William Styron, while facing the changing economy with a certain uneasy reluctance, insists he is not to be classified as a Southern writer and yet includes traditional Southern concepts in everything he publishes.

But the secretary insists that the success of the American farmer is the `` greatest single source of strength '' in the struggle to insure freedom around the world.

Emcee Jack Herbert insists Dick Nixon's campaign slogan for governor of California is, `` Knight Must Fall ''!!

`` Even on the basis of 154 games, this is the ideal situation '', insists Hank Greenberg, now vice-president of the Chicago White Sox.

Modern Zen presentation to the West insists on the anti-authoritarian, highly pragmatic nature of the Zen belief -- scriptures are burned to make fire, action is based on direct self-confidence, and so on.

He has a powerful way of speaking, and he insists to the congregation that the plague is a scourge sent by God to those who have hardened their hearts against him.

At first he insists that he does not belong in Oran, and his only thought is returning to the woman he loves in Paris.

The extreme of Calvinism is hyper-Calvinism, which insists that signs of election must be sought before evangelization of the unregenerate takes place and that the eternally damned have no obligation to repent and believe, and on the extreme of Arminianism is Pelagianism, which rejects the doctrine of original sin on grounds of moral accountability ; but the overwhelming majority of Protestant, evangelical pastors and theologians hold to one of these two systems or somewhere in between.

The friend insists, then, that even though we might postulate that there is a first cause behind all things — God — we can't infer anything about the afterlife, because we don't know anything of the afterlife from experience, and we can't infer it from the existence of God.

But Philia insists that, even though she is in love with Hero, she must honor her contract with the Captain, for " that is the way of a courtesan.

Displeased and suspicious, Miles insists that his soldiers accompany Pseudolus, but the wily slave is able to lose them in Rome's winding streets.

In the Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra, the Buddha insists that while pondering upon Dharma is vital, one must then relinquish fixation on words and letters, as these are utterly divorced from liberation and the Buddha-nature.

Whereas consequentialist theories posit that consequences of action should be the primary focus of our thinking about ethics, virtue ethics insists that it is the character rather than the consequences of actions that should be the focal point.

Her only departure from the standard male versions of this orthodoxy is that she insists on the necessity of educating girls and women.

Liechtenstein claims restitution for ( which is ten times the size of Liechtenstein ) of land in the Czech Republic confiscated from its princely family in 1918 by the then newly established state of Czechoslovakia, the predecessor of the Czech Republic ; the Czech Republic insists that the power to claim restitution does not go back before February 1948, when the Communists seized power ; Liechtenstein did not diplomatically recognize the Czech Republic until 2009, and the Czech Republic in turn did not diplomatically recognize Liechtenstein.

The remedy for it is repentance, on which he insists.

Physicist Sean Carroll believes that conceiving of morality as a science could be a case of Scientific imperialism and insists that what is " good for conscious creatures " is not an adequate working definition of " moral ".

Although he describes the details of the Easter celebration as deriving from local custom, he insists the feast itself is universally observed.

The drinking establishment is now known as " The Horse You Came In On ", and local lore insists that a ghost they call " Edgar " haunts the rooms above.

Tolkien insists, tongue in cheek, that the village of Thame originally referred to the Tame Dragon housed in it, and that " tame with an h is a folly without warrant.

Fans have developed lengthy scientific theories for the seasons, such as a multiple-star system or a planet with special axial tilt, but Martin insists there is a supernatural fantasy explanation instead of a scientific one.

Rhett rides his horse around town with Bonnie in front of him, but the household mammy, " Mammy ," insists it is not fitting for a girl to ride a horse with her dress flying up.

" Jenny attempts to explain to him that she is infertile, and cannot conceive a child, but the Starman insists, saying, " Believe what I tell you.

She rebuffs Mary-Lou's attempts to make friends, since she believes Mary-Lou to be feeble and unable to stand up for herself, and clashes with fellow new girl Sally Hope, who insists that she is an only child despite written and verbal assurances from Darrell's mother that she has an infant sister.

After O-90 insists that she will obey the law by turning over their child to be raised by the One State, D-503 obliges.

Agnes of God is a play by John Pielmeier which tells the story of a novice nun who gives birth and insists that the dead child was the result of a virgin conception.

* Gwennie-A child in Llareggub, who insists that her male schoolmates " kiss her where she says or give her a penny ".

After Ahsoballache marries the daughter of To ' kis the Chipmunk-woman, his grandfather insists that the new couple have a child.

Xena recognises the child for what it is and insists that it be killed as soon as it is born.

As the cast works at a local retro diner under Coleman's management, Vanilla Ice sticks a banana down his own pants, hoists Coleman above the deep-fryer, and insists on having the former child star say his catchphrase, " What ' chu talkin ' ' bout, Willis?

When the boy is two years old, Fabrice insists that he should take care of him in the future, because he is feeling lonely and suffers that his own child won't love him.

Realising how easy it would be for Tracy to disappear with the cash and the baby, Roy insists she either marry him ( to stop her and the child leaving the country without his permission ) or the deal is off.

The Phoenix insists on favouring Robert-the child who actually put his egg in the fire, albeit by accident-over his brother Cyril and their sisters.

Carlotta insists that Deirdre give up the child and Deirdre pleads with Cortland to get him to help her convince Carlotta that she should be allowed to raise her child.

Arensberg insists that Angelou demonstrates how she, as a black child, evolves out of her " racial hatred ", common in the works of many contemporary black novelists and autobiographers.

Although a child, Tomoka deeply resents being treated as one and insists that she is as mature as anyone else, despite frequent actions by her which prove otherwise.

It tells the story of Ludovic ( Georges du Fresne ), a child who was born male but consistently insists that she is supposed to be a girl.

Sir Aldingar does not want to fight a child, but the child insists and defeats him.

She insists someone is trying to interfere with or hurt her unborn child, but Jack insists her nightmares are stress-related and tries to give her sedatives.

While he does not want to keep the child, Weetzie insists that they do so, naming her Witch Baby to settle the matter.

As the Serenity prepare for an attack by Burgess and his forces, Serenity second-in-command Zoe Washburne has a tense conversation with her husband, pilot Hoban " Wash " Washburne, in which she insists that they will have a child in the near future.