Word: insists
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...What of it? Your scaffolding is over hanging my property. I insist you take it down immediately...
...fall; boxboard men in general would give information only upon receiving TIME's promise that their identities would not be disclosed. TIME mentioned a possible merger between the Robert Gair Co. and the Container Corp. of America because several important boxboard men believe it will eventually happen, some insist negotiations have been begun. The present denial is accepted in good faith...
...bright, energetic young men who are selected for Rhodes Scholarships from U. S. universities appear to have curious careers once they arrive in England. Certain carping critics insist that the Scholars antagonize the British by their lack of even U. S. breeding, and are hence driven to seek their own disagreeable company. Gentler observers opine that the Scholars have not enough patience to pierce the British reserve. But whether or not there really are such conflicts as these, few can recall ever having heard of a Rhodes Scholar who was famed in England for anything more scholarly than his ability...
...course there are some tennis enthusiasts who insist that the professional players of today are not on the same level with the cream of the amateur racquet-wielders. They will probably receive a severe jolt when they watch Vincent Richards and Karel Kozelub perform at Germantown next fall, but even if they are correct the inevitable result of putting the two branches of the sport on an equal footing will be an equalizing one. The good results of open tournaments may not all be apparent from the very start; but they will inevitably come out to the everlasting benefit...
...foreign interests, as represented by the loans, had in any way been threatened. It is true that Haiti was not in arrears on any of her payments. They also claim that the republic's embarrassing financial position had been brought about by the bank and the railroad. They insist that the National City Bank was behind these two and had done everything in its power to bring about a pretext for American intervention, feeling that its interest would be furthered by American intervention, and hence not at all averse to any plausible excuse for forcing the hand of the State...