Word: assert
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...swollen" federal budget, he said, speaking from notes scribbled on a piece of yellow scratch paper, "is the greatest single inflationary force in the country today. I assert, without any fear that the statement can be refuted in any way, that we cannot bring down federal spending for domestic purposes so long as we increase our foreign-aid program...
...Student Council yesterday won a major victory in its battle to assert its right to investigate the Harvard Young Republican Club...
...revised Code, and the Board's approval of the controversial Baby Doll, however, is a sign that the industry is freeing itself from the undue influence of particular groups in regard for a broader popular taste and artistic integrity. Perhaps with time and with liberal support, the industry will assert itself towards removing these hindrances to free expression and will raise the stature of the American cinema to a creative art. As Sam Goldwyn said, speaking for the industry, "We should and must have the same right as any other medium to say what we think, and to show what...
...Saudis never let Aramco forget that it is a private enterprise allowed to exist only by sufferance of the King. To underline the point, King Saud has gone out of his way to assert his political independence of the U.S. After a four-year trial, Saud politely ejected a Point Four mission on the ground that it was too bossy. In 1953 the Saudi government accepted a military assistance agreement, only to cancel it before it went into effect because it was contingent on too much U.S. supervision. The U.S. was allowed to build the Dhahran airfield itself only with...
...Teaching Law in the Liberal Arts Curriculum," Berman goes on to assert that without such study one of the most important aspects of social life is omitted from the curriculum...