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First, when they transact among themselves, large players do not
insist
on an adequate amount of collateral, relying on the counterparty’s generic creditworthiness (and on the implicit guarantees that governments provided to large firms).
To
insist
on buying these expensive non-solutions is to put the cart before the horse.
If pundits continue to
insist
that the system failed, wonks will devote time and effort to figuring out how to fix what is not broken.
Russian mercenaries, the authorities have been at pains to insist, are not Russian forces.
The Germans and other Europeans
insist
that they will provide new official financing to insolvent countries, thus keeping current bondholders whole, while simultaneously creating a new regime after 2013 under which all this debt could be easily restructured.
Indeed, until a final agreement is reached, Colombian law-enforcement authorities will continue to confront forcefully all illegal armed groups whose members
insist
on threatening the peace and lives of the Colombian people.
The regime’s request to delay the elimination of its chemical-weapons arsenal has created a new disagreement, with Russia, China, and Iran calling for a flexible timetable, while the US and the European Union continue to
insist
on the June deadline.
When a country requires assistance, it is tempting for lenders to
insist
on a long list of reforms.
But those who claim that inequality is something to be desired are akin to those who argue that unemployment is always voluntary, as some economists still
insist.
How Women Shape CoupsLONDON – Last week, Zimbabwe’s generals took President Robert Mugabe into custody in an effective coup (though they
insist
on not calling it that).
But rather than
insist
as a matter of principle on operating the fuel cycle independently under national sovereignty, Iran could engage the Saudis about their idea of a regional joint venture, or explore different options of multilateral consortia with other countries.
Reconstruction efforts in Bosnia failed to generate momentum because the size of the territory is too small and the various governmental entities, from federal to local,
insist
on having their not-so-clean fingers in every pie.
Now that China is testing its growing power by claiming territories, not just in the East China Sea, but also in the South China Sea, Japanese nationalists
insist
that Japan must act as a big power, and be seen as a serious player, fully prepared to defend its sovereignty, even over a few insignificant rocks.
But the IMF continues to
insist
– as it has, with almost banal predictability, for the last seven years – that next year will be better.
Companies invest and reinvest in their workers, because the latter can
insist
on it, possessing as they do a seat in the boardroom as a result of the 1951 Codetermination Law.
Meanwhile, Nasralla, continuing to
insist
that he won, has refused to concede.
That is why campaigners must
insist
that the state be responsible for providing appropriate care and support services for each woman and child – services that both meet their needs and respect their rights.
Finally, and interestingly (if unpersuasive to many), all of Iran’s leaders continue to
insist
that weapons of mass destruction are incompatible with the basic tenets of Islam.
Monetarists
insist
that economies experience inflation when money-supply growth persistently exceeds output growth.
Conservatives
insist
that growth requires low taxes and incentives such as flexible labor markets to encourage entrepreneurship.
Likewise, they
insist
that mergers and acquisitions, which make big companies bigger, should not be motivated by salary considerations, and that “golden parachutes” should not be granted to failed managers.
While it was true that the outside world once preyed on a defenseless China, modern Chinese must get beyond wounded pride because to
insist
that China is still being hobbled by foreign conspiracies against its sovereignty and prosperity is to encourage the Chinese to engage in a form of dangerously delusional thinking.
A United States Special Inspector General recently issued a report criticizing the US government for failing to
insist
that AIG’s counterparties in the market for financial derivatives bear some of the costs of bailing out the company.
Many protesters
insist
in remaining leaderless, which is a mistake.
Bangladeshi authorities
insist
Haque was a drug dealer who died in an exchange of gunfire, but the audio evidence – captured by his wife as she listened to her husband die – suggests that the officers involved killed him and then planted drugs at the scene.
Ukrainian officials
insist
they are still working Sheremet’s case.
And central bankers are right to
insist
on structural reforms and credible plans for balancing budgets in the long term.
The worst case would be if China disregarded a decisive pro-democracy win in 2007 and 2008 and continued to
insist
that Hong Kong's people were unready for democracy or to allege foreign manipulation of the pro-democracy camp.
But to
insist
that the most certain path to potentially catastrophic decisions begins with an exhausted, intemperate mind is not a partisan observation.
Regulators should
insist
that traded derivatives are homogenous, standardized, and transparent.
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