71.   Some do so because companies insist.

72.   Software companies insist that they now produce programs so intuitive that manuals are unnecessary, and that besides, built-in help systems are far more useful.

73.   Some companies insist that friends and family discounts are not a marketing tool but mainly a way to keep employees happy.

74.   Some analysts took the statement as a show of pique, but the company insisted that it was serious about its intention to look for partners elswhere in Europe.

75.   Still, these companies insist the information is no more than a year old.

76.   Still, companies insist the cuts are real.

77.   The company has insisted, however, on creating a UPS-only retiree pension plan to replace a Teamsters-run plan it currently helps to fund.

78.   The company insists it needs a pair of parallel runways for its hub to expedite departures of its jets traveling between the Southeast and the Northeast.

79.   The company insists that it has not tried to make the figures scarce.

80.   The company insists that it must maintain full control over its patented technologies and therefore will take the case all the way to the Supreme Court if necessary.