for her art exhibition reported nation-wide last week, which may have included footage of multiple artificially induced abortions. If one argues that abortion should be safe and legal, then he cannot, in the same breath, insist that he hopes abortion is also rare...
Spurlock wouldn't be the first man to insist he's searching for something important to the world when he's really abandoning someone important...
...crumbled gorgonzola? Even growing up in New York City, my unrepresentative taste buds were apparent—I remember discovering in kindergarten, “Wait, most kids don’t crave dill pickles and garlic string beans?” To be fair, the conference did not insist on serving Moroccan tagines in cities where even vegetable burgers have trouble gaining a foothold. The “dessert-flips” (think more fruit, less cheesecake) demonstrated under the instruction of Stephen Dufree—pastry chef at the French Laundry—and the Turkish Roasted Eggplant...
Many Democrats insist that prejudice is keeping women and minorities out of politics and business. In this frame, their presidential candidates are appealing. If Senator Barack Obama wins the nomination, racism will recede from the inner city. If Senator Hillary Clinton wins, sexism will exit the boardroom. According to these ideologues, economic success is tied to political success, and one must occur for the other to follow...