Word: insisting
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...short, while it is not my purpose in this small space to attempt anything so unnecessary as a defence of the sovereign pontiff of Catholic Christendom. I do wish to insist that an insult to the Catholic faith is an insult to Harvard, and a retrogression to less tolerant times. The editors of the Monthly no doubt acted thoughtlessly, but none the less they made a mistake. They would have seen, had they reflected, that good taste demanded the suppression of a work which might give pain. H. T. CAREY...
...been decided what will be the distance of the long run in the games, for the Englishmen wish the race to be one of three miles, whereas the Americans insist that it will be impossible for their men, who are accustomed to the shorter distance, to get into condition for the extra mile in so short a time. Should the English universities agree to adding the shot-put to the list of events, Harvard and Yale will agree to the three-mile...
...drew the public. Finally one of the chief duties of a national theatre is to offer a rigorous apprenticeship and training in the fine art of acting: to open a school where all that is best in the technique of acting shall be taught by the best teachers: to insist that no actor shall come upon its boards who has not mastered this technique...
...members of the football team. Add to these the second squad and the Freshman team, who are also trying to keep in condition partly by plenty of sleep, and it is clear that the athletes far outnumber the late-returning merry-makers. It is a slight demand to insist that these men do their small part in helping the team by keeping quiet on the streets at night...