Word: insistence
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...said fine, but next year when we start fresh, we're going to upset the applecart, and we're going to insist on Cambridge's inclusion," Barrett said...
...Wavers insist that this flexibility has all but abolished the traditional business cycle. While they acknowledge that slumps can still strike certain weak industries, they regard broad downturns as largely a thing of the past. Says Edward Yardeni, chief economist for Prudential-Bache Securities: "The economy is now so huge, so diverse and resilient that adjustments take place that prevent economy-wide recessions...
Although many of the manufacturers targeted by Sokolof are revising their products, they all insist that the changes were long in the works. Says Joseph Stewart, a vice president at Kellogg, which in December began replacing the coconut oil in its Cracklin' Oat Bran cereal with a blend of cottonseed and soybean oil: "It would be impossible to do the R. and D. and change our ingredients overnight." But he concedes that "Mr. Sokolof did create a sense of urgency for us to move faster...
Through newspaper leaks, the U.S. accused a West German firm, Imhausen- Chemie, of secretly supplying expertise and materials for building the plant. German officials insist that their investigation has turned up no proof to support these claims, though they agreed to examine more of the U.S. evidence this week. Privately the Reagan Administration warns that it may name five West German companies, two in Switzerland and some in unidentified other European nations that are involved in the Rabta project if their governments do not cut off such help to Gaddafi...
...officials insist the ban is nothing more than a regulation designed to protect the public health. They see the law as nondiscriminatory, since all nations exporting meat to Europe must meet the same requirement. Such major beef exporters as Argentina, Australia, Brazil and New Zealand have agreed to ship only hormone-free meat to the Community, even though they may agree with the U.S. that the restriction is too broad...