Gödel came up with the surprising discovery that this was not the case for type theory and related languages adequate for arithmetic, as long as the following assumptions are insisted upon: The set of theorems (provable statements) is effectively enumerable, by virtue of the notion of proof being decidable.
New permanent land uses and zonings are insisted upon by governments, pushing swidden farmers out by laws and policies that criminalize swidden agriculture and alternative land-use options; at the same time urban and rural wage-labor opportunities are pulling swidden farmers or at least some members of their households away from agricultural livelihoods (Fox 2000; Rigg 2006).
Senator Dodd: "Are you insisting upon it?" Mr. Kashkari: "We are insisting upon it in all our actions".
Instead, they ask these questions under the supposition that they are insisting upon fairness.
Overall, though, it's a positive sign that so many people – across party lines – are insisting upon their right to privacy and telling the government, "enough is enough".
Nonetheless, economics are trumping contract terms these days, so I am sure the banks have some colorable argument to drive any terms they are insisting upon.
"As Eric has said for weeks, tax increases that the Democrats are insisting upon cannot pass the House and are the last thing Congress should be doing with so many people out of work," said Brad Dayspring, a spokesman for Mr. Cantor.
To energy managers, engineers like Mr. Gross and, more recently, Wall Street, the volume of demand for power is less noteworthy than the higher quality of electricity that digital users are insisting upon.
There will be much talk of liberty and bonfires of red tape, while behind the scenes the Human Rights Act (all those personal rights we are insisting upon these days) will be dismantled; asylum-seekers will no longer have to be fed and the new right to privacy will be easily hacked back (while keeping press freedom in place through guarantees of free expression).
Others are insisting upon more dramatic cutbacks in spending and regulation, which would inevitably undermine coverage for even more people.
Majority Leader Harry Reid has promised an "open as possible process" for amendments, which means creating a path to citizenship for the estimated 11 million unauthorized immigrants still hasn't cleared two formidable roadblocks in Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, who respectively are insisting upon a totally secure border and no path to citizenship.
