11.   The mayor has insisted that the board needed to find someone with experience in business or management who could support his campaign for sweeping change in the system.

12.   The mayor has insisted that the residents, tourists and commuters of New York City cross at the green, not in between.

13.   The mayor insisted on maintaining flexibility to lay off hospital workers because of anticipated Medicare and Medicaid cuts and his plans to privatize municipal hospitals.

14.   The mayor insisted that his campaign had returned all the donations cited by the Messinger campaign in the complaint.

15.   The mayor insisted that the agreement with MAC would not actually force the city to meet specific spending totals in the next four years.

16.   The mayor had insisted on that approval because he said the board could not be trusted to spend its money wisely.

17.   The mayor insists he offered support earlier but was told by church officials that it was best ignored.

18.   The real targets were pushy salesmen who tried to take advantage of villagers, the mayor insisted in an interview.

19.   This bad break, the mayor insisted, will not make him a nicer fellow.

20.   While the mayor insists that this is not a politically motivated tactic, its political benefits are inescapable.