Word: assertation
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...improve the economy--which he finally admits "hasn't been near as good" as he would like to see it--is to cut the capital gains tax rate. That's the refrain we've heard from Bush for over two years. Cutting capital gains taxes, Bush continues to assert, will encourage greater investment and create more jobs...
What is the link with Destiny? Disillusioned church members assert that the book was published in order to obtain a bequest of $90 million from the Knapp family, whose fortune was based on California agriculture, real estate and oil. The writer's father Ira was a member of Eddy's inner circle, and the book represents the author's reminiscences and beliefs concerning the founder. Those beliefs were rejected by the ruling board in 1948, shortly after the volume first appeared. Under the terms of the bequest, the Knapp fortune was destined to go to Stanford University...
...supermodels assert themselves, many resent the industry's lingering sexism. "I hate it when they call us girls," says Crawford. "Most of us are not girly, and we don't run our careers like girls. When I walk away from this, I'll have the luxury of doing what I like...
...Assert that the ends justify the means...
Many of the first-years interviewed said the names of the teams assert the confidence and determination of their entryways. Mark Rosen '95 of the "D-Straus D-Stroyers" said, "I think that our name sends a clear message to the rest of the freshman dorms that our entryway is poised and ready to completely dominate the freshman intramurals...