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But Aberdeen, Inverness, Dundee United and Hearts insisted over the weekend that there would be no revisitation of the vote.

"I wouldn't say we are changing our views," one of his senior national security advisers insisted over the weekend.

Executives at the two companies insisted over the weekend that their purchases of Iraqi oil were not illegal or unknown in international oil markets in recent years.

To land Parcells, Jones had to do something he insisted over the past 13 years that he would not do: relinquish control over personnel and other intricate matters involving the Cowboys.

Their talks come as concerns arise in Berlin about Cameron setting the bar on EU reforms unrealistically high after having insisted over the weekend that he would demand "full-on" treaty change.

G.M. executives have insisted over the years that while G.M. and Shanghai Automotive engineers work side by side at the joint venture, elaborate computer fire walls prevent confidential G.M. information from reaching the Chinese partner.

In fact, he insists, over the next financial year the BFI would invest £18m directly into film production, an increase of £3m from last year.

The government of President Bashar al-Assad appears oblivious to international condemnation of its violations of a nominal ceasefire and was insisting over the weekend that "terrorists" were to blame for the latest slaughter.

The scale of the Lib Dem revolt ahead may be determined by whether Cable insists over the next six weeks that a new tuition fee cap should be set at £6,000 or thereabouts, or whether he succumbs to Conservative demands that the cap is lifted entirely for elite universities so long as they do not run discriminatory admission policies.

"If Google really leaves, people will feel the government has gone too far," he insisted over lunch in the university cafe.

Microsoft insisted over and over that the camera wasn't just a peripheral but core to the whole experience.