Word: insisted
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...among yuppies not known for frivolity, is a legitimate question. "A woman in the record industry wearing a miniskirt is one thing, but a woman district attorney pleading her case in the courtroom is another," says Sylvia Percelay, a designer at Bullock's in California. A bit defensively, designers insist that strong-shouldered jackets will instill the image of serious intelligence, despite the drafty little skirts. Few women buy that. "Power shoulders, power lunches maybe, but not power flesh," says Linda Aronson, 28, a marketing executive on Wall Street who will save her skimpy skirts for weekends. Perennial Model Cheryl...
...They insist on writing their own songs and the funniest scenes in this movie are their brainstorming sessions, which reveal their utter lack of talent. "There's a wardrobe of love in my eyes," Beatty sings, "Come look around and see if there's something your size...
...proposed bill is designed to "get tough" with companies that insist on keeping ties with countries that allow "the horrors of apartheid to continue," Slate said...
...difficult to draw firm conclusions from random interviews, but it is obvious that many Afrikaners regard the traditional apartheid as doomed. They anticipate significant changes and, though anxious and apprehensive, insist they are ready to cope with them. Whether they are really ready is another question...
...political coffers for 1988. But the lingering 1984 debt remains an annoying distraction. U.S. marshals made surprise raids on two Los Angeles-area Hart fund raisers last week, seizing the receipts on behalf of a small ad agency that is owed $165,900 from 1984. Hart's aides insist, with seeming validity, that 1988 campaign funds cannot be garnisheed. At week's end, however, the money remained in the marshals' custody...