Word: insistence
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...tirelessness department. "People love to boast about how little sleep they've had," says Dr. Neil Kavey, director of Columbia University's sleep center in New York City. "It's macho and dynamic." Those who run themselves ragged are often hailed as ambitious comers, while those who insist on getting their rest are dismissed as lazy plodders...
...having them broadcast. After reviewing transcripts of the five tapes obtained by CNN, lawyer Frank Rubino concluded that the most damaging conversation had already been played on the air and that it "does no good to close the barn door after the horse is out." Yet Rubino continued to insist that the drug-trafficking case against Noriega be dismissed altogether. Much of the government's phone tapping, he said, violates the confidentiality guaranteed to lawyer-client conversations...
...delivered by aircraft or artillery shells, the germs would be released in a mist of infectious droplets that victims would inhale. A tiny amount would go a long way. Less than 1 g (0.035 oz.) of a bacterium called tularemia could produce thousands of deadly doses. U.S. officials insist that soldiers can be protected from such an attack with gas masks and nonpermeable clothing. But the gear cannot be worn indefinitely, especially in the desert's searing heat, and strains resistant to existing vaccines can be developed...
...Iraq might be on the verge of building a nuclear bomb. Says Paul Beaver, publisher of the authoritative Jane's Defense Weekly: "Saddam is getting close to when he will need that part of the nuclear mechanism." Other experts strongly disagree. U.S. intelligence officials, despite the Administration's alarms, insist that Iraq is not on a fast track to being able to produce anything more than a single low-yield device...
Congressional leaders should demand today that Bush follow through with his suggestion to reconvene Congress. Congress should also make Bush demonstrate that he has exhausted all non-military options. Congress should pass a resolution invoking the War Powers Act; if Bush continues to insist that the Act does not apply because troops do not face "imminent hostilities," Congress should take the issue to the judiciary...