Word: insistences
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...directs an advanced institute for Judaic scholarship, where -- rare for Israel -- orthodox and secular thinkers study together in an atmosphere of mutual respect. Appended to the institute is a high school, an expression of Hartman's intention to transform Israeli religious thought from the bottom up. The students there insist (not unlike John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd as the Blues Brothers) they are on a mission from God. "At most places religious education is authoritarian," one 17-year-old said recently. "Here we are encouraged to think for ourselves. When we graduate we will be ready to crush the religious...
...Pony Down were unraveling in the mid- 1980s following the jailings of their leaders, they were being quickly and silently replaced by far more sophisticated and highly secretive business operations. Taylor's findings contradict the sanguine attitude of fifth-term Mayor Coleman Young and his political allies, who insist that the Motor City no longer has a serious gang problem. Says inspector Benny Napoleon, who monitors gang activity for the Detroit police: "We have nothing remotely resembling a large, well-organized gang...
...Jews are ensconced in separate areas of Jerusalem's walled Old City. Two weeks ago, the fragile demographic arrangements were shattered when 150 Jewish radicals moved into St. John's Hospice, a four-building complex in the city's Christian Quarter owned by the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate. Church officials insist the move was illegal. Both sides faced off in the courts and on the streets as rioting crowds disrupted the Easter, Passover and Ramadan holidays...
...torn between their early commitment to Nelson and a desire to get behind Chiles, are hoping Nelson will drop out in time to run for re-election to his House seat. The deadline is May 11. In Texas, Mattox has announced he will support Richards. Still, Democrats like White insist they will never endorse Richards, never support her and never vote for her. That is Texas Tough but Democrat Dumb...
...alcohol-fueled rites of spring break are sparking fresh criticism of % aggressive college marketing by brewers. The beer companies insist that they target only students who are legally old enough to drink. But because the legal drinking age is 21 in all 50 states, many students fall under the limit. Brewers often engage in promotions that fail to distinguish among students of different ages. Miller Brewing, for example, sponsors Friday afternoon beer bashes for 2,000 students at the University of Colorado in Boulder. Until local high schools complained that their students were tanking up at the free pours, university...