Word: insists
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...insist and insist again, by Vague Generalities. We abhor V.G.'s, we skim right past them, we start wondering what kind of C to give from the first V.G. we encounter; and as they pile up, we decide C: (Harvard being Harvard, one does not give D's. Consider C- a failure). Why? Not because they are a sign the student does not know the material, or hasn--t thought creatively, or any of that folly. They simply make tedious reading. "Locke is atransitional figure." "The whole thing boils down to human rights." Now I ask you, I have...
...titles of six poems in a row, even an occasional date. This, son, makes for interestion (if effortless) reading, and that is what gets A's. Underline them, capitalize them, inset them in outline form: be sure we don't miss them. Why do you think all exams insist at the top, "Illustrate;" "Be specific;" etc? They mean it. The illustrations, of course, need not be singularly relevant; but they must be ther. If Vague Generalities are anathema, sparkling chips of concrete scattered throughout your blue book will have you up for sainthood. Or at least Dean's List. Name...
...officials insist that there is no evidence that anyone broke regulations prohibiting sexual relations between men and women while on duty. By their count, nine of the women arrived on board pregnant without yet knowing it. Five were transferred from other vessels. The remaining 22 crew members may have had flings during liberty calls in Hawaii, the Philippines or elsewhere...
Though Baghdad has condemned the proposal as a violation of its sovereignty, the Western allies are not moved by such technicalities. Says a British diplomat: "We are determined to go ahead." U.N. officials in Iraq insist that the proposal is not viable unless Baghdad agrees to it. But Western diplomats contend that Saddam is so eager to see the allies leave and to have U.N. sanctions lifted that he may eventually sign off on the plan...
Opponents of Clark's get-tough policy will continue to insist that the dean is merely using the rules to stifle dissent and discourage debate. This is nonsense, of course. No one has objected to peaceful, non-disruptive forms of protest, such as speeches, forums, articles and the like...