Back at the penthouse, he insisted they sit down to read aloud.

回到公寓，他坚持让他们坐下来大声朗读。

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Cops say the first teller he tried to rob fainted and the next two insisted they had no cash in their drawers.

警察说他企图抢劫的第一个柜员当场晕倒了，后面两个坚持说他们的抽屉里没有现金。

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He had to be shot, they insisted.

他们坚持要杀死他。

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Asked how he saw a jury that didn't look at his client when they filed in, he insisted, "It doesn't mean anything if they don't look at him, if they don't look at him and then look at the floor, maybe, " said Bailey.

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He went to the leaders of the company and said if they insisted on this new rule, he would pay the overtime for his employees out of his own bonus.

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But he insisted they were all "disappointed but not surprised" at the ICC's decision.

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