Word: insists
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...report in yesterday's New York Times said that after a political argument with an Indian freshman, two white students put on sheets and pillowcases and "confronted (him) in what they insist was 'a joke'." They then took off the sheets and hung one of them in a dormitory hall...
...workaholic society Harry Truman would have been a flake. Right in the middle of rebuilding the world after World War II, he used to insist on interludes with his neighbors from Independence, Mo., poker games on his yacht on the Potomac and hours of inexpert splashing around in the warm waters of Key West. He was a successful President...
Secure Frontiers. But on the crucial question of border adjustments, Vance heard almost nothing new. The Israelis continued to insist that security considerations require them to keep some of the land that they have held since the 1967 war. At a state dinner for the American diplomat, Israeli Foreign Minister Yigal Allon declared that "Israel must be allowed to live within defensible borders." While U.N. resolutions also insist that Israel is entitled to "secure" frontiers, there has been no consensus on what constitutes security. The Israelis' meaning has generally been indicated by the pattern of their settlements...
...ELDERLY, as a much bigger and therefore more influential segment of the population, with longer life expectancy, will almost certainly insist on filling a more productive role in society than they occupy today. With a smaller work force, the mandatory retirement age within the next quarter-century will have to be advanced to 70. Indeed, many social critics have long argued that the nation is spinning off an incalculably valuable resource by relegating robust, creative people to senior citizens' ghettos. The graying of America will offer new opportunities for the retired. There is already a crying need...
...Robert G. Gilpin, a professor of international politics, worried that Carter was "exposing his hands too early and encouraging the Russians to probe how far they can go in extracting further concessions." Other experts noted that the Russians do not relish negotiating so openly and almost certainly will insist that their own positions be stated only in secrecy across the bargaining tables...