Word: insistence
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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That would seem to overstate the case. But enough damage has been done, insist some White House insiders, that the whiz kid will have to wave some new magic wands and make the furor fade away if he is to keep his job. Warned one official: "He's got about a week or maybe two before another decision will have to be made." Predicted another top aide: "He's going to bleed to death." Already there was talk in the White House about finding a replacement for Stockman. That, however, will not be easy. Shaky as those elusive...
...real effort was made then by the Administration even to measure the potential depth of those objections. When Israeli Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir visited Washington in late February, he was told by Haig that some sort of aerial reconnaissance equipment might be sold to the Saudis; Israelis now insist that the warning was extremely vague. Israel had reconciled itself to the beefing up of the Saudi F-15s. Under the impression that this would be the main part of the package, Shamir expressed only ritualistic objection. His "I'm not worried" comment was then taken by the Administration to indicate...
...blended Finland's foreign policy with Moscow's, endorsing a Soviet-promoted nuclear-free zone in Scandinavia, refusing to criticize the invasion of Afghanistan and keeping silent on Soviet human rights abuses in Eastern Europe. In turn, Moscow allowed Finland autonomy on most internal affairs, although quietly insisting that the Communist-dominated Finnish People's Democratic League be included in government coalitions. Kekkonen's supporters insist that he alone was able to work out a relationship with Moscow that kept his country from simply being absorbed by its neighbor. "We have managed our own affairs," Kekkonen...
...involved in a holocaust that is not of our making. But I will not close the U.S. bases unilaterally. We want to work on a timetable for their removal, mutually agreed upon. [Meanwhile,] those bases are American and of necessity will be commanded by American officers. But we insist that there be a Greek officer in charge of information and control, so that no operation will be started from Greece against a third country with whom we have good diplomatic relations...
Dieting poses a whole set of different hazards, especially the quickie weight-losing schemes that separate U.S. dieters from a few pounds each year. Among the current In diets are the Pritikin, the Atkins and the Beverly Hills Diet. Nutrition experts insist that many fad diets are not really diets at all but bizarre and temporary ways of depriving the subject of adequate nutrition...