Word: insists
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...horse; 1931 (2,472,000 cars) left the motor industry looking rather sheepish; 1932 (1,431,000 cars) made monkeys of those who had high hopes for an automobile comeback. To the Chinese, 1933 was the Year of the Cock, but U. S. motormen would have the right to insist that it was the Year of the Automobile...
...Bolivar E. Kemp has been elected as a representative to Congress by the Sixth Louisiana District. The circumstances of her choice should be interesting to all those who insist that Fascism can never come in the United States. Mrs. Kemp was the only candidate; the Senator had insured that this would be the case by forbidding any primary elections in the district. Nat Tycer, a courageous judge who issued an injunction against the balloting, did not succeed by this mere constitutional device, and he called out several hundred special deputies to insure that it would not take place. Well...
Announcing New York's ban. Health Commissioner Wynne thoughtfully reminded women & girls who insist on darkening their brows and lashes that they may still enjoy the harmless though perishable effects of eyebrow pencils or mascara...
...Saturday Review's personal column started when Poet Louis Untermeyer returned from a trip to Sardinia with a donkey which he wanted to sell. He accepted Editor Canby's suggestion to advertise it in the Saturday Review. Editor Canby and Colyumist Morley insist that none of the advertisements is written in the office...
...parents' names, most of the lyrics in Whether a Dove or Seagull have a determinedly casual stance which suggests a male forbear: U. S. Poet Robert Frost, to whom the authors acknowledge an obvious debt in their dedication. Like him, they refuse to sentimentalize their fondness for nature, insist on its hostility to humans as well as its charm. But while robust Poet Frost nevertheless finds permanent solace among his Vermont hills and pastures, in the minds of Poets Warner & Ackland the bryony and woodbine of which they are fond are entangled with feelings of transiency which wither much...