Word: assert
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This is pre-eminently the time to speak the truth, the whole truth, frankly and boldly. Nor need we shrink from honestly facing conditions in our country today. This great nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper. So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself--nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance. In every dark hour of our national life a leadership of frankness and vigor has met with that understanding and support of the people...
...aide who worked out the deal, Browning says, was White House deputy counsel Bruce Lindsey. Back in Arkansas, it was chief of staff Betsey Wright who quieted the "bimbo eruptions"--a phrase she coined--so the Clinton show could go on. Last week's filings assert that Lindsey has taken on that role in the White House. Independent counsel Ken Starr is so interested in Lindsey that he has called him before the grand jury three times in two months. The relentlessly low-profile Lindsey has always been an enigmatic figure, best known for playing late-night games of hearts...
Many Early Action matriculants assert that it was the flexibility of the early program that led them to apply to Harvard rather than to a binding early decision program. Once admitted, they explored the opportunities at the College with much greater attention than they would have otherwise, and became increasingly committed to attending...
...hardly surprising that all of us loved the RAD class. It was suddenly, joyously appropriate--no, expected--for us to throw our weight, stretch our vocal cords around "NO," assert our physical presence against large men in Darth Vader-esque uniforms. We didn't even want them to let us win; one woman made sure to ask that they not let her get away so easily again. I personally wished for another round...
...going to assert that "Racism [Is] on the Rise," you should indicate the benchmark you use to measure the alleged increase. Isn't it rather that omnipresent racist attitudes have manifested themselves in racist behavior? In the course of the article, you cite as evidence of increasing racism "a record 72,000 complaints of discrimination filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission last year." That figure is for 1985; the 1986 total is 68,822. These numbers reflect discrimination in all EEOC enforcement areas, based not only on race but also on religion, age, national origin and sex. Age discrimination...