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Word: insists (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Jews has harassed the statesmen of Europe and the Near East. In her proposal to create an independent Arab-controlled Palestine, Great Britain has arrived at a feasible solution of this seemingly insoluble post-war racial problem. Although granting the Moslems their ardently desired national state, England intends to insist that Jewish minority rights in the Holy Land be maintained...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LAND OF MILK AND HONEY | 3/1/1939 | See Source »

...will his teacher be? Parents well know that whether a school is Progressive or Traditional, palace or shack, a good teacher is still a good teacher and a poor one a menace to their children. To conscientious educators, who are everlastingly amazed that the same parents who insist on a fully qualified doctor will gamble on a teacher, improving the quality of the 1,000,000 U. S. teachers is the nation's No. 1 educational problem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: No. 1 Problem | 2/27/1939 | See Source »

Grounds: extreme mental cruelty. Exam-pie: "He would insist that the plaintiff would go out with him socially...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Shorts: Feb. 20, 1939 | 2/20/1939 | See Source »

...your report on my debate with Mr. Gannett [TIME, Jan. 23] you refer to "International Paper Company, which once owned stock in Gannett papers. . . ." According to all reports, including that of the Federal Trade Commission, the name of the firm is International Paper & Power Co. I must insist upon this point because, in the course of the debate, Mr. Gannett, too, tried to make a distinction between the Paper and the Power Company, as if they were separate enterprises...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 13, 1939 | 2/13/1939 | See Source »

...thing I insist on; I always do my own directing. Aside from that you may have a free hand. I tell you this show is terrific, sure-fire. It's a superb mixture of pathos and comedy. You can't miss and I am sending it to you first because I know you can tell the real thing when...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Playgoer | 2/8/1939 | See Source »

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