I've had a difficult relationship with my mother – who was very much a traditional woman in many ways – ever since I insisted on going to university, having a career, all that.
(Both agreed to eat kalbi — grilled short ribs — if I insisted. Since you'll ask, yes, I did).
In September 2003, Cheney insisted: "Since I've left Halliburton to become George Bush's vice-president, I've severed all my ties with the company, gotten rid of all my financial interests.
My father gets home early on Fridays, and while he takes off his tie and washes up for dinner my sister and I set the table with forks and knives (but without chopsticks, since I insist that there be no side of rice and kimchi at this meal, as there is at every other), folding the paper napkins into triangles.
He followed with a punch line — "I had to take that shot" — but maybe now we can at least believe Ryan, who has insisted since the beginning of Tebow that Sanchez is his starter and that Tebow is here as a multipurpose player, a fancy toy with a huge and fanatical following.
The parties have insisted since that they would try to reach an alternative agreement that would satisfy Cfius' concerns.
The organisers have insisted since Monday's explosions in Boston that left three people dead and more than 100 injured that the London race would take place.
China initially concealed the extent of the spread of SARS, but has insisted since April 20 that it is telling the truth.
Poorer countries have insisted since the Seattle meeting that they need relief from some commitments they made in the Uruguay Round before new talks can start.
Duval, the world's No. 2-ranked player, has insisted since early in the week that he felt ready to win, not just Sunday, but next week.
And while the president did grant an audience to I.C.C. officials in May, it hardly meant much, Mr. Elegbe insisted, since he has also met with hundreds of other entities and officials.
