While National City had been insisting for a while that its balance sheet was perfectly healthy, investors and customers had grown wary of it, and there was considerable speculation that it was going to go under.
Although the L.M.D.C. insisted for quite a while that it was not running an architectural competition that would culminate in a single winner — that it had commissioned all the plans simply as a way of searching for fresh ideas — it behaved as if running an architectural competition were exactly what it was doing, with the public as the impassioned jury.
The report on the role of women in industry summarizes some of these achievements, while insisting for a stricter application of the principle of equality.
And even in pursuing Mr. Giuliani's goal of clamping down on quality-of-life crimes, Mr. Bloomberg has broadened the definition and the approaches of that enforcement, insisting, for instance that while the homeless may not sleep on the streets, the shelters they are diverted to must have more beds, have additional services and be safe.
While Mr. Bush insisted for months that his visits with reporters on his campaign plane be off the record, he acceded about two weeks ago to requests from several news organizations that journalists be given the right to report anything he says.
While his followers insisted for years that he had simply retired from the world to seek further enlightenment, the group's Web site (www.zgzg.net) now says the police have been trying to arrest him since he disappeared.
Sneak into her room about the time she normally gets up and insist she stays in bed for a while, for you have made her breakfast !
When Ms. Hart told Mr. Bell that her sister and brother-in-law were going to move in for a while, he insisted that she charge rent.
He said England's one-day form has not been good "for a while" and insisted there was a lack of top talent.
For a while, Madonna insisted on having bottles of special Kabbalah water at her photo shoots and appearances.
