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Example sentences for: insistence

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The LAT , in its front-page piece, has this too but adds the detail that, at the insistence of Egypt, the U.S. has also accepted language in the resolution affirming the territorial integrity and independence of Iraq.
That bare obligation, they argue, was superseded by a destructive insistence that racial minorities be included in substantial numbers (ideally, in rough proportionality) in all spheres of social life, including the most competitive.
Finally, Kinsey's insistence that there was no such thing as a homosexual--a subspecies of humankind--but only an infinite shading of variation, a continuum of practices, seems to have had more to do with his training as an entomologist than with the nature of his own desires.
The United Nations' insistence on peace at any cost and the United States' insistence on containment and sanctions instead of confrontation left UNSCOM without any backers.
The Sweater Girl, exemplified by Lana Turner, appeared in 1937; you could see that under her sweater was her bra, lifting up, holding out, and separating and steadying her breasts with firm insistence.