Word: insists
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...tirelessness department. "People love to boast about how little sleep they've had," says Dr. Neil Kavey, director of Columbia University's sleep center in New York City. "It's macho and dynamic." Those who run themselves ragged are often hailed as ambitious comers, while those who insist on getting their rest are dismissed as lazy plodders...
...come to hinge largely on two questions. Can sanctions really cripple Iraq? And even if they can, will that be enough to persuade Saddam to leave Kuwait? Those questions are dissolving the once solid support for the Bush policy along partisan lines as Democrats in Congress have begun to insist, loudly, that the embargo must be given time. Says Maryland Senator Paul Sarbanes: "The cost of a year of waiting is nothing compared with the cost of a week...
...Bush continued to insist that the sole purpose in meeting with the Iraqis is to convey to Saddam forcefully that he must leave Kuwait unconditionally or face defeat in war. "I'm not in a negotiating mood," Bush declared during a swing through South America last week. While welcoming Saddam's promise to free the hostages, Bush insisted, "We've got to keep the pressure...
...push to give prescription privileges to psychologists has intensified tensions between the two groups of mental health professionals. Psychologists insist that the initiative is the only way to get valuable medications to all those who could benefit from them. Psychiatrists and many other doctors contend that granting such powers to people without adequate training is irresponsible and possibly dangerous. Says Dr. Carolyn Robinowitz, deputy medical director of the American Psychiatric Association: "We're talking about patients and their lives. I just hope people don't suffer serious complications for the sake of proving a point...
Both psychiatrists and psychologists insist that their main concern lies not with their pocketbooks but with their patients' welfare. If that is true, then experiments like the one at Walter Reed will settle the debate over who should prescribe psychoactive drugs. But if power and profits are the real issues, the battle between the two sides could go on for a long time...