Sentences with phrase «insisted upon including»

Previous film versions of Moby Dick insisted upon including such imbecilities as romantic subplots and happy endings.

Also not included are other contentious policy issues that the governor has insisted upon including in the budget talks — a tactic of his that he has employed with increasing frequency over the years.

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When he first made his venture public in 2002, it was still just an idea, and he insisted it was contingent upon the construction of a bridge to replace the island airport's existing ferry service — a project with many detractors, including then city councillor Olivia Chow, now the area's NDP member of Parliament.

It is a merit of modern existentialist thinkers, including nontheists like Martin Heidegger and Jean - Paul Sartre, that they understand and insist upon this truth about human nature.

In an interview on BBC1's Politics Show today, Vince Cable, the Business Secretary, insists all pre-election pledges, including on fees, were usurped by the coalition agreement which is «binding upon us».

Thanks to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's intervention, the UFT on Feb. 16 reached a groundbreaking agreement in Albany on an appeals process for teacher ratings that includes the independent validation by a neutral third party that the union insisted upon to ensure fairness.

They are true family dogs who love to be surrounded by the ones they love and insist upon being included in all family activities.

Perhaps the biggest weakness of Forest Day has been the near absence of education for the gathered forest audience regarding options for REDD + finance, most importantly including the financial safeguards that advocates should insist upon, parallel to the attention paid to social safeguards.

«We must insist on appropriate punishments,» Velvel said, «including, if guilt is found, the hangings visited upon top German and Japanese war - criminals in the 1940s.»

The personal qualities that we insist upon and feel are the most heavily weighed include but are not limited to being trustworthy, flexible, patient, organized, able to multi-task and most importantly to be kind and considerate to patients, guest and co-workers.