Word: insisted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...carcasses has turned up no unusual concentrations of toxic substances in the pelicans. One wild theory is that fishermen may have poisoned the birds so that fewer of the lake's trout will be eaten by them. Wildlife biologists scoff at such speculation, and city water officials insist that there is nothing in the water to harm humans. But until the Great White Pelican Mystery is solved, worry and rumor, unlike the birds, seem certain to thrive...
...while Pilbeam and the other four administrators on the committee insist that they are merely gathering information in hopes of bolstering the case for an increased faculty, they do say that a decision will be made in the next year about whether to launch a major curriculum overhaul...
...certain how well these soldiers might have fought markedly superior U.S. Army and Marine forces backed by helicopter gunships and operating from several scattered bases. Macho U.S. officers insist the beer-bellied P.D.F. regulars would not have dared to challenge them. Skeptics argue that the limited holding operation the rebels asked for would probably have failed and that U.S. forces would have been forced into a much bloodier fight...
...Israelis protested strongly that this implied participation by the P.L.O. Although any Palestinian would be risking his life if he dared serve on such a delegation without at least tacit P.L.O. approval, Israel continues to insist that it will never agree to contacts with "terrorist organizations." "It is now clear to us that this is to be a Palestinian delegation appointed by the P.L.O.," said Yossi Ben-Aharon, director of the Prime Minister's office...
Nonetheless, U.S. automakers insist that California standards would become burdensome if adopted nationwide. GM's Stempel argued that the stricter requirements would raise car prices in regions that are free of smog. Declared a Chrysler spokesman: "If you lived in Resume Speed, N. Dak., you would be paying for a piece of equipment that you simply did not need to keep your air clean...