Word: insists
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Given the headaches, Iranians should probably forgo spectacular weddings and hold quiet ceremonies instead. But in a culture where displays of wealth are crucial, parents usually insist on grander events. One sign of this commitment to excess: it is common for parents to circulate DVDs of their children's weddings, so friends and family can view the lamb-on-a-spit from every angle. As the mother of my recently married friend put it, "Weddings are for the community, and if the laws get in the way, not having a party is not the answer...
...that Bush opposes: imposing "benchmarks" on the Iraq government. Those benchmarks in the vetoed bill covered everything from disarming militias to sharing oil revenues across ethnic groups. "If they come to us with that," says a senior G.O.P. congressional aide, "we'll take it." Republicans are also likely to insist that Democrats jettison some of the extraneous spending in the bill...
...received his bachelor's and master's degrees in math and engineering at Virginia Tech in 2001. The campus has an extraordinary atmosphere. I am dismayed by those who insist that security is lax. To expect that buildings have badge readers and surveillance cameras is ludicrous. An open campus is essential to university life. Installing numerous security devices would adulterate that atmosphere. Moreover, it would give a false sense of security and would not have prevented this tragedy. A very determined, very deranged young man perpetrated these atrocities. He was intent on mayhem, and he succeeded. It was the courage...
...they might be willing to consider reducing non-military aid, including reconstruction funds. What they will not support, says one G.O.P. leadership aide, is anything that ties the benchmarks to a troop withdrawal - "creating a benchmark that's a surrender date by another name." Republicans are also likely to insist that Democrats strip the bill of some of the $20 billion included for extraneous spending on items that range from peanut storage to aid to spinach farmers...
...general election than at the largely symbolic conventions. Dean permitted Nevada and South Carolina to hold their primaries in January because he felt their heavier Latino and African-American electorates would be a fitting balance to the largely white Iowa and New Hampshire caucuses held that month. But Floridians insist, justifiably, that their electorate is as much a mirror of the nation's new demographic mix as any state's - all the more reason, they say, that their state should be able to help set the nominating direction. After feeling the nation's derision for being the last state...