He maintained that "business is different from aid" and that he would not be threatened.
He maintained that reasoning in his ruling out Thursday, even while he saved the law itself on other grounds.
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He maintained that costs would come down by improving the quality of care and the overall efficiency of the system.
But he maintained that prospective 2012 students "shouldn't be put off", as "the debt will not be a normal debt".
He maintained that the French Top 14 side were in talks with Jonny Wilkinson's representatives about a summer move to the continent.
On Iraq, he maintained that actions taken by his administration were correct.
He maintained that the Equality Act 2010 was already bringing about change by requiring public bodies to eliminate discrimination and advance equality of opportunity.
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" But he maintained that "I've seldom seen a bad production by a director who knows the piece, loves it and therefore shows respect for it.
He maintained that that was his view, and by the actions he has taken as President, feels that it was the right approach and continues to feel that way.
He maintained that the 31-year-old electronic engineer was likely killed - putting him at odds with four other experts, two Singaporean and two from the US, who concluded suicide was most likely.
In an interview with ESPN, Jordan said he failed to get his diploma when he did not register properly, but he maintained that he completed his degree after his NBA career ended in 1984.
For the last quarter of a century, Mr Cartier-Bresson eschewed photography, taking only the occasional snapshot of friends and family, and turning his attention to drawing. (He trained originally as a painter, his early work influenced by his friend, the surrealist artist Max Ernst.) He maintained that he scarcely wanted to discuss photography any more.
He has always maintained that he was never a member of the Farc and did not know that the baby had been taken from his captive mother.
He also maintained that any carelessness involved in the driving was not prolonged or persistent.
In the past, he has maintained that the Soviet Union could double or triple its debt without any debt servicing problems.
U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft has said the government has to take a much more aggressive posture in its anti-terrorism efforts, but he has maintained that civil rights are being protected and that all of the department's practices will stand up in court.
"The announced 80% divestment will substantially improve earnings visibility for the stock and free up management capacity to focus on the remaining businesses, " he said, adding that he maintained his "buy" recommendation on DaimlerChrysler.
But, as he did when he testified before Congress earlier this summer, Lindsay maintained that he had "absolutely not" threatened contracted White House computer technician Betty Lambuth when the problem surfaced in June 1998.
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In addition, he's maintained that the courts don't have the power to review his actions.
Anwar ended with a line he had maintained from the beginning: that he was the victim of a high-level government conspiracy.
He alleges that although he maintained a joint checking account with intervenor, she primarily wrote the checks drawn on the joint account and that he wrote checks drawn on the joint account only when he was instructed to do so by intervenor.
Fitzgerald maintained that he happened to be at the scene because his car had broken down.
Bout has maintained that he operated legitimate businesses and had acted as a mere logistics provider.
Davis long maintained that he was a bystander in the killing of the two men.
Seidenberg historically maintained that he wanted to grow the company's client list organically, not through acquisition.
Clarke maintained that he was an experienced rider and that speed did not constitute dangerous driving.
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The poet's family has always maintained that he died in a Santiago clinic of advanced prostate cancer, aged 69.
Their leader maintained that he had known nothing about what was going on.
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Yung maintained that he never contacted the Trump Organization about selling the domain names for profit, he wrote in the complaint.
Even as the phone-hacking scandal escalated, 81-year-old Rupert Murdoch maintained that he had "full confidence" in his youngest son to take over eventually.
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