Word: insists
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that there was nothing bad in the story for Clinton. And he added that it was widely believed inside the White House that the clearance for leaking the deposition came from someone very close to Clinton. As protocol in these matters demands, Clinton's lawyers howled their outrage: They insist this had been a "disaster" for their side, putting Clinton the Philanderer on the front page again, this time in his own words. But the account also provided, for the first time in this scandal, a story line that is minimalist, consistent and covers nearly all the bases...
...gripe about the supposed burdens of fame. That Madonna, of all people, of all celebrities, should make the rejection of stardom and materialism the major theme of her new CD, Ray of Light (Maverick/Warner Bros.) should rightly make thinking people pause. Didn't she, from the very start, insist that we love her, demand that we worship her golden calves, her exposed iconic midriff, her conical Jean-Paul Gaultier bras? Didn't she, Marilyn-like, pursue the starring role in Evita, and Hollywood thespianhood in general, with .45-cal. ambition? Wasn't that she on the back cover...
...best of their ability. Either they will find some weaponry and destroy it, or they will find nothing, meaning Saddam's deception teams have used their time well and have concealed everything too effectively to be discovered. After a few months of rummaging by the inspectors, Saddam could insist that he has carried out his part of the bargain and demand that the inspectors leave and the sanctions against his suffering people be lifted. If he handles it smoothly, as he did Kofi Annan and U.N. diplomacy, it might work...
Perhaps these parents may insist that they act the way they do simply because they are proud of their children and want to keep them from repeating parents' past mistakes. But this itself is a twisted idea, as one irked first-year reveals, "My father always tells me and my friends to make sure that we study statistics. He insists that it's `the wave of the future,' but I think it's because he thinks statistics would have helped him in his own career...
Perhaps the most carefully nuanced view is France's, though many of America's allies think along the same lines. France wants to do business in Iraq's oil fields, but French officials insist they are not pro-Saddam. They'd like to see the last of him too. But they have no faith in the methods Washington is proposing. Air strikes of the size now gathering steam in the gulf, the French say, are a no-win policy that can only benefit Saddam. The bombs will miss his weapons, kill Iraqi civilians and rally support for Saddam at home...