Word: insistency
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...Rockies insist that that story was somewhat overblown, and that not every player thumps the Bible behind the clubhouse doors. It's true that men's magazines and rap music are just as prevalent in the team's locker room as around the rest of the big leagues, but Christianity plays a key role in the makeup of the National League pennant winners. (And the Rockies could sure use a miracle now; they enter tonight's Game 4 of the World Series against the Boston Red Sox trailing 3-0.) "It's a strong faith group," says relief pitcher LaTroy...
...prospect of war with Iran is beginning to look real. The hardening of positions in both Tehran and Washington over the past week has brought relations to their lowest point since the Iran hostage crisis that began in 1979. Both sides insist that they seek no military conflict, but tensions on issues ranging from Iran's nuclear program to influence in Iraq and the Arab-Israeli peace process is turning their differences into all-out regional power struggle. Last week, Secretary of State Condeleezza Rice criticized Iran's "emboldened foreign policy" and "hegemonic aspirations," while asserting that the U.S. will...
...also a Crimson editorial editor. Brent Whelan, a member of both the task force and the neighborhood association, said he hopes working with undergraduates will result in a revitalization of his neighborhood. “I hope that you all, Harvard constituents and we in the community, can insist that Harvard hold true to that vision of a partnership and that we can really flesh that out in ways that are exciting,” he said. The discussion was hosted by the Allston Brighton Neighborhood Assembly, a group formed in February to give the area...
...Obey insists Democrats haven't abandoned that strategy - one way or another a change will be forced by next spring, he says, when the money starts dwindling for the troops. Republican Senators, he argues, "won't buy into exactly what we're pushing but they will insist that the President will adjust his policy...
...Redford was optimistic about the current generation, expressing his hope that this film would push people to start asking questions and insist that today’s leaders be upfront...