Word: asserting
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...Superpowers on the Horizon Your reporting on the economic growth of India, [June 19], made plain that the world is changing at a pace we can't control. Countries that have had nothing in the past are now fighting to assert their dominance on the world stage. No longer are Western nations the rulers of our planet. Eastern countries have seen what the West has achieved, and now they want a little of that for themselves. I don't believe it will be long before China and India become the new superpowers. I wonder how the U.S. will cope when...
...face of my country. Katharina Pink Munich Superpowers on the Horizon Your reporting on the economic growth of India, "India Awakens" [July 3], made plain that the world is changing at a pace we can't control. Countries that have had nothing in the past are now fighting to assert their dominance on the world stage. No longer are Western nations the rulers of our planet. Eastern countries have seen what the West has achieved, and now they want a little of that for themselves. I don't believe it will be long before China and India become...
...what we're seeing today is not simply a replay of hackneyed set pieces in the Middle East. With new governments in place in the three key nodes of the crisis--Israel, Lebanon and the Palestinian Authority--and fighters within the radical Islamist groups--Hamas and Hizballah--eager to assert their agendas, the region is going through a period of dramatic and in some ways radical change. The volatility has added new fuel to the motivations and ambitions that have defined why they fight. And that poses a challenge for the international community--not least a U.S. Administration already waging...
...Einstein received Hilbert's new paper. Einstein was dismayed to see how similar it was to his own work. His response to Hilbert was terse and clearly designed to assert the priority of his own work. "The system you furnish agrees--as far as I can see--exactly with what I found in the last few weeks and have presented to the Academy," he wrote...
...Both assert their confidence in the process given that decisions reflect the committee’s judgment rather than that of a single individual...