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in sist

  • v  be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge
    I must insist!
  • v  beg persistently and urgently
  • v  assert to be true

  • They insist that Raul, even if he does open Cuba's threadbare economy, is every bit the unacceptable tyrant Fidel is someone who promises more of the autocratic status quo than .
  • They insist that they left a corridor open for civilians to flee Khojaly but that Azerbaijani soldiers led a group of 200 civilians into harm's way.
  • But some in Congress continue to insist there is .
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  • Barack Obama in Indian Express
    To this day there are those who insist that the Holocaust never happened, a denial of fact and truth that is baseless and ignorant and hateful,Obama said, echoing his words in Cairo in an address that reached for what he called a "new...
  • Barack Obama in USA Today
    Congress will insist that any legislation include rigorous and ongoing oversight to guarantee that taxpayers are protected and that resources are directed to ensure the long-term viability and competitiveness of the American automobile... Nancy Pelosi http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Pelosi&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNE6ffllKZJZfRyJWl2rDC7vxnKcwQ International Herald Tribune http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/06/america/Congress-Autos.php&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNE0b5MrHS_9HXvw0v3cdXV0lXqVIg Dec 5, 2008 52290 69582 insistence As we all know, this has been a very difficult time in Afghanistan," Obama said, adding that the decision to conduct a runoff "is a reflection of a commitment to the rule of law and an insistence that the Afghan people's will should be...

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