Word: insists
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...contends that the Russians are trying to achieve nuclear superiority over the U.S. in the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks with Ford and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. He adds, "The Soviet Union would have greater respect for us if they knew that we weren't fooled. We must insist that we aren't going to be second to anyone...
Still, many of the critics insist that Oswald was not a good enough shot to have hit Kennedy twice with a cheap rifle. They contend that it was a difficult shot. In fact, the longest shot was 265.3 ft. from the sixth-floor window. To Oswald, peering through a four-power scope on his rifle, it looked like only about 22 yards. His target, moreover, was moving slowly and in a straight line away from him, rather than laterally...
...civil liberties agencies have expressed outrage at the bill, but the general public has applied little pressure against the bill. It is impossible to predict just what will happen once the bill gets on the floor. But, there is a good chance that the bill's supporters will insist that some of the repressive measures of S.1 find their way into whatever crime bill the Congress eventually, approves. Art Buchwald may have been right. When asked whether Congress will vote for S.1, he replied, "Why not? If they were dumb enough to propose it, they're dumb enough to pass...
...Provide a "substitute for territorial security," allowing Israel to give up occupied Arab territories "without the need to insist upon concessions the Arabs will almost surely not make...
With the inflation rate cut to less than half, the government has started a program to stimulate home demand: it has authorized $6 billion in additional spending for public works and housing, and lowered the central-bank interest rate from 9% last year to 6.5%. Businessmen insist that that is not enough, and they do have some problems. An expert at the Fuji Bank estimates that one out of every four of Japan's debt-laden companies is operating in the red, and in a nation where unemployment has been almost unknown, some university seniors face trouble getting...