Word: insists
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...said that he ought to resign from his position as Secretary of the Treasury unless he was in sympathy with the Bonus Bill and the Tax Bill as we had passed them. That, I insist, is a fair statement. He ought not to administer a law unless he can 'do it fairly. That is what I said, and I repeat...
Unhappily there is, within this warlike island; another party, whose outcries sound strangely familiar. These excited folk insist on making their new Republic "100 per cent French." Already there are more than 10 per cent of foreigners, mostly Americans, who spoil all the walters with their ill-proportioned tips, and all the landladies with regular payments. Almost as bad, "American is the language most commonly and most vociferously spoken" in the cafes and restaurants. In view of these outrages, the Isle Saint Louis proposes to appeal to the League of Nations. Americans who may visit Paris in the near future...
...events have brought into the limelight. "We are not among those who say upon all occasions: 'Keep silent and obey;' but we do believe that discussions at the present time are most in opportune." Eventually Benito came hurrying home to slap the hands of the naughty and insist upon discipline, quiet and obedience within the Fascista Party. Deputy Rocca, close friend of Benito and one of the 52 founders of the Party in 1919, dared to answer Benito back. Benito expelled him from the party, stating that his attacks upon Signor de Stefani could only be termed "libelous...
...accept the Monroe Doctrine in practice, but many would object violently to initial it as a sign of their formal approval. Other nations would object similarly to "O. K.'ing" our immigration policy, whatever it may finally turn out to be. And some would be almost certain to insist that if we could write our preferred policies into the Court Covenant they could do the same for their preferred policies-in which case, probably, clashing policies would prevent any agreement...
Dates in the past most Congressmen are content to leave to historians, but they insist in having their say concerning future dates. A controversy came to a head over a date which the House...