Each insisted at the time that theirs was just a minor flirtation, with few regrets or expressions of remorse.

双方都坚称他们的关系维持了很短的时间，言语中根本没有遗憾或悔恨。

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The US insisted at the time that it undertook the operation to prevent the satellite returning to earth with a toxic fuel tank which would pose a health hazard.

美国人强调这次导弹试射是为了防止带有毒性气体罐的会对公众健康有威胁的卫星返回地面。

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She insisted on being present at all the interviews.

她坚决要求出席所有的采访。

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NATO commanders insisted the air strike was aimed at insurgents and launched after forces determined there were no civilians in the area.

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But Ayatollah Khamenei, without referring to Rafsanjani or the reformist camp by name, insisted that it is not permissible to level criticism at the system, and that those who do so "will be hated by the people for causing strife."

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Mr Raw-Rees insisted at the time there had been no cross-contamination at the cutting plant and said he felt he had been "picked on".

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"Labor will end the Pacific Solution, the processing and detaining of asylum seekers on Pacific islands, because it is costly, unsustainable and wrong as a matter of principle, " she insisted at the time.

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At the time, News Corp. insisted that the phone hacking at the tabloid was restricted to the two men.

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