Insisted
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The Fund encountered the same problem in 2008, when it
insisted
on currency devaluation as part of an IMF-EU program for Latvia.
This, too, was very much a case of “keeping face”: the Chinese expected tribute; the British lord
insisted
on the equal status of his king.
Hezbollah militants in south Lebanon then killed three Israeli soldiers and captured two others, and
insisted
on Israel’s withdrawal from disputed territory and an exchange for some of the several thousand incarcerated Lebanese.
She notes that government and police officials recently
insisted
that most rapists cannot be prosecuted in India, because, as one official put it, they are known to the women attacked.
But migration from crisis-hit countries, partly to avoid repaying legacy debts (some of which were forced on these countries by the European Central Bank, which
insisted
that private losses be socialized), has been hollowing out the weaker economies.
Even as our Russian interlocutors agreed on the importance of cooperation in the Arctic, they vigorously supported their country’s annexation of Crimea and
insisted
that US sanctions on Russian oil and gas projects in the Arctic have dangerously injected geopolitical issues into the region.
“I speak English more fluently than the former president,” the Socialist leader insisted, referring to the outgoing Nicolas Sarkozy.
Finally, the late British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook
insisted
that British troops among the NATO forces occupying post-war Bosnia should be responsible for making such arrests.
“We did not agree to dismantle anything,” Iran’s foreign minister
insisted
in defiance of the US interpretation of the nuclear deal.
The Global Fund also represented a remarkable new system of funding, which encouraged collaboration between governments and civil-society organizations, and
insisted
that science, rather than morality and politics, should drive the agenda for resourcing national AIDS programs.
In our conservative society, he insisted, even “a hint of scandal” will suggest that the experiment failed, closing the door to other women who hoped to serve.
So, while powerful, “hegemonic” countries like the US managed to impose their own rules on weaker partners in the PTAs that they helped to proliferate, big emerging economies like India, Brazil, China, and South Africa
insisted
on rejecting such demands when made as part of multilateral trade rounds like Doha.
He
insisted
on writing his own speeches, conceiving many of them as philosophical and literary works, in which he not only criticized the dehumanized technology of modern politics, but also repeatedly appealed to Czechs not to fall prey to consumerism and mindless party politics.
For example, national advisory bodies in the UK, the Netherlands, and France recently
insisted
on additional regulatory measures for GMOs intended to prevent adverse side effects--for example, allergic reactions--on consumers' health.
After one recent disaster, in which more than 100 civilians died, the Pentagon immediately
insisted
that such bombing operations would continue.
Putin
insisted
that the drop in Russian GDP – some 3.7% in the last year – had been caused primarily by plummeting oil prices, offering only a brief mention of the Western sanctions imposed in response to his annexation of Crimea.
He assured the world that Russia would not be “more Syrian than Syrians themselves,” and he
insisted
that the United States should not dictate the country’s political process.
He was not just under-briefed, but also lazy: he
insisted
on remaining under-briefed.
He was not just incurious, but also arrogant: he
insisted
on making uninformed decisions, and hence made decisions that were essentially random.
But France insisted, single-handedly, on steps that ensured that majority voting would become more difficult and less representative.
The US has long
insisted
that the Bank’s president be a US national, and yet it has repeatedly nominated unsuitable candidates to run the institution.
This time, he insisted, he was certain.
In the Treaty of Versailles, the victorious Allies
insisted
that Germany should pay for “the cost of the war.”
At the start of the Common Market, it was the political price
insisted
on by France, a major agricultural country, as the condition for opening the French market to German industrial goods.
The US textile lobby
insisted
that knit fabrics exported north come from Central America.
While that logic certainly appeals to Europeans today, Hamilton
insisted
on a stronger reason for pursuing sound finance than merely the pursuit of expediency.
(The Stones have already played in Shanghai, even though the Chinese authorities
insisted
on vetting their songs.)
Europeans should have seized on that proposal and
insisted
on the rapid completion of an initial agreement on G7 tariff levels.
Indeed, the AKP
insisted
on submitting the entire package to a single “yes/no” vote, despite repeated calls from civil-society groups and opposition parties to allow for votes on each amendment separately.
Germany has
insisted
that, without limits on the amount of government debt banks can hold, no common deposit insurance can be introduced.
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