Colonial Yucatec ritual practice also insisted on ceremonies of nomination and ordering. |
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During a routine business trip, security personnel insisted on completely unpacking and repacking all of his carry-on bags. |
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Back in South Africa, Van der Merwe insisted Delta replace the vehicle or repair the damage. |
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Normally they would have refused, but Mac insisted that they all have zabaglione. |
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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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Bachelor life also presented various pitfalls such as having to contend with laundries that insisted on ironing his socks. |
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He excoriates those who have insisted somewhat anachronistically that Calvin was not a systematic theologian. |
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On the night of the shooting, Jaw had been badgering her about her past relationships and insisted on seeing copies of recent e-mails. |
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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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They insisted, against much opposition from conservative railwaymen, that what the inter-city link needed was new standard-gauge dedicated track. |
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As for Chris, she was delighted with her new bag and lunch box, which she insisted on carrying even though they were heavier than her. |
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Sir Charles Bunbury called on her, and insisted on walking out with her, and became rather particular, but our heroine was inflexible. |
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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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As a lad in Clifton in York, others recalled how he had insisted everyone wore white for scratch cricket matches. |
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But today, it was even more of a drag, for my mother insisted on all of us questioning Serena to death. |
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Mr Leslie insisted yesterday's announcement was nothing to do with the forthcoming regional assembly referendums. |
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A 2-year-old Phil, a natural right-hander, insisted on swinging a golf club left-handed so that he could mirror his dad. |
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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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She had to talk to him about Edur before the wine went to his head and he insisted upon retiring to bed early. |
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Residents insisted a petition be raised to ensure that all villagers could support the council's position. |
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I didn't want to eat or drink anything, but Allison insisted on buying me lemon tea and a bran muffin. |
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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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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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The government adopted the position that the reactors should be decommissioned in 2006, but insisted on a safety inspection. |
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From the inception of the project the archdiocese insisted on a robust design to preserve the function and integrity of the structure. |
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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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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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A Russian trade official insisted Monday that there was no linkage between the two issues. |
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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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Despite the protests of these rangatira, the Government insisted that the land had been sold. |
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John insisted on kissing them as well, bringing the first wan smiles to their faces after the events of the night. |
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A foreign ministry spokeswoman insisted the government was taking a firm line on corruption. |
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Williams insisted there had been no adversarial relationship between the ministry and the nurses. |
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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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Unfortunately, U.S. sales of your magnum opus are inadequate to inspire the publisher to exercise those paperback rights he insisted on buying. |
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She hadn't really needed the liner to accentuate her dark lashes and brows, but Mabel, of all people, had insisted on it. |
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They insisted the wooden piece was a work of art and should not have been manhandled by the long arm of the law. |
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The singer's representatives had insisted the chart show screen him singing both tracks from his double A-side single. |
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He had insisted on best quality sharp sand, but even then it was a lot of money to pay. |
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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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Afterwards, I wouldn't let her dry me off, but she insisted on rubbing oils into my skin. |
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Sarah insisted for Alli to come out of the pool and follow her inside as she fixed dinner, and after some more whining the girl obeyed. |
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She insisted on leaving the front and back doors open at all times, and these were at either end of a passageway through the house. |
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He insisted that he had problems adapting to society after spending so long behind bars. |
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One lady dressed in tight black leather and brandishing a whip, insisted on chasing Geoff and me around the dance floor. |
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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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I insisted Jon have a CT scan, a calcium scan, and he came up clean as a whistle. |
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But, he insisted, all products were marketed and promoted in a responsible way. |
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She insisted the half-blind, arthritic engineers knew what they were doing. |
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A more lively character would be hard to meet and, once again, on her brief visit to Ireland, Stephanie insisted on her ration of set dancing! |
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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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However, most Congressmen who spoke Marathi insisted on a separate Maharashtra State. |
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He insisted that his presence there should remain secret even after his departure. |
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They insisted on calling her Chaelia and sending her to a private academy for schooling. |
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One camp insisted that Burke's writings were replete with outrage and warrantably so. |
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We would have been there sooner though if my Mum hadn't insisted on texting me en route to ask where we were. |
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After he left we discovered that he had insisted on paying for the meal for the whole table. |
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I tried offering the front seat to Anna, but he insisted she sit in back with Matt and Travis. |
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They flirted with us shamelessly yet innocently and when we left insisted we kissed their heavily rouged and powdered cheeks. |
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Late in the meal Pichon dropped by to say hi and insisted for dessert I have the Queen of Puddings. |
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When Debbie brought up the matter, the other woman insisted she had said nothing of the kind and told Debbie she was imagining things. |
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Republicans have insisted in recent weeks that she and other Democrats knew waterboarding was in use but made no attempt to protest. |
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Scout insisted that she'd asked Atticus, and she got in trouble for sassing her aunt. |
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I'd insisted on wearing my football kit, and mum and dad were too tired to argue. |
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Anthony loved it but, as customers are wont to do, he insisted I name the drink. |
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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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Campaigners, however, insisted the entire site could be preserved if the road was slightly redirected. |
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The Lord Chancellor was not on the Woolsack to hear the debate, which Lord Goodhart insisted was not directed at him personally. |
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This was definitely not my type of movie and I even had words with the person that insisted I use up my time to sit and watch it. |
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They learned how to roll cheese from a team of brawny factory workers who made fun of the tiny women even as they insisted on perfection. |
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The curator insisted it was of placid temper, but obviously it took against me, and only a dangling camera bag saved my legs from a mauling. |
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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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If the government insisted on a unitary state that would Islamize and Arabize the entire country, the south would demand independence. |
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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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Amis has always insisted that aesthetics are the sole standard for judging the worth of literature. |
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I looked up from the bulletproof jacket my loving husband had insisted I wear. |
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But Moorcroft insisted that there was still an air of optimism in British athletics. |
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And, just to underline their point they even insisted on dressing alike, all the time. |
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Until last year, I would have insisted public radio stations were immune from quid pro quos. |
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He insisted on training to fly a jumbo jet despite an obvious lack of skill even with small planes. |
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She became convinced she was losing her baby and insisted her husband take her to hospital. |
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Rachel insisted it was Ailsa's turn, and vice versa, until Rebecca told them to shut up and go downstairs to check the rota. |
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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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Why, without these all-important ingredients there was no romance, she insisted. |
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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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She also defended the cost, and insisted she kept a tight rein on spending. |
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Mr Knox insisted that his customers would not be rowdy, nightclub-style lager louts. |
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We took our seats in a private box, something that Julius had insisted on trying. |
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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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When the club failed to find the right incentives to lure a world class striker, the manager insisted he would make do and mend. |
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Perhaps fooled by our mangy appearance, he insisted that we order something, his treat. |
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They insisted it was the only venue for alternative music in this city of 850,000 people. |
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But the minister insisted his remarks at a conference were taken out of context by Italian journalists. |
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The defeat he always insisted was inevitable has come and gone and cost Celtic nothing. |
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Williams insisted the service was toned down to one of remembrance for the victims on both sides of the conflict. |
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Politicians, insisted Yes Minister's legendary mandarin, Sir Humphrey Appleby, simply cannot be trusted. |
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Spokespeople for Jennifer and Vince have insisted the pair are not romancing. |
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He insisted independent schools from all faiths had a role to play in encouraging understanding of people from different backgrounds. |
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After Precious left the stage and came out to make her hellos to all of us, she insisted on giving me a lap dance. |
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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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Dolly insisted on going out for a little while, and yowled at the door until I opened it. |
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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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To further complicate things, I insisted on attaching myself as the screenwriter. |
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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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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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After Borman insisted that Olbermann work March 5, Price said he was being highly unprofessional. |
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He insisted to Brezhnev that Carter was committed to nuclear disarmament despite some confusing speeches on the issue. |
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Chechen president Ramzan Kadyrov insisted he did not order Chechen fighters to go to Ukraine. |
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It seems that the deputies asked him to leave, but Saylor insisted on staying, and perhaps physically resisted them. |
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He so much embodied the ancient teachings of the Buddha, yet insisted on a completely inclusive, secular, contemporary approach. |
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Glyn, a maintenance supervisor at a distribution warehouse, insisted on parking his own car, which was only two weeks old, instead of allowing staff to do so. |
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The pagan insisted that divinity was in trees and in all of nature. |
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One of her daughters insisted on accompanying her to the police station. |
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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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If the presence of the man who produced rank commercial potboilers at the film festival was construed a mismatch by many, he insisted he was not there to chase rainbows. |
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However, the electric council which administers the industry has insisted on gradual rate increases in an effort to avoid social upheaval against the measure. |
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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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Later, when the boy was 15 or 16, Goddard insisted he strip and they lay on a bed naked and kissed, the suit alleges. |
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Francisco insisted at the meeting that Shawn herself must have taken the methadone. |
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Despite calls for their culling and suggestions they be given to pensioners for Sunday dinner, many people insisted on feeding them which only aggravated the problem. |
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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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I go back into the bathroom to wash my face and see that the daughter, who insisted on helping me clean the tub and the floor, threw some of the used baby wipes in the toilet. |
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They yapped and pulled at their leads with such energy that Winkelmann insisted we climb back into the sled, pronto. |
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He refused to do so and insisted that he wished to re-enter the house. |
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McKenzie insisted the Compassion Club would remain alcohol-free. |
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She insisted they go through the long campaign together to test the impact of her dharma on their relationship. |
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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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The defense insisted the conflicted youngster was merely going through an identity crisis and the painful breakup of his parents. |
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Both insisted Goldwater was scaring away the swing voters Republicans needed with his unyielding conservatism. |
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I insisted the Empress come out in the rain and see this because she stoutly defends the yardmen who are the laziest bunch of louts I've encountered in a long time. |
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He repeatedly stressed he was not linking aid to any relaxation of the rules on soccer and insisted no pre-conditions would be fixed to a GAA grant application. |
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In recent months foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has insisted on keeping the negotiating details confidential. |
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They insisted they were amateurs, which somehow made it more noble. |
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His doctors insisted on immediate surgery and when Miles woke, his forearm was gone. |
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But, in an email to the Daily Beast, Chaffetz insisted he was simply being a loyal Republican foot soldier. |
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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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I insisted everyone wear straw hats and sunglasses and flower leis. |
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Le petit merde, also known as Douglas Alexander, has insisted he's going to support England and that anybody who doesn't has got a chip on their shoulder. |
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The city gave the telco an interim revocable permit earlier this year, but officials insisted a city charter requires that the franchise be voted on by residents. |
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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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He insisted on wearing both items all day and so I had to help him fasten the coil of whip to his belt loop because he couldn't figure out how to make it stay. |
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Despite aural evidence to the contrary, Mr. Bhatt, however, insisted the noise was a figment of my imagination. |
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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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He not only insisted poems appear in all lowercase but took other liberties with line breaks, punctuation, parentheses, which often amounted to a tricky cleverness. |
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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 didn't know why she insisted on baking in the summer, anyway. |
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A demanding bandleader who insisted on a high level of professionalism, he rarely missed an opportunity to screw mates out of touring money or royalties. |
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For days the Kurds have insisted to skeptical journalists, including myself, that Kobani would hold. |
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A palace insider however insisted to the Daily Beast today that the Queen was not about to abdicate. |
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These, he insisted, were harbingers of the twin plagues of socialism and secular humanism. |
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The Victims of Communism Foundation has insisted on not accepting U.S. government funding. |
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In his resignation statement, Stephenson insisted that he was leaving the job with his integrity intact. |
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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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On 15 August 1524 the council insisted on the obligation to baptise all newborn infants. |
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His heart being weak, of course they couldn't draft him, but anyhow they just absitively insisted on his going to work. |
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Besides that, Mir was certifiably loaded... she didn't need my Mom to buy her squat... but apparently Mom had insisted. |
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An obvious candidate for this class of propositions would be the cogito, whose evidence, Descartes insisted, is not founded on inference. |
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Madame Grandoni had insisted on the fact that she was an actress, and this little speech seemed a glimpse of the cothurnus. |
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From its surface, he insisted, plain food became ambrosia, water nectar, and the duffest dope would blow your mind. |
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If we didn't rewrite for Windows, they insisted, our competitors would eat our lunch! |
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Although they had eloped in Vegas, she'd insisted he wear a tuxedo and she buy a wedding dress at one of the local stores. |
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Sabean insisted he kept Posey at Triple A because the front office wasn't convinced the rookie could excel behind the plate in the big leagues. |
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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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Some Roman writers even insisted that it did not exist, and dismissed reports of Pytheas's voyage as a hoax. |
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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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However, Saladin insisted on the razing of Ascalon's fortifications, which Richard's men had rebuilt, and a few other points. |
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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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This caused great consternation among the aristocracy, who insisted that long use in itself constituted licence. |
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Harriet was fretful and insular. Miss Abbott was pleasant, and insisted on praising everything. |
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He insisted on scripture, teaching and education, and on improving the clergy's moral standards. |
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When his men noticed that Drake was bleeding profusely from a wound, they insisted on withdrawing to save his life and left the treasure. |
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George insisted on a new law that essentially forbade members of the Royal Family from legally marrying without the consent of the Sovereign. |
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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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Katsuno and Yano insisted that the development of kaomoji online has important connections with Japanese popular culture. |
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They insisted that they could not only control taxation, but also public expenditure. |
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Michael's knifeplay had never aroused him, but that fact had never concerned Jonathan, for Michael had never insisted upon it. |
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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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Darwin himself insisted that social policy should not simply be guided by concepts of struggle and selection in nature. |
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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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Furthermore, Nexus reserves the right to chaperone any filming or photography taking place on the network, and has often insisted upon doing so. |
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Anselm insisted that he journey to Rome for this purpose but William would not permit it. |
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The ambassador insisted on witnessing the excavation, however, and resistance on the part of the prebendaries seems to have quieted the matter. |
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Wesley insisted that Methodists regularly attend their local parish church as well as Methodist meetings. |
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More insisted upon giving his daughters the same classical education as his son, a highly unusual attitude at the time. |
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Nevertheless, he maintained his composure and insisted that he had acted alone. |
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In all his biographies he insisted on including what others would have considered trivial details to fully describe the lives of his subjects. |
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He made a partial recovery, but in early April he caught a violent cold which therapeutic bleeding, insisted on by his doctors, aggravated. |
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Mary Shelley insisted she would have known if Claire had been pregnant, but it is unclear how much she really knew. |
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Harriet also insisted that her sister Eliza, whom Shelley detested, live with them. |
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They continued to correspond, and when Hammoneau had a son, Kipling insisted on returning the book and medal. |
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The EBU thoroughly denied racism in its show, and insisted it unites Europe for three nights in a year. |
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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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They declined this and insisted that he complete the final six films he owed them. |
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I insisted on getting married from a pathetic mixture of religious and animal promptings. |
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The family was not rich, but Peg insisted on an expensive private schooling for her son. |
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He also insisted that crew members throw cold water at him and verbally abuse him. |
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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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Despite the feud, Button insisted he had his team's backing, and was optimistic for the 2005 season. |
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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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Whatever the results of the investigation, Mussolini insisted that the Greek government pay Italy fifty million lire in reparations. |
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One major change from the Atlantic Charter was the addition of a provision for religious freedom, which Stalin approved after Roosevelt insisted. |
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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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During the original treaty negotiations, the United States insisted that colonies like the Belgian Congo be excluded from the treaty. |
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Before the process got underway Edward insisted that he be recognised as Lord Paramount of 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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They insisted that their army should return to join the growing force in Scotland. |
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The Jacobite general, Lord George Murray, and the Council of War insisted on returning to join their growing force in Scotland. |
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Charles then took command again, and insisted on fighting a defensive action. |
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The American negotiators insisted they would not give up the Declaration of Independence. |
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The British insisted on administering the empire through Parliament, and the conflict escalated into war. |
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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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Goebbels controlled the wire services and insisted that all newspapers in Germany should only publish content favourable to the regime. |
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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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Thatcher insisted on private financing for the British share, and the City assured her that private enterprise was eager to fund it. |
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Thatcher was staying at the hotel to attend the Conservative Party conference, which she insisted should open as scheduled the following day. |
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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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In the Commons, he insisted on the support of all Whig members, especially those who held office. |
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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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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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The play attracted capacity audiences until July, when Tree insisted on going on holiday, and the production closed. |
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He insisted on precise and authentic sets and costumes, which provided a foundation to ground and focus his absurd characters and situations. |
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Virgin Records insisted that Oldfield use the title Tubular Bells 2 for his next instrumental album. |
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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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In Byzantine and Gothic art of the Middle Ages, the dominance of the church insisted on the expression of biblical truths. |
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Brando had insisted on creative control, and the two men argued incessantly. |
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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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In 1949, to instill discipline, his parents insisted he attend Jones' West Monmouth Boys' School in Pontypool. |
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An overawed Spielberg couldn't bring himself to call him Tony, and insisted on addressing him as Sir Anthony throughout the shoot. |
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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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Comyn insisted that there should be no reprisals or disinheritance, which Edward accepted, with notable exceptions. |
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She insisted, even when threatened with torture and faced with death by fire, that she was guided by voices from God. |
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Mary denied writing them, arguing that her handwriting was not difficult to imitate, and insisted they were forgeries. |
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Drummond insisted there could be no discussion, and the fort must be rebuilt as a Spanish attack would surely come soon. |
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In the colonial era, Americans insisted on their rights as Englishmen to have their own legislature raise all taxes. |
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It incited rancor and division between the new revivalists and the old traditionalists who insisted on ritual and liturgy. |
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Haig kept a low profile in this job and insisted the Army be kept in reserve, not used for normal policing. |
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A number of ministers insisted on recording their dissent over the decision. |
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Lewis insisted on these principles before he would agree to the Pwllheli conference. |
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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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Merched y Wawr was established in 1967 when the WI insisted on English as the official language of the movement. |
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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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The government insisted that the embarrassing loss of the tax records was a one-off event. |
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At one of the ormolu tables, near a lamp with a pink shade, Gaston insisted on making at least a partial statement. |
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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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He became interested in dancing in 1877 and insisted that the officers of his ship learn to dance. |
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He introduced a gold cup for the ship which performed best at gunnery, and insisted upon shooting at greater range and from battle formations. |
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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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To diminish the odium the king insisted that if Snorri had submitted he would have been spared. |
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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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Not religious himself, he insisted that Darwin's conclusions lacked empirical foundation. |
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The king insisted that Snorri help him bring Iceland under the sovereignty of Norway. |
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Serbians, Croatians and Bosnians insisted they were ethnically distinct although many communities had a long history of intermarriage. |
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It appeared in their 1921 work Human Heredity, which insisted on the innate superiority of the Nordic race. |
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De Nicuesa insisted on being received, no longer as governor, but as a simple soldier, but still the colonists did not allow him to disembark. |
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Olympias always insisted to him that he was the son of Zeus, a theory apparently confirmed to him by the oracle of Amun at Siwa. |
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Zagan Pasha argued against Halil Pasha, and insisted on an immediate attack. |
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Philip, however, insisted on rigorous enforcement, which caused widespread unrest. |
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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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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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Zwingli insisted that he was not an innovator and that the sole basis of his teachings was Scripture. |
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They insisted on being able to dictate the terms of surrender. |
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He also insisted on a high moral standard of conduct for laity and clergy alike. |
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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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In 1810, chlorine was given its current name by Humphry Davy, who insisted that chlorine was in fact an element. |
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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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He made a partial recovery, but in early April he caught a violent cold, which therapeutic bleeding, insisted on by his doctors, aggravated. |
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Resignedly, I telegraphed back that it was all right with me if he insisted. |
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Queen Elizabeth I was given 'Lemster' wool stockings and liked them so much that from then on she insisted only on 'Lemster' Ryeland wool. |
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If there be any one point insisted on throughout my works more frequently than another, that one point is the impossibility of Equality. |
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Hawthorne's uncle Robert Manning insisted that the boy attend college, despite Hawthorne's protests. |
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Valeska had insisted 'she' stay, sleep where it was definitely safe. Just 'til the sitch could be settled. |
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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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The outfit there, led by a man named Angelino who insisted on drinking wine while training, is superauthentic and super-romantic. |
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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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Because of the professor's venerability his opinion was often asked, but his actual attendance in committee meetings was not insisted upon. |
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Rick Rockliff, of poppy producers Tasmanian Alkaloids, insisted the wallaby incursions were not very common. |
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The mother insisted that at her core Barnes was a protector. |
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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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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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Speakers insisted such a commission would not be a witch hunt, but would seek fairness. |
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They insisted on a call back from them to me before flashing the bulletin. |
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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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He insisted he did not knowingly take the drugs and claimed his drink was spiked on anight out. |
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The Chinese government had initially demanded that he be allowed to give a talk and leave, but Harvard insisted on a question period. |
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He checked her eyes for suspicious jerkiness and insisted on a breath test for alcohol. |
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But despite his jubilance at the SNP surge, Cameron insisted the Tories were the party who would keep the UK together. |
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Hehas constantly insisted he wants to see the club's ambition matching his ownbeforeheputs pen top aper on the new contract offer. |
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The watchdog has insisted the chief constable's actions were justified after republicans hit out at Sir Hugh Orde's reassertions. |
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But Renfrewshire Council insisted it simply wanted to resolve the neighbourhood dispute amicably. |
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He insisted it was another director, Phil Cartmell, who chaired the renumeration committee. |
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