Word: asserting
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Harvard used the first period in both games to assert itself offensively, outshooting Clarkson 17-10 and St. Lawrence 15-10 in the opening frames. Saturday night, the Crimson generated much of its offense by rushing the net and getting three or four attempts at the goal on several possessions...
...responsibilities" of any existing intelligence-related agency. That could be used by the Pentagon to justify holding onto the purse strings. Because of Rumsfeld's reluctance to challenge Bush's authority directly, it's unlikely Rumsfeld will openly take on Negroponte, but that does not mean he won't assert his will in more subtle ways, such as keeping him out of the loop on small budget issues or stonewalling him on information requests...
...Behind the fuss lies a bigger point. In the communiqué, Asians could see harbingers of their future. It has become conventional wisdom to assert that the inexorable rise of China means that it will soon become Asia's preeminent power. Inconveniently for this thesis, Japan remains-and will remain for some time to come-the richest, most technologically advanced nation in the region. Given the heavy baggage that their relationship carries-with memories of wars, invasions and atrocities-there is intense interest in how the two giants will deal with each other. Howard Baker, who has just retired...
...Jenkins, who has previously been charged with “playing in the street” at other anti-Bush and WTO protests, draws from his vast protest experience to assert that the police were being particularly harsh in this case...
...First they fired mortars and rockets on Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip. Then 300 gunmen from Hamas and the Aqsa Martyrs Brigades staged an assault on the Saraya, the main prison and Palestinian Authority military base in Gaza City. In response, Abbas took his boldest step yet to assert his authority, firing at least 25 top security officials and going to Gaza to rebuke Hamas leaders in person. "If you run from a leaking roof," he told aides, "you'll end up with a flood...