Word: insists
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Thousands. Where to cut? Most members of Congress oppose amputation of major programs. Instead, critics insist that the Administration can judiciously defer or slow down spending in nonessential areas and still save $5 billion or more. Most often mentioned are military construction in the U.S., the supersonic transport project, the space program, research and development in all fields (which now amounts to $17 billion), and such frills as highway beautification. Last week Wisconsin's John Byrnes, senior Republican on Ways and Means, got a call from the Interior Department informing him of a $2,000 grant for picnic facilities...
...bloc allies is the main cause of tension within the Grand Coalition. Kiesinger is under increasing pressure from the right-wingers of his own party not to go so far in seeking to deal with the East. Herbert Wehner, the chief Socialist tactician, and Socialist Foreign Minister Willy Brandt insist that the government must keep on trying even in the face of continued negative responses...
...Davidson, is Uriel, archangel of salvation, often credited with warning Noah of the Flood. Despite their hierarchical importance, none of these four is the largest angel: that honor, according to the Zohar, goes to Metatron, whose height was equal to the breadth of the world-although other angelic experts insist that Aupiel was several hundred parasangs larger...
...woman rests content, once a dress catches her eye, until she has actually tried it on and examined it from every angle. Some women even insist on trying on outrageously wrong clothes just for the hang of it. As a result, lines queue up before dressing booths, coiffures become disarranged, clothes quickly become shopworn...
Some people still insist that the all-male atmosphere at Harvard is sacred--traditionally and educationally. It is part, they contend, of that unique "Harvard experience." But surely, the Harvard experience would be yet more unique and satisfactory if it provided a relaxed and natural social environment. As one HUC member puts it, "We live in a pretty damned artificial environment when Sunday through Thursday you can't even talk to a girl and Friday and Saturday you don't want to waste time talking." The permanent availability of a quiet private place would make it possible to be friends...