Word: insistent
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Albany, in the last week before Notification, went the Democracy's champion Drys-Glass from Virginia, Daniels from North Carolina, George from Georgia, Walsh from Montana. Would they, could they, induce the Nominee not to insist again, in his acceptance speech, upon modification of Prohibition...
...product of stupidity, ignorance and immaturity. . . . We of Italian blood admire Amundsen as we admire all brave men. We regret his predicament as we regret the predicament of the "Italia" which has cost Italy the lives of several equally as brave if not as renowned men, but we must insist that Nobile is in no way responsible for Amundsen's predicament. . . . In view of such dirigible disasters as the Shenandoah. the Dismeale, the Roma and the R34 and especially the ZR-2, it is a wonder and marvel that the "Italia" stood up as it did buffeted by Arctic...
...Poincaré hoped that the U. S. would wait patiently, in view of the fact that France has not waited for ratification to begin paying her debt on the scale fixed by the Mellon-Berenger agreement. M. Poincaré's worry was this: that the U. S. would insist upon collecting the $400,000,000 War stocks debt, due this month, which will be refunded with the rest of France's debt to the U. S. as soon as the Mellon-Berenger agreement is ratified. The difference in annual payments is only the difference between...
...people of Palestine cannot and will not tolerate the present absolute colonial system, and urgently insist upon and demand an alteration...
...plans for further marathons, Milton Crandall expects to have teams composed of four persons, to allow no rest intervals, to insist on a higher standard of performance from each team. Critics suggested further developments in the game as follows...