Word: assertation
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...police, against power. The U.S., in this one-superpower age, has perhaps never been so dominant--economically, militarily, culturally. That strength attracts immigrants, who bring with them new forms of music. And that strength also inspires competition, as musicians and performers in other countries, mindful of the American hegemony, assert their national identities and culture and create new musical genres they can call their own: garage in Britain, kwaito in South Africa, ever evolving forms of reggae in Jamaica. America may be the world's policeman, but citizens of the world--and the New Americans who have come here--have...
...implementation of the system and the abrogation of the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, Rice headed the delegation rather than Powell. In the most important dealings with foreign powers, the secretary of state has been repeatedly eclipsed by his own administration. Powell needs to raise his moderate voice and assert his place in forming Bush’s foreign policy...
...precise as clockwork, smooth as satin." No one doubts that the show?s success was due to the commanding, seductive man standing on a platform above all the rest. "At the start of every broadcast," Herrmann recalled, "Orson was an unknown quantity. As he went along his mood would assert itself and the temperature would start to increase till the point of incandescence... He inspired us all - the musicians, the actors, the sound-effects men and the engineers. They?d all tell you they never worked on shows like Welles...
...their powers of persuasion alone. "In a sense, we're all self-appointed," says David Denby, who writes about movies for the New Yorker, a magazine that prides itself on the luster of its critical writing. "There are no tests, like in law school. You just have to assert yourself and be able to write, and there are degrees of ability up and down the scale...
Will Hong Kong follow Beijing's lead and ban Falun Gong? The territory's leaders are sending out mixed signals. Last week, Sir Donald Tsang, head of Hong Kong's civil service, appeared to assert that the government would not outlaw the group. But his words were carefully ambiguous. And just days earlier, his boss, Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa, stood up before the territory's Legislative Council and declared: "There is no doubt Falun Gong is an evil cult." That statement has been broadly interpreted as a precursor for a tough anticult bill. And if such a bill...