Word: insistences
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...taught economics at Connecticut's Trinity College for five years, later worked for the U.N.'s International Monetary Fund. He is an amateur artist, is so Americanized that he is known affectionately in Saigon's U.S. colony as "Jack Owen," after his last two names. Vietnamese insist that Oanh carries a U.S. passport, something on which the State Department cautiously refuses to comment...
...expect to be loved. We only insist on being tolerated-and feel more comfortable when those who tolerate us do it reluctantly...
...insist, as a rule, on setting up a wholly owned subsidiary right away. A local partner can smooth the start-up and lessen the risk while the U.S. company retains controlling interest...
...surprisingly, insurance companies increasingly insist that the standard homeowner's liability policy is not enough to cover a pool. The risk rate on more insurance seems low-one company typically charges only $37.50 a year for a $100,000 pool liability policy-but well-heeled owners, who may be sued for a packet, are more and more turning to a $50,000-deductible "umbrella" policy that covers everything from pools to boats for up to $10 million. For people who throw poolside parties and fret about the consequences, some companies charge a mere $250 for a one-night policy...
...Department of Defense, which ordered the satellites from Space Technology Laboratories, and the Atomic Energy Commission, which supplied their instruments, insist that they are only innocent research devices aimed at learning how to detect atom tests in space. They are, in fact, a nuclear testing control system already in successful operation. The satellites launched last fall have been working perfectly three months longer than their expected life; their builders think they will stay on the job for at least nine months more without giving trouble. The two that were fired aloft last week should have an even longer life...