He even tried to sell the weather here because he insisted — cough, cough — it set low expectations for the weekend.
I remember the Sergeant well, if only because he insisted I call him by his military rank.
"He mentioned that he would like to get an apartment in New York," said his mother, Louise Hughes, "because he insisted he was going to make it big".
We remember Lincoln more than Clay, in short, not just because he saved the Union, but also because he insisted that a Union worth saving was a Union that stood for something more than itself.
His case became notorious, not only because it was the first execution in the nation after a 10-year legal hiatus, but also because he insisted on being put to death rather than pursuing appeals.
Electronica 1: The Time Machine took so long not only because he insisted on having a different high-profile collaborator for each track, but also because he insisted on meeting each of them in person, rather than swapping sound files over the internet.
He himself used to be so scared of flying, he said, that he once arrived late at a conference in Atlanta because he insisted on taking a train, which got stuck in the snow.
Mr. Paladino was responsible for this farce because he insisted on including every candidate.
Osamu Niinuma, 68, was ejected from one shelter because he insisted on bringing his dog.
Eventually he was declared a madman, because he insisted on abandoning the baby so the fairies could have him.
One was rejected because he insisted on inserting ginger into the recipe for baked beans.
