Word: insistences
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...partly as a result of this office, University officials insist all is well between Cambridge and its largest landowner...
...although many professors say they would like students to leave Harvard well-versed in the cannon, they insist it is not up to the University to impose upon students one particular body of knowledge...
Turkish officials, who say they are sacrificing $250 million annually in lost pipeline fees, insist that Iraq will get only humanitarian aid -- not cash -- in exchange for its oil. They promise to refine and use the oil domestically, so it will not upset the world petroleum market. The very idea of limited oil sales for Iraq is anathema to the U.S. But Washington will reluctantly go along with the Security Council plan because the U.S. does not want to offend Turkey, an important friend that allows American jets based on its soil to patrol Iraqi airspace. "Turkey is a good...
...Britain insist that Iraq must first comply with every condition in the U.N. resolutions that ended the Gulf War. Baghdad argues that its recent cooperation with U.N. arms inspections is compliance enough. But U.S. officials doubt Saddam has renounced his dreams of regional dominance. Moreover, he is violating the U.N. resolutions on two key points by refusing to acknowledge Kuwait's independence and by committing human-rights violations against Iraq's Kurds and Shi'ites. Says Secretary of State Warren Christopher: "The stakes are too high to give Iraq the benefit of the doubt or to let our policy...
...inspectors insist on long-term monitoring to make sure Iraq does not resume development of mass-destruction weapons once sanctions are eased. "The Security Council does not trust Iraq's intentions," says Ekeus, "and for as long as that suspicion continues, we will continue our monitoring efforts...