71.   The Israeli leader has insisted that no talks take place until there is a complete halt to the violence.

72.   The leaders insist that they are not involved in directing specific attacks.

73.   The main reason for this slow pace is that regional leaders insist that, given the urgency of economic recovery, the environment must wait.

74.   The only bow to the bipartisan nature of corporate coziness came when each leader insisted that not all business executives were bad.

75.   The North Korean leader insisted that Washington had adequate means to monitor compliance through satellite and other technical means and did not welcome intrusive inspections.

76.   The more union leaders insist on ignoring this economic truism, the more they put the future of the labor movement at risk.

77.   The Palestinian leader also insisted that American or European officials be present at a summit to guarantee any agreement.

78.   The Russian leader insisted he was not trying to threaten anyone.

79.   The Serbian leader insisted that he did not have firm information on where the pilots were or whether they were alive, a senior Clinton administration official said.

80.   The situation is a delicate one for Panama, whose leaders have insisted that they wish no part of the Colombian conflict.