Word: insists
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...SECOND argument in favor of ABM is that we dare not permit the Soviets to "take the lead" in building an ABM system. To do so, insist Bernnan and Johnson, increases the probability that the Soviets will feel they are in a position to destroy the United States with acceptable damage to themselves...
...work process itself. Like the industrial worker, the bureaucrat is useless to his masters unless he is economically "rational". This means that he must be willing to work solely for money or for some other reward that can be controlled by his employers, and will not seriously insist that his work be meaningful or personally rewarding and enjoyable if he is to perform...
Small-Town Morality. In sophisticated Athens, such sermonizing is glumly greeted. Few politicians from other parties have joined the colonels since their coup. Most refer to them as steno-kephalos, or narrow heads. Athens wits insist that Nikolaos Makarezos was selected to oversee the economy as Minister of Coordination because he was the colonel who knew how to add and subtract. Retired diplomat and Nobel laureate Georges S. Seferiades laments the "state of enforced torpor." But out in the stony, sun-washed countryside beyond Athens, the colonels' austerities are better received...
Again and again, you say, "the American people want" or "demand" or "insist." How do you know? Every poll I have seen puts your position in a minority. You just say, "the American people demand"--then add whatever you prefer. This is intellectually sloppy at best, and corrupt at worst...
...Some now insist that "storm troopers entered University Hall." This is true, but they entered it at noon on Wednesday, not dawn on Thursday...