1.   The executive famously insisted on riding the bus to work every day.

2.   Although News Corp executives insist they will revive the plan, many analysts are betting against it.

3.   And executives insist charges are usually legitimate, even when customers squeal.

4.   And telephone executives insist that they are committed to making ISDN a mass-market product quickly.

5.   APS executives insist that they embrace competition, a concept that gives Jennings a chuckle.

6.   As recently as last month, BMW executives had been insisting that they were not flinching from their commitment to Rover and rejected overtures from Volkswagen and other companies.

7.   At others, executives insisted for months that the recent recession would not much affect their businesses but had already sold millions of shares.

8.   At others, executives insisted for months that the recent recession would not much affect their businesses.

9.   Boeing executives insist not, but their strong denials are carefully qualified.

10.   Business executives insist that favoring industry is a matter of economic survival, because employers are lured from New York to states with cheap power.