Word: insists
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sure, Ghorbanifar and Khashoggi insist that their intention in putting American and Iranian officials in touch was to bring about a diplomatic rapprochement between the two countries -- "the biggest historical opportunity of the decade for the free world," as Ghorbanifar modestly puts it. Not that the two were being entirely altruistic, even by their own account; they hoped eventually to earn enormous commissions by brokering trade of all sorts between the U.S. and Iran. To hear Ghorbanifar and Khashoggi tell the story, they raised money to set up the arms sales as a kind of opening wedge and then fell...
...Dupont Plaza had no sprinkler system; it is not required under local law. Puerto Rico is hardly alone in its failure to insist on the devices. In the U.S., guidelines vary greatly from city to city; Nevada, Florida and Massachusetts are the only states that make installation in all hotels mandatory. Governor Hernandez Colon has now promised to seek a law directing the island's hotels to install sprinklers...
...individual choose. Anyone can rent the black-and-white Casablanca. And even when the philistines insist on putting a tainted Casablanca on TV, all you have to do to restore artistic integrity is turn off the color on your set. Why the panic...
...past few years, Congress is likely to reduce the President's defense request and insist on fewer cuts in social programs. Since the Democrats have taken control of the Senate and already command the House, Reagan will find it more difficult than ever to get a budget that even remotely resembles his original plan. Though James Miller, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, maintains that the President's budget is "eminently doable," critics are labeling it "dead on departure...
...Maryland, where the athletic director and basketball coach resigned after the narcotics-induced death last June of Basketball Star Leonard Bias (who had earned a hefty share of F's in class), will insist that athletes meet all university academic requirements. So said Chancellor John Slaughter last week...