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Word: assert (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Bush will not slow down his haste for war, Congress must put the brakes on him. It is Congress' last opportunity to assert its powers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Lone Ranger | 12/5/1990 | See Source »

...Senator, Iowa's Tom Harkin, have filed a suit against Bush that would require him to seek Congressional authorization before starting any military action in the Gulf. In these few crucial weeks before the U.N. resolution's January 15 target date for military action, all members of Congress should assert their voices on Mideast policy and demand that Bush acknowledge Congress' war powers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Lone Ranger | 12/5/1990 | See Source »

Despite Flaherty's 24 years of experience in the State House, odds are that the happy days of Nutsy Fagan's Democratic legislature will seem far away. But fellow legislators and state government observers say they think Flaherty has what it takes to assert a progressive agenda while keeping tight control of the House...

Author: By Chip Cummins, | Title: The Rise to Power of a Cambridge Lawmaker | 12/4/1990 | See Source »

...Charlie gets his points across and will get his points across as gently as possible," says Rep. John H. Flood (D-Canton) who is leaving the House next year after an unsuccessful run for governor. "But he won't be afraid to assert himself...

Author: By Chip Cummins, | Title: The Rise to Power of a Cambridge Lawmaker | 12/4/1990 | See Source »

...alien to him, he is open to their ways, making no effort to impose his on them. Quite the opposite; he becomes an earnest convert to their life-style. When he finds a wife, he is exemplary in his gentle attentiveness and supportiveness as she struggles to find and assert a "personhood" that was confused by events in her early history...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Riding To Redemption Ridge | 11/12/1990 | See Source »

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