Word: assertation
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...police assert that these cases are honest mistakes, and that it is all part...
...progress, not stalemate, that prompted the rejectionists to assert themselves. In the sixth round of bilateral negotiations, which took place in Washington and ended late last month, the Israelis and Palestinians at last got down to discussing how to create some degree of autonomy in the occupied territories. Hard-liners fear that if the Palestinians agree to limited self- rule, even as a temporary measure, the world will forget their cause and they will never achieve their ambition of creating a Palestinian state. "We got the message -- Watch out, something is going to happen -- so we'd better get seriously...
Certainty about lying is suspect because the practice is extraordinarily complex. Discussions of the subject usually begin with the assumption that everyone present agrees on what a lie actually is. A lie happens, a rough definition might assert, when someone does not tell the truth. Unfortunately, the relationship between lying and the truth is nowhere near this simple. A false statement need not be a lie. "The earth is flat," coming from a member of the Flat Earth Society, is not a lie but a statement of belief. Furthermore, a true statement can be a lie. Imagine a dishonest agent...
...date on Saturday night, why not tell it? Because to do so is immoral and wrong, runs the standard, timeworn answer. But this stricture has never cut as much ice with potential liars as moralists would wish. The vast majority of criminal defendants assert their innocence, no matter what the evidence against them. Watergate was a baroque pageant of major players and spear carriers trying to lie themselves out of jeopardy...
Harvard (1-2-0 overall, 0-1-0 Ivy) lost its second straight at Cumnock Field in a game that saw an experienced Brown team (4-1-0 overall, 2-0-0 Ivy) assert its authority over the young Crimson squad...