Word: insistence
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...harsh tone, there are no signs that the Socialists and the Communists are moving toward an open break. However uncomfortable it may sometimes be for them, the Communists, who hold four ministerial portfolios, grudgingly support Mitterrand's economic austerity plan and recent incentives for private enterprise. They insist that they will remain in the government, come what may. Said Marchais: "Those who think that we are preparing to leave the government because of all this are entertaining false illusions...
...report blames the price hikes not only on the suppliers but on Pentagon purchasing agents for failing to insist on greater competition among parts manufacturers, and for not reforming contracting procedures to prevent absurd markups. In practice, Pentagon agents tend to prefer "sole source" contracts with a major manufacturer, who will acquire the parts from subcontractors and take a profit as middleman. When bids on parts are sought, the Pentagon's buyers often deem the competition "adequate" even if the only "bidders" are the prime contractor and one of its subcontractors, whose business often depends upon remaining on good...
...State Department seems to be unaware of the scope of the illicit deals. "We have heard these rumors of U.S.-supplied restricted military items getting to Iran for years," says Barbara Schell, the desk officer responsible for Iran, "but there is no proof." American diplomats insist that they do not secretly condone the shipment of arms to either of the belligerents in the three-year-old Iran-Iraq...
...Peking's plans are more cloudy than black and white. The Chinese insist, for instance, that the current talks concern only Peking and London. When Hong Kong's Governor, Sir Edward Youde, announced that he would attend the discussions as a representative of the colony's citizens, he was quickly upbraided. "Mr. Youde," said a Chinese statement, "can only represent the British government in the talks...
Like many institutions of higher learning. Harvard might best be described as a marketplace of ideas, engaged in the age-old business of dispensing grains of knowledge and pounds of cynicism in exchange for tons of money. While some officials might cringe at the analogy--or insist, at least, that Harvard be known as the Nieman-Marcus of the academic world--the University-as-store model can be tremendously helpful in understanding who's in charge around here...