11.   Aides insisted that Lindsay was not inflexible.

12.   Aides insisted that Gramm was unfazed by the loss, and blamed it squarely on Dole.

13.   Aides insisted there was no coordinated strategy to dissociate Gore from Clinton.

14.   Aides insisted this week that all the staff, except for a handful of newcomers, have completed the security process.

15.   Bush aides insisted that this would not be a national accountability test, which Bush opposes.

16.   But aides to Dole insist that he is in no way playing politics on Bosnia.

17.   But aides insisted she kept an open mind on the case and was not swayed by politics.

18.   But in spinning off new initiatives and flogging them relentlessly, his current and former aides insist, he is just doing what comes naturally.

19.   But mayoral aides insisted on revised language that would leave open the door to help Bloomberg in the future.

20.   But White House aides insisted that Clinton was loath to intercede in the standoff.