But Moorcroft insisted that there was still an air of optimism in British athletics. |
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Like every autocrat who has ever seized power, she insisted that she had no alternative but to sack a corrupt and treacherous government. |
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Other political figures insisted that no changes be made to the autocratic 1945 constitution that gives the president wide powers. |
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In her writing, she insisted that we confront ideas in their full-fledged complexity. |
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The architect insisted that shuttering supporting the new stonework should be taken down. |
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He had two sets, and felt that as a former hurler I could become a good golfer, and insisted that I should accompany him for a try-out. |
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Scout insisted that she'd asked Atticus, and she got in trouble for sassing her aunt. |
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In 1810 he survived a frenzied attack by his valet, though scandal insisted that Cumberland had been the aggressor. |
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Perhaps fooled by our mangy appearance, he insisted that we order something, his treat. |
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He insisted that only Trotskyism could provide the political program for the socialist emancipation of mankind. |
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He has insisted that his company's software was meant to let consumers innocently make backup copies of their DVDs and computer games. |
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They insisted that Wales would appear prominently in their forthcoming yearbook of regional statistics. |
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On September 23, the expedition met the Teton Sioux, who insisted that the soldiers pay a heavy tribute to them before continuing on. |
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Geoff Hoon, the Defence Secretary, insisted that it was a textbook operation and was going according to plan. |
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We all kind of played water polo with a football and then Lindsay insisted that we hang out in the spa with Logan and Taylor. |
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They also insisted that the plan had been fully costed and could even save the NHS money. |
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She insisted that she had agreed to come to St Lucia to serve drinks behind a bar, nothing else. |
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He insisted that the interpretation that this would ultimately lower the bar was not quite accurate. |
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The bishop was very critical of past mismanagement of the house, and insisted that in future no corrodies should be granted. |
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Responding to long-reiterated complaints, the Council of Trent had insisted that ordinaries reside in their sees. |
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Today we tend to dismiss the moralizing of the late Victorians who insisted that the unemployed were lazy, intemperate, or thriftless. |
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The publication of polyphonic music, and particularly the Latin motets that Byrd insisted that East print, was not especially profitable. |
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Well, yesterday was my b'day and my good husband insisted that we should go to some wonderful restaurant and eat. |
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The families insisted that the filmmakers should not flinch from telling the real story for fear of upsetting them, he said. |
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He said there would be a period of leniency but insisted that this would be short-lived. |
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I have insisted that the autonomy of the editor must be fully protected by the Trust, which was minuted at the last meeting. |
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However, he insisted that figure was a hypothesis and that the final toll was not expected for several weeks. |
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And this morning, he insisted that Po should wear a bib, and should sit up at his little table to have breakfast with him. |
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One letter, from an irate constituent, insisted that I rang him the moment I got his letter. |
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The singer has also insisted that his split from Kerry will not affect his relationship with his two children. |
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Her professional singing career started when a night club owner insisted that she either sang while she played piano, or lost her job. |
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He ran aground, though, when he insisted that a congregant must show some believable evidence of being truly godly. |
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John was a demanding lover who insisted that I put him before everything else. |
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Paul insisted that he only found out in the May 2nd telephone conference call. |
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Unlike Galileo, Newton insisted that the law of inertia applied only to motion in a straight line, not circular motion. |
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Mr Tray insisted that neither he nor his members wanted to strike or take any other form of industrial action. |
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Mark indignantly insisted that what was proposed would undermine police discipline. |
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Laurie removed a feather bed from the guest bedroom and insisted that Brian take it to camp. |
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I insisted that I would require an inclusive quotation for the complete circumference of the building. |
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He insisted that he needed his own personal make-up artist and hair stylist and two hair colourists. |
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But Chaudhuri insisted that neither his views, nor any one else's, would have caused Nehru to wreak a petty act of revenge. |
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But the defendant insisted that the accusations made against him were complete fabrication. |
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I insisted that Barrett belonged on the All-Star team, citing his batting average 'in the clutch' and stellar fielding percentage. |
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Both sides had insisted that the transcript of the closed session be published. |
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Mother insisted that William and I each say a prayer to Saint Christopher, the patron saint of travellers. |
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Instead, they all insisted that course newsgroups should be used only as a supplement to face-to-face discussion. |
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The international company insisted that she work in excess of 60 hours per week without overtime compensation. |
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He even had the cheek to object when I insisted that it had to be coloured in. |
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They did not want an overmighty second chamber and they insisted that there must be a mechanism for resolving deadlocks between the two houses. |
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All insisted that she should mention her religion as Hinduism and write her name as Tehmina Mitra! |
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Edward was not an irredeemable highbrow, and he insisted that one of the most significant moments of his life was getting to meet Cyd Charisse. |
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It also claims that despite indications to the contrary, Gateway insisted that retail market was strong. |
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Last night, in an address to bishops in Nigeria, Pope John Paul II insisted that priests must live celibate lives and avoid scandalous behaviour. |
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He sounds keen to make the step up again but insisted that he'd make no decision in the immediate future. |
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He insisted that the Soviet bureaucracy was not, as Trotsky had analyzed, a reactionary privileged caste, but rather a new ruling class. |
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They all insisted that they want both carolling and Christmas party this year. |
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The anonymous head insisted that all referees officiating in the games were only given tracksuit tops and nothing else. |
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However, the Prime Minister's official spokesman insisted that Britain and the US were continuing to pursue the same course. |
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In a newspaper interview before his arrival, he had cantankerously insisted that he wouldn't discuss the Portland Building in his speech. |
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The Dudleian lecturers insisted that natural religion pointed to a moral law that men were obliged to follow. |
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Even amid the nuclear stare-down, they always insisted that human rights be the first issue on any meeting agenda. |
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She had four children and her husband insisted that she starch all of his shirts and iron them every morning. |
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He had a stand-up row with Laura Nyro during a demo taping as he insisted that she should stick to cover versions and other people's songs. |
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They found two nuts missing from the front stretcher bar of the points and insisted that they should be immediately replaced. |
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When I pressed him to write an equation expressing the value for a, he insisted that he would need a symbol for within. |
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The student insisted that a patient who had a terminal illness should on no account be told. |
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Minsky insisted that the existence of automatic fiscal stabilizers meant the difference between failed and successful capitalism. |
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Instead, they insisted that only Christian-minded voluntarism could protect the weak and ameliorate misery. |
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But he insisted that the reductions could be found by tackling waste and administrative bureaucracy. |
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He has always insisted that the roots of classical music in India are to be found in Indian religion and spiritualism. |
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Gen. George S. Patton insisted that his troops practice on replica humanoids instead of bullseyes. |
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He provided a video cassette to the court and insisted that it recorded the parrot's curse. |
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Inman had insisted that his wife deposit the diaries in a vault, for he was terrified of losing them should fire break out in the apartment. |
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In his necropsy of a Bantu man in 1956 he found asbestos bodies in the lungs and insisted that this was a mesothelioma. |
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It was the issue over which St. Augustine clashed with the Donatists, who insisted that their priests had to be pure. |
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Realising the supposedly unsinkable Titanic was doomed, Andrews insisted that the order to abandon ship be given. |
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He'd insisted that the best way to master one's fears was to confront them. |
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Each power insisted that empire building was, in part, unselfish, even noble. |
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Despite these protests, the government has insisted that dollarization is in the best interest of its citizens. |
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He insisted that an international nadir had been reached, and that performances must improve immediately. |
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He pointed out this was wrong, but the checkout staff insisted that the till must be right. |
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They insisted that the climate we had experienced in the past century or so, mild and equable, was not the only sort of climate the planet knew. |
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They insisted that since they had lived on free soil, their bonds of slavery were no longer valid. |
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One camp insisted that Burke's writings were replete with outrage and warrantably so. |
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After seeing the injury, Brewster insisted that the police were called and accepted he had done wrong. |
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My mother, just to be cruel, had insisted that every single item be put back where it belonged. |
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I insisted that it was not possible to encourage excellence while at the same time blurring the definition of failure. |
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Since the beginning of the year Euro law has insisted that we think metric. |
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This, of course, is a vast improvement on those forlorn days when a few disputatious souls insisted that only soldiers had died in the war. |
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While universalists insisted that Masonry was not a religion, they did view it as a great aid to religion. |
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Owing to the danger of capture by the enemy both the Admiralty and Navy Board insisted that all storeships sailed in convoy. |
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Just as predictably, he insisted that prosecutors and police were only enforcing the law. |
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Despite the protests of these rangatira, the Government insisted that the land had been sold. |
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While acknowledging he did not tell the whole truth, he insisted that white lies are commonplace in politics. |
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He insisted that his presence there should remain secret even after his departure. |
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Employers' group Ibec has insisted that a campaign of disinformation is under way. |
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But after that, I was so scared of dishonoring her, I insisted that for a month we only meet in the kitchen garden in full view of the convent! |
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They insisted that although they still wanted negotiations to continue they had to regard them has having come to an end. |
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I groaned and complained that I was tired, but she insisted that it was my fault for staying up with Peter in his room all night. |
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He paid his soldiers, scientists and architects well and insisted that all old debts were to be redeemed with new Greek coins. |
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Nanak insisted that every Sikh house should serve as a place of love and devotion, a true guest house. |
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While some were losing their nerve amid mounting financial worries, the bullish chief executive insisted that the opportunity had to be seized. |
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When they were first married, Christopher's aunt had insisted that they sit for a portrait. |
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Amis has always insisted that aesthetics are the sole standard for judging the worth of literature. |
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One shrewd participant insisted that the solution is leadership not governance. |
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The college lecturer had insisted that he had had a genuine cough caused by a combination of hay fever and a dust allergy. |
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Mr McDowell insisted that he would continue to rein in the overtime budget, which is expected to reach 64 million this year. |
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Mr Knox insisted that his customers would not be rowdy, nightclub-style lager louts. |
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She hated playing house in the first place anyways, but Auntie insisted that she played with the girls on the street and made friends. |
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Normally they would have refused, but Mac insisted that they all have zabaglione. |
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His fans insisted that his naturalism and his underplaying refuted any residual sissiness that might be associated with acting. |
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He insisted that the people were determined to resist intimidation and vote buying. |
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In face of such gloating by the political right, several newspapers have insisted that the whole affair is a storm in a teacup. |
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The Alliance's parliamentary leader, Jim Anderton, successfully insisted that the party's parliamentary caucus support the troop dispatch. |
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He was warned to cease and desist, but now, he insisted that he had to perform that way! |
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Polonius insisted that Hamlet had become demented, and cautioned Ophelia to keep her distance. |
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Ort-Mabry, the spokeswoman for Ringling, insisted that the ankus is a time-tested and appropriate training tool. |
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She scolded him and generally mothered him as he insisted that he was completely fine, all the while biting back groans of pain. |
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Charles insisted that as God's direct representative on earth he was ultimately not answerable to any elected chamber devised by men. |
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They insisted that they were devoid of any religious prejudice in their opposition to Mormonism. |
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He insisted that it was not proper for the court to handle the dispute before the administration had settled the matter. |
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With its roots in the suffering masses of Latin America, liberation theology has long insisted that God hovers close to the downtrodden. |
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The reason for the change in formulation is that numismatic specialists and antiquarians insisted that coins had to be made of metal. |
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He insisted that the parliamentary poll was free from political interference, but promised to investigate allegations of vote rigging. |
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She even insisted that Mary was the rightful heir to the throne of England. |
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Matthew Paris insisted that she and her husband were vicious and adulterous and that John threatened to hang her gallants over her bed. |
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She insisted that thousands of high earners were being allowed to pay little or no contributions to the State due to generous schemes. |
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Henceforth, he insisted that he was Emperor not only of the French but also of the North African Arabs. |
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He insisted that he had problems adapting to society after spending so long behind bars. |
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My doctor insisted that once I filed this piece I lie down on my bed and not get out. |
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He insisted that he was in with a chance of reaching the second round. |
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Among them was the neighbor who had insisted that the air raid shelter be searched for survivors. |
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But he insisted that CIA employees had tried their best, all the while believing that another attack was around the corner. |
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After Borman insisted that Olbermann work March 5, Price said he was being highly unprofessional. |
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The pagan insisted that divinity was in trees and in all of nature. |
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Their families had always insisted that the charges were trumped up. |
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He equipped the starter with a flag, fined the Clerk of the Course if races were sent off late and insisted that horses carried the same number as was written on the racecard. |
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Sylvia insisted that Ted move out and he complied, going to stay in London. |
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He insisted that the meeting was designed to ensure the advancement of the integration process and to examine the overall future development of the community. |
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When my British husband insisted that what he truly wanted for his birthday was to see a Monster Jam Truck show, I cringed inside. |
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Last night the country's favourite agony uncle insisted that it was the power of radio and the nationwide spread of listeners that empowered people. |
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Wilde had to make equality the material precondition of freedom, and later Wildeans have insisted that Wilde was a socialist because he was so deeply an individualist. |
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The customs officials insisted that he submit to fingerprinting before he was allowed to board his connecting flight. |
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He refused to do so and insisted that he wished to re-enter the house. |
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Kaszeta insisted that the chemical compound hexamine in the sarin residue was a tell-tale sign of Syrian government involvement. |
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The Second Continental Congress long insisted that it was fighting only to restore English rights to the settlers under the traditional government of the empire. |
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Stone insisted that the judiciary should exercise restraint and recognize the need for the legislative and executive branches to respond to the Great Depression. |
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It is believed that the company's bankers have insisted that it urgently restructure its debt as a condition for securing their continuing support. |
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Keough insisted that Rossi's single-mindedness in pursuing a gubernatorial revote has not harmed his future political career in the eyes of the state's voters. |
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Lena Ibrahim, a first-generation Palestinian-American, insisted that she was there more for human rights than ethnic solidarity. |
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Early beneficiaries of this belief included a tailor's son, Jean-Marie Hervagault, who insisted that he had been removed from the Temple in a linen basket. |
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He had tried to talk her into bringing an automatic firearm, as the assault would be a heavy one, but she was stubborn, and insisted that the knives would suit her fine. |
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In his resignation statement, Stephenson insisted that he was leaving the job with his integrity intact. |
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As First Consul, he introduced the 20-franc gold piece and insisted that from thenceforth soldiers, contractors, and merchants would be paid only in gold, or its equivalent. |
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But he insisted that there is nothing about her death to provoke additional scrutiny. |
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He insisted that he had not intended the novel to be political allegory, while knowing full well that it would be taken as such. |
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Still, Ryder insisted that if Burton and Keaton had passed, she would have, too. |
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He named a member to contact in Newry but insisted that the Democrat didn't mention him as the source of the information if that person was contacted. |
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And native peoples were hardly passive participants in this enterprise. It was the Mi'kmaqs who insisted that Cartier forget about a passage to China and trade for furs. |
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The security services insisted that this triumph should remain secret for 50 years. |
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But he insisted that she had been fine when they parted and that he had not heard from her since. |
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Derrida insisted that the very way in which language functions, that is, signification, necessitates an unbridgeable gap between the signifier and the signified. |
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Though Smith cautioned against the excesses of unbridled free enterprise, he insisted that society benefited when the state allowed acquisitive individualism full scope. |
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While the muleteer and packhorses beelined for the next camp through the tilled fields, we insisted that the four of us hike along the escarpment for the rest of the journey. |
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The minister insisted that any change in the present policy would be a body blow to the entire western region, not just in the immediate vicinity of Clare and Limerick. |
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Despite his hostility to Marxism, he insisted that the revolution was not a Bolshevik coup but a massive social revolt involving millions of workers and peasants. |
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The group responsible for evaluation and safety insisted that the other group was too quick, careless and sloppy in their safety review procedures. |
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Hague last night insisted that he would not be silenced by accusations of racism, which he said were designed as a smokescreen to hide Labour's problems over asylum. |
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Packwood was eventually convinced to come to the Senate, but he insisted that they carry him across the threshold. |
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He insisted that he always intended to confess to the crimes, in due time, and save the people who were wrongly arrested. |
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The military brass insisted that the only way to reduce the term of service for conscripts to one year would be to draft twice as many men as it does at present. |
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He also persuasively insisted that any strike on Iran must serve to destroy the regime, not strengthen it. |
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Still, the police insisted that the driver take a breathalyser test. |
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I suggested that we pay a passing urchin from the township to go and count the whales for us, but the curvaceous news hound insisted that we do it ourselves. |
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Mr O'Donoghue insisted that just a handful of vagrants were causing trouble for people and that he was not insisting that all were creating a menace in the boom city. |
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Squaring perfectly with the defense, Madoff insisted that he alone knew he was running a Ponzi scheme. |
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He insisted that far from being America's poodle on this, he was an enthusiastic collaborator with Mr. Bush. |
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I tried suggesting he tape over the burr or maybe file it down but he stubbornly insisted that it was fine, cursing under his breath the whole time he cranked the mill. |
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The crowds insisted that the law enforcement presence prompted violence instead of quelling it. |
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She insisted that only 7 be allowed into the house and they had a stand-up row on the side of the road as she refused him permission to move extra beds into the house. |
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Rice also insisted that international monitors and observers be allowed access to Egyptian presidential and parliamentary elections later this year. |
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Even as they insisted that they had done nothing wrong and that the Republicans were ogres for bringing it up, they launched a massive effort to staunch the scandal's flow. |
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I insisted that the actors wear their street clothes, even to the extent of ordering several who arrived on stage in costume to change back to civvies. |
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Police representatives insisted that it was the responsibility of escorts to ensure they knew and abided by municipal, provincial and federal laws, ordinances and bylaws. |
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The town fathers chauvinistically insisted that local materials be used. |
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Kant insisted that although we cannot prove that nature is purposively organized, we must systematize our empirical knowledge by viewing nature as if it were so organized. |
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From the beginning, North Korea has insisted that an inter-Korean political formula should be based on parity or coequality, rather than population. |
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The punk rock cognoscenti, of which Lydon was a key member, insisted that the movement peaked in 1976, and the following year merely marketed the sell-out. |
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He insisted that following his death his post-mortem should be performed in front of his own medical staff and published in the local weekly journal. |
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She constantly insisted that her height and slender limbs made her gawky and awkward, and for lack of a mirror had never seen the large blue eyes that were so captivating. |
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Not content to debase himself, he insisted that his wife drink as well. |
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The embattled minister refused to be drawn yesterday on accusations that he had deceived the public before the election when he insisted that no spending cuts were planned. |
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Well, the day before she sent to Lord Jedburgh explaining that she had to leave, it seems that a highly inebriated Don Ramirez proposed to her and insisted that she accept. |
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Some grammarians have insisted that people is a collective noun that should not be used as a substitute for persons when referring to a specific number of individuals. |
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Robert Frost insisted that poetry be made up of griefs, not grievances. |
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The traditional food expert, whose name evades me, insisted that carrots very rarely had a role to play in the kitchens of Ireland in years gone by. |
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He insisted that examinants should go again to the house of John Campbell. |
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It was just that from the time her father had said the name reminded him of a pet doggie, she'd insisted that everyone that she met after call her Liv. |
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For years, ethnohistorians have insisted that American history cannot be understood thoroughly without including Indian people as legitimate historical actors. |
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In Washington, the Federal Government small-mindedly insisted that, no, public parkland could not be offered as collateral for mortgage guarantees. |
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Some Roman writers even insisted that it did not exist, and dismissed reports of Pytheas's voyage as a hoax. |
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Anselm insisted that he journey to Rome for this purpose but William would not permit it. |
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Jessie insisted that she didn't miss the nightclubbing scene because she did not have that many friends. |
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Taylor insisted that he had not realised that the dart had missed and offered to replay the match and forfeit his prize money. |
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In addition, in his archival collecting and in coediting the EMC, he insisted that classical, popular, and folk traditions all be included. |
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My guide insisted that I try the popular 'Badhe Miya Kabab,' a mouth-watering delicacy that the Old Delhi is famous for. |
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Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams insisted that the party remained strong and that their political support was still as united as ever. |
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To a skeptical reporter he insisted that he had flown his ornithopter in the California mountains years earlier but was still perfecting it. |
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Before the Japanese Grand Prix Hamilton insisted that he had not done anything wrong during the season. |
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He quickly drew a circle on the forehead of his gabbai and insisted that the gabbai paint a circle on the Rebbe's forehead. |
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Famous for its message discipline, the White House had insisted that its HHS secretary be the lone voice on bioterrorism. |
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Police insisted that the murder was a gangland contract killing connected to the Costa's multi-million-pound drug smuggling industry. |
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He also insisted that Jesus was the victim of his Roman executors and his cowardly Sadducean judges. |
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Winstead insisted that the show would be a newscast written by comedians. |
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In his childhood his parents insisted that he should behave like a boy, but Johan resisted and became a gender bender. |
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He also insisted that crew members throw cold water at him and verbally abuse him. |
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They declined this and insisted that he complete the final six films he owed them. |
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Following the release of The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking, Waters publicly insisted that Pink Floyd would not reunite. |
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Harriet also insisted that her sister Eliza, whom Shelley detested, live with them. |
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She insisted that home and property owners should no longer be powerless in the face of yobbery. |
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The lawmakers insisted that the age limit for the reserves service must be 60 years instead of 50 years as suggested by some. |
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The opposition, on the other hand, insisted that Senghor's intimate ties to France prevented moves toward any significant Africanization. |
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Prosecutor Grame Cameron insisted that his questions were pertinent to the charges against the five Hezbollah members. |
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Nevertheless, he maintained his composure and insisted that he had acted alone. |
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The mother insisted that at her core Barnes was a protector. |
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Wesley insisted that Methodists regularly attend their local parish church as well as Methodist meetings. |
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Henry Ford was a fanatical tobaccophobe and, had it been possible, would have insisted that all of his employees give up cigarettes. |
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To replace my first bike, he insisted that I had another, bigger one. He'd painted it bright blue, the colour of the cover to this book. |
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This didn't seem at all unlikely, but when I none the less havered, he insisted that his 'Egyptian fortune-teller' had confirmed it. |
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Zeno, however, insisted that Odoacer had to pay homage to Julius Nepos as the Emperor of the Western Empire. |
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Hawthorne's uncle Robert Manning insisted that the boy attend college, despite Hawthorne's protests. |
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In particular, Georges Cuvier insisted that species were unrelated and fixed, their similarities reflecting divine design for functional needs. |
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The New Poor Law Commissioners were very critical of existing workhouses, and generally insisted that they be replaced. |
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In 1810, chlorine was given its current name by Humphry Davy, who insisted that chlorine was in fact an element. |
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Darwin himself insisted that social policy should not simply be guided by concepts of struggle and selection in nature. |
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Athanasius insisted that Christ was God, that the homoousion clause of the Creed be understood literally. |
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But Newton insisted that divine intervention would eventually be required to reform the system, due to the slow growth of instabilities. |
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Manolov insisted that the state should prime the pump of certain productions in order to open new jobs. |
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Epsom and Ewell District Council insisted that the Durdans continue to be used for equine purposes. |
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Bonaparte also insisted that the courts judging civil and criminal cases should be the same, if only to give them more prestige. |
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Zwingli insisted that he was not an innovator and that the sole basis of his teachings was Scripture. |
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He had always insisted that the Consistory retain the power of excommunication, despite the council's past decision to take it away. |
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Rijp insisted that the northern tip of Novaya Zemlya was far too dangerous and returned to the Netherlands. |
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The king insisted that Snorri help him bring Iceland under the sovereignty of Norway. |
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Not religious himself, he insisted that Darwin's conclusions lacked empirical foundation. |
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She kept a supply of pepsinated milk on hand and insisted that he use it to dilute his whiskey. |
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They insisted that they could not only control taxation, but also public expenditure. |
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To diminish the odium the king insisted that if Snorri had submitted he would have been spared. |
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Noting their gold ear ornaments, Columbus took some of the Arawaks prisoner and insisted that they guide him to the source of the gold. |
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Now he insisted that, if he were to settle the contest, he had to be fully recognised as Scotland's feudal overlord. |
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He became interested in dancing in 1877 and insisted that the officers of his ship learn to dance. |
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Philip insisted that the dowry should be returned to France as the marriage did not produce any children, per the betrothal agreement. |
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The government insisted that the embarrassing loss of the tax records was a one-off event. |
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Katsuno and Yano insisted that the development of kaomoji online has important connections with Japanese popular culture. |
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City officials also insisted that construction in the neighborhood jarred the pipes and caused residue to flake off into the drinking water. |
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Nelson, now aboard Foudroyant, was outraged, and backed by King Ferdinand he insisted that the rebels must surrender unconditionally. |
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Complaints were issued in the press, but the company insisted that the bread was removed because of lack of sales. |
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Despite the disappointment, Stevens insisted that Murphy had simply been the better player and that he would eventually win the championship. |
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Comyn insisted that there should be no reprisals or disinheritance, which Edward accepted, with notable exceptions. |
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The rocker also insisted that despite considering other frontmen, the group haven't ruled out Rod Stewart returning eventually. |
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Before the process could begin, he insisted that all of the contenders recognize him as Lord Paramount of Scotland. |
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As preparation, Preminger, who had directed the play in New York, insisted that Niven appear on stage in the West Coast run. |
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Bowie had insisted that he did not want a funeral, and according to his death certificate he was cremated in New Jersey on 12 January. |
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Virgin Records insisted that Oldfield use the title Tubular Bells 2 for his next instrumental album. |
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Their emphasis on morality appealed to Shaw, who rejected the idea of art for art's sake, and insisted that all great art must be didactic. |
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This caused great consternation among the aristocracy, who insisted that long use in itself constituted licence. |
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At the same time, Western diplomats insisted that Kosovo be discussed, and that Yugoslavia be responsive to Albanian demands there. |
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Throughout 2002, the Bush administration insisted that removing Saddam from power to restore international peace and security was a major goal. |
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India criticized Egypt's seizure of the canal, but insisted that its ownership and operation now not change. |
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Goebbels controlled the wire services and insisted that all newspapers in Germany should only publish content favourable to the regime. |
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The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Snowden, insisted that the Report's recommendations be adopted to avoid incurring a budget deficit. |
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They insisted that their army should return to join the growing force in Scotland. |
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The Marathas attacked British shipping and insisted that East India Company ships pay taxes if sailing through their waters. |
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Before the process got underway Edward insisted that he be recognised as Lord Paramount of Scotland. |
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During the original treaty negotiations, the United States insisted that colonies like the Belgian Congo be excluded from the treaty. |
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The employees complained that their boss was micromanaging when she insisted that they account for their time in fifteen-minute intervals. |
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Whatever the results of the investigation, Mussolini insisted that the Greek government pay Italy fifty million lire in reparations. |
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Congressional Republicans have long insisted that there is no need for a LGBT nondiscrimination law. |
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John Swinney insisted that his budget for 2013-14 is one for jobs and growth. |
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He kept his mistresses openly at Willey, and insisted that they should accompany him in the field. In fact, he chose them for their horsewomanship as much as for their beauty. |
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Rather than try to obfuscate, Zelko would be better served explaining why Greenpeace had insisted that the harp seal was on the road to extinction. |
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The Sun God insisted that Zeus punish the men for this sacrilege. |
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Refusing to allow her to be societally marginalised or institutionalised, as was common in the period, Morris insisted that she be cared for by the family. |
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When she left King's College, Director Sir John Randall insisted that all DNA work belonged exclusively to King's and ordered Franklin to not even think about it. |
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Shen Buhai insisted that the ruler must be fully informed on the state of his realm, but couldn't afford to get caught up in details and was advised to listen to no one. |
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He took this decision in spite of serious reservations of the US military, which egoistically insisted that it had the will and capacity to turn sure defeat into victory. |
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Merhi's defense team never formally opposed the joinder but has repeatedly insisted that it needs adequate time and resources to ensure its client's rights are upheld. |
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The doctors suggested returning Huskisson to Liverpool for treatment, but George Stephenson insisted that it would be better to take him on to Manchester. |
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Whyte insisted that he was in the dark about Baxendale-Walker's mucky lifestyle, but the suave moneyman was happy to brag about his raunchy screen antics. |
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For years, the military establishment denied responsibility for the murders and insisted that campesino leaders had immolated themselves using hand grenades. |
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The Duchess arrived at Kensington Palace shortly before George died, and after his death insisted that Anne leave Kensington for St James's Palace against her wishes. |
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After the President, in a press conference in late June, inveighed against tax breaks for corporate jets, the industry quickly insisted that such a change would cost jobs. |
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The King insisted that a more thorough search be undertaken. |
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However, the group insisted that the money would be spent on acquisition rather than the roll-out of The Living Room, Bel and The Dragon and Prohibition brands. |
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Morrison insisted that the technique works as he found himself wanting to be sweatier for the first time ever, just so that he could feel more emotionally sensitive. |
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This nitwit insisted that a strike would not affect patient safety. |
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Before the wedding mass was celebrated, Edward insisted that Llywelyn should put his seal to an adjustment to the agreement that they had previously made. |
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In his typed diary Haig claimed much of the credit for Foch's appointment and to have insisted that he have wider powers over Petain than Clemenceau had wanted to grant him. |
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Despite my dendrology prowess, he insisted that I was mistaken. |
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However the fleet eventually departed without warning after the Zamorin and his naval chief Kunjali Marakkar insisted that they left all their assets as collateral. |
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