Word: insists
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...moment in 1966 when Soviet Space Chief Sergei Korolev died of complications after surgery for cancer. It was Korolev, said Stevens, who was largely responsible for Russia's early manned space program; his stature and prestige shielded him from political and economic expediency and enabled him to insist upon thorough testing of new spacecraft before they were flown...
...estimate, 7-8,000 construction jobs can be created that way. There are hopes that some sort of understanding can be reached with trade unions to allow newcomers to do the work. Talks with union leaders have barely begun, but insiders are optimistic, and they insist that local Negroes are going to get the jobs no matter what the unions...
Liberal interpreters insist that autopsies can save lives by contributing to medical knowledge. In 1953 Israel's Parliament passed a law authorizing an autopsy when three doctors certify that it is necessary to determine the exact cause of death or for the treatment of another person. Orthodox extremists, who opposed the law in the first place, have been enraged, along with many other Jews, by charges that doctors are conducting widespread post-mortems for pathological research...
There is a reservoir of demand. In certain cities, housing construction has ebbed so much that builders insist that some types of accommodation are in short supply. In Manhattan, private apartment building dropped to an eight-year low of 2,812 units last year, and rent increases of as much as 10% have become common when leases expire in apartment building units not subject to rent control. "By midyear," says President Irving Rose of Detroit-based Advance Mortgage Co., "the apartment market should be particularly tight in New York City, Detroit, San Francisco and San Jose, Calif...
...West Germans insist that East Germany must not be recognized, in part because they want to keep alive the image of a single and indivisible Germany, and in part because they feel morally indignant about the character of the East German regime. Above all, it is the Berlin wall and the death of those who attempt to cross it that outrages the West Germans...