Search Details

Word: asserted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...Harvard cannot expect a rerun of the Gerald Walker no-show today. Harmon has made every practice this week and intends to help his 0-3 team assert itself and reverse a 27-10 setback Harvard administered last year in Ithaca...

Author: By Gwen Knapp, | Title: Cornell Counting on Harmon | 10/9/1982 | See Source »

...only way middle-ground approaches will work is if more John Lo Schiavos assert themselves. What was so refreshing about the San Francisco decision was that it came from outside the chummy, clubby atmosphere pervading college sports--beyond the tightly knit coterie of coaches, athletic directors, alumni, and sports writers and broadcasters. The will to roll back the abuses of the system can only come from those above the fray--from college presidents, boards of trustees, and perhaps even from the state legislatures who control the purse strings of the major state schools and their football factories...

Author: By Michael J. Abramowitz, | Title: A Voice in the Wilderness | 9/13/1982 | See Source »

...Foundation has yet to assert itself as a moving force in countering racial tension, although Counter has overseen the construction of a student committee system designed to address the problem in coming years. Counter, who complained this past year that he was being blamed by some students for unavoidable delays in foundation activities, has said recently that he will urge undergraduates to play more of a role in leading the organization

Author: By Thcina H. Howlett, | Title: The Admiral and His Captains | 8/13/1982 | See Source »

...stunning assertion Outspokenness has always been the hallmark of Dershowitz's style. In cases ranging from Harvard's controversial "Deep Throat" screening to the imprisonment of Soviet dissidents, he has loudly denounced violations of civil liberties, as if to re-assert personally the free expression denied his clients. He is, by now, no stranger to the front pages of the major dailies; his own book jacket notes that "he comments frequently on national television." Alan Dershowitz against media hype...

Author: By Paul A. Engelmayer, | Title: Dershowitz on the Stand | 7/30/1982 | See Source »

...economists maintained that the damage to European industries, even though limited, will undoubtedly be greater than that inflicted on the Soviets, who have the basic pipeline technology to finish the job without U.S. equipment or licenses. Tumlir also warned that the American effort to assert national sovereignty over American firms abroad conflicts with very basic principles of international...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Europe's Outlook Darkens | 7/19/1982 | See Source »

Previous | 216 | 217 | 218 | 219 | 220 | 221 | 222 | 223 | 224 | 225 | 226 | 227 | 228 | 229 | 230 | 231 | 232 | 233 | 234 | 235 | 236 | Next