Word: insists
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...beat their system is to cheat.) In the humanities and social sciences, it is well to remember, there is a man (occasionally a woman), a human type filling out your picture postcard. What does he want to read? How, in a word, can he be snowed?Now, let me 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, we do not give...
...oafish appearance, Sharon was a charmer. At the house he shared with his wife Lily until her death in March 2000, on their 1,000-acre ranch on the edge of the Negev Desert, he was an enthusiastic and attentive host. "Please, more lemonade, more cookies," he would insist to visitors...
...noon in the Hart Senate office building. Democrats have mined Alito's writings and come up with what they say is strong evidence of someone outside the mainstream-a supporter of unchecked presidential powers, opponent of civil rights and threat to a woman's right to choose. Republicans insist Alito is a hardworking immigrant's son who is conservative but fair-and a nice guy to boot...
...prohibit, for instance, lobbyists from paying for travel or taking gifts worth more than $50. All of which explains why lobbying and ethics reform suddenly seem so popular on Capitol Hill, with lawmakers vying to outdo one another, as they always do in moments like these, with proposals they insist would clean up the system once and for all. Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich has even suggested that Congress ban fund-raising in Washington and force disclosure of all contact with lobbyists...
...Haitians are angry that the UN force has done little to stop the wave of kidnappings and other criminal violence that have cast a shadow over the election, but MINUSTAH officials insist that their mission does not extend to fighting crime. Last week, a general strike was called for January 9 to pressure the UN to take action to halt the violence. Despite an increased presence of troops on the streets, few residents of the capital, Port-au-Prince, feel safer. The seaside slum of Cite Soleil, where most victims are taken, is off limits to almost everyone other than...