Word: insists
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Clinton's argument seems shakier than Starr's, but White House aides from Washington to Africa, where the President was traveling last week, insist he is not making this legal maneuver to push off Starr's investigation. "We want to get this [investigation] over with as soon as possible," says Clinton adviser Rahm Emanuel. But delay has been enormously helpful to Clinton. By refusing to explain his relationship with Lewinsky, he created a time-release capsule that aided the public's digestion of the scandal, giving people the leisure to sort out which parts of the President's character...
Many queer activists argue that society contains a presumption of heterosexuality that must be overcome. They are not content to exist as a marginal culture but insist that the implication of accepting their queerness is that the larger culture must be transformed to wholly integrate alternative sexualities. The queer community is not content to exist as a protected but discrete minority group. But, can they reasonably expect the sort of cultural integration they demand...
...while some ethnic organizations insist that their members shouldn't be recruited on the basis of their background, other groups such as the Asian American Association (AAA) say they actively push their members become involved in other campus groups...
...tightened after TIME reported two weeks ago that sensitive documents had been lifted from there. Officials say that State is ripe for "a major overhaul" of its document-protection system. State says its system is comparable to that of other agencies; still, it assembled 700 managers last week to insist upon greater discipline...
...that George Grune was singularly well qualified to return as CEO, get the company refocused and lead a turnaround while the search for his successor progressed. People who understand publishing and direct-mail marketing know it is a business with a long lead time, not one for those who insist on instant gratification. We are confident the company is on the right course. BOARD OF DIRECTORS Reader's Digest Association, Inc. Pleasantville...