Word: assertation
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...screams "Espresso" on the window of the shop, vaulting the otherwise unchanged 50s era exterior into the 90s. Edmund Morris has just ordered scrambled eggs and ham, a blueberry muffin and a cappuccino. "I think the cappuccino has all the necessary ingredients of the continuation of life," he'll assert later in the day, and insists on buying me one. The cappuccino is handed to us in paper cups, having shot, fully formed, out of a large brown machine with the push of a finger. If Mr. Morris noticed this lack of sophistication, which, considering the level of observation shown...
...controversy surrounding the promotion of junior faculty is not unique to the Astronomy Department, of course, but astronomy faculty members assert that no other department in FAS has turned away the caliber of junior faculty as has the astronomy department...
...boils down to familiar ground: diversified portfolios are superior and safe if held for long periods. A growing awareness of that idea is bringing more investors into the market at ever higher prices, inflating the average stock's price-to-earnings multiple from 10 to 30, and, the authors assert, soon...
Wirzbicki's reasons for dismissing Republican assertions of prejudice are weak to say the least. He uses as evidence of conservative equality on campus the fact that the last two presidents of the Undergraduate Council were Republicans. No one, however, would assert that the succession of racial minorities to positions of prominence in many organizations in itself proves that no racial animosity exists...
...unit as a career backup who finally gets his chance to start. His years on the team also burden him with some leadership responsibilities as he adjusts to the full-time job. At least he has been witness to the wars, and from all accounts is not afraid to assert his seniority...