Word: insists
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Americans felt a division of loyalties. The cry of freedom in Egypt, though exploited by hotheads and irresponsibles, had an ancient appeal; so did the hopeless, helpless stand of the Egyptian troops (see below). Yet the British, too, disliked their unhappy role. Their defense of the Suez Canal, their insistence on the sanctity of international contracts, and their efforts to preserve order-compromised though these might be by past errors-added up to a defense of American strategic interests too. So, though U.S. emotional reactions might be divided, the U.S. response could not be. The U.S. had to stand with...
...Arabs insist that the Israeli army is staging planned forays into Arab territory to terrorize and keep the population off balance. One night early last month a party of Israelis crossed into the Arab village of Beit Jala near Bethlehem and blew up three houses, killing three men, two women and two children. The Arabs said they were Jewish soldiers; Israel conceded that the raiders were Jews but said they were marauders. In the past few nights, similar groups killed five Arabs in & about Jerusalem, through which the border runs...
...Israelis insist that their army is confined to its side of the border, is constantly harassed by Arab infiltrators intent on stealing food and construction materials, smuggling or visiting friends inside Israel. In communal settlements near the borders, Israelis play searchlights along their protective fences from dusk to dawn. The Israel government said last week that in the final three months of 1951, the war between infiltrating Arabs and Israeli border guards had cost the lives of 130 Arabs and 18 Israelis; 782 Arabs were captured. Thefts and damage committed by infiltrators in 1951 cost Israelis more than...
Protestants seem to feel they are the mother of freedom of interpretation of religion, and are doing an enormous job in delivering worthless brats. Chief offenders are the Baptists and Methodists, who insist on being "martyred" in Catholic countries while they practice anti-Catholicism daily in our "democratic" South . . . These pesty Baptists and friends will force their way to Colombia, Mexico, and even on the Pope's front lawn with the effrontery of troublemakers rather than the bearers of the Word of Peace. Is bigotry a one-way affair...
...corner saloon another.' But I also know that the machine is against the law as it stands on the books; and I know that the citizen who "violates the law in his country club or fraternal lodge is in no position to, and does not in fact, insist that his elected officers enforce the law in the corner saloon . . . Many of our most reputable and influential citizens [thus] sterilize their power and influence to demand and get faithful performance by their local officials. They have tied their own hands and stopped their own mouths...