It is no longer possible in any big, respectable country to insist with a sophisticated shrug that doing deals in some parts of the world always means paying kickbacks.
Now that he has kicked the industry's habit of denying that there is anything the least bit unwholesome about smoking, Mr LeBow finds his motives impugned by the tobacco bosses who have continued for years to insist with straight faces at congressional hearings, against all the evidence, that they do not believe nicotine to be addictive.
Both the company and Mr Khodorkovsky insist, with some justification, that the crimes for which they are being prosecuted were, at the time, standard and even legal business practice among their peers.
If you insist on perfection with your people you won't do very much.
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The Israeli government said it would insist on compliance with the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty, but important problems have remained unresolved for years.
Figure out one thing each of your investors is genuinely really good at, and insist they help you with that.
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Yet, Republicans insist on moving forward with an effort that Republicans and objective legal experts have noted is purely political.
Across the MENA region many banks either don't allow online card payments, or insist on prepaid cards with low fixed limits, rather than credit or debit cards.
Meeting Mr Netanyahu before both of them were due to go to Washington, he was careful to insist that pursuing peace with Palestinians, not confronting Iran, should be the priority.
The conferees expect the FBI to insist on full compliance with this policy by FBI field offices and to report to the Committees on Appropriations regarding any violation of the policy.
As partial owners, your kids could also insist on moving back in with you.
He dug into the Civil Rights struggle with his We Insist: The Freedom Now Suite.
Its leaders will therefore insist on acting in accordance with their perceptions of the national interest.
Some, like Feisal Rauf, go so far as to insist that shariah is compatible with the U.S. Constitution.
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Senate Democrats who do not want to seat Burris insist that the problem is with the appointer, not the appointee.
It was no good to provide them with security, insist that they obey the laws, and let it go at that.
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Many of those who have had dealings with Mr Dantas insist that these have been legitimate and conducted in good faith.
The Palestinians insist there were few militants with guns in the neighborhood.
But Western retailers with offices here insist they have been trying hard to improve standards - though few are willing to go on the record.
Officials insist that this is compatible with the EU's fundamental principles.
Because the parliamentarians have the power to reject lists of nominees, which they have done on several occasions, they can insist that governments come up with credible candidates using fair and transparent procedures.
But officials at Celtic, a club proud of its Catholic and Irish heritage, insist they feel no sympathy with their Protestant bedfellows, and can continue to thrive even if the blue half of Glasgow goes under.
Like many of my clients with employees who insist on using Apple products you are going to be spending time and money on software to run Windows locally on their MacBooks so that they can access your Windows based network and use your Windows based applications that everyone else is using.
Shanghai-based training service JETT trains employees of retailers in how to deal with customers who insist on smoking in stores, says Ed Dean, JETT's founder. (Explain that the store wants to provide customers with the highest-quality products, and that smoke can tend to tarnish them.) "Problems emerge in China that multinational businesses don't always foresee when they look for employees, " Mr. Dean says.
In fact, top Albright aides insist that she feels perfectly secure with her new underling.
For equities or fixed income, firms can insist they trade from their desks with recorded fixed lines.
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Mr Davutoglu likes to insist that this policy chimes perfectly with Western goals.
When asked, Mr Blair's aides insist that he is looking forward with equal enthusiasm to working with either Mr Bush or Mr Kerry.
But Toyota officials in London insist that they are perfectly happy with their existing plant in Burnaston near Derby, and remain committed to Britain.
Now, these diplomatic efforts have also strengthened our hand in dealing with those nations that insist on violating international agreements in pursuit of nuclear weapons.
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