Word: insists
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...another, these and many more creations of nature or works of man all seem to be related to a sequence of numbers named for 13th century Mathematician Leonardo Fibonacci. The earnest mathematics buffs of the California-based Fibonacci Association keep examining the phenomenon. The more they investigate, members insist, the more convinced they become that Fibonacci numbers pervade the world...
...disengagements could also come through secret, direct agreement in the Paris peace talks. The only conditions that the U.S. will absolutely insist on there are guarantees that North Vietnamese troops will depart at approximately the same rate as its own, and assurance that the present Saigon government has the facilities to maintain its own security. Hanoi has expressed willingness to negotiatevftn the first condition, but adamantly insists that the U.S. must reach a separate accord with the National Liberation Front on the second?the better to emphasize the Front's legitimacy. At stake is the eventual future of a South...
Premature Phonies. Some skeptics insist that the real lure for colleges is ethnic eccentricity. "This is the year for Chinese violinists," declares a jaded Harvard freshman, who just happens to be a Chinese violinist. "Next year it will be Jewish bagpipers." Others argue that the unbeatable applicant is a "Negro hockey player." Indeed, black has never been more beautiful. One Negro girl applying to Mills College simply stated: "I feel my becoming a Mills girl would greatly benefit the college...
...play with that the astrologer is always right. Break a leg when your astrologer told you the signs were good, and he can congratulate you on escaping what might have happened had the signs been bad. Conversely, if you go against the signs and nothing happens, the astrologer can insist that you were subconsciously careful because you were forewarned...
...news of Musante's decision was clearly an embarrassment to the Pope. Obviously, a defection within his own household would make it all the harder for Paul to insist on the importance of priestly celibacy, which he defended against mounting criticism in a 1967 encyclical and has reiterated frequently since. Vatican press officials clamped a tight if belated lid on the story, brusquely denying the rumor that a Roman archbishop might perform the marriage ceremony. But before the week was out, church officials were forced to admit that two years ago, another high-ranking priest, the rector...