Word: asserting
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...U.S.S.R.] went beyond the imminent creation of the fifth most populous country in Europe?52 million people, slightly fewer than in France. More broadly, the ballot seems likely to trigger the final dissolution of the Soviet Union ... Even now [the Kremlin government] is only a shell that some diplomats assert fails the test for diplomatic recognition?it does not control the territory it claims. Last week the [Soviet] central bank ran out of cash ... [and] the government may be unable to pay its employees, including the more than 3 million members of the military. If that does not finish...
...Beyond the Sea, while well made, is easily forgettable. “As long as I’m singing, then the world’s all right and everything’s swinging,” assert the lyrics of the closing song. But once the singing is finished, once the film is over, the swinging is gone as well. Moviegoers are left wondering where Beyond the Sea took them, and whether it went anywhere...
This week, Harvard Right to Life (HRL) encouraged students to assert their opposition to elective abortion by opting out of a portion of their health services fee. The student group sent cards to each first-year and tabled in House dining halls, urging students to make a symbolic statement regarding their aversion to the practice by requesting a $1 refund from University Health Services (UHS). To criticize HRL’s annual campaign, which started in 1998, on the grounds that it causes any discernible harm would be petty; it has never led more than 101 students...
Gulay can call American troops in Iraq “state-sponsored killing squads” if he likes, and assert that they are analogous to the janjaweed. I’m sure, then, he wouldn’t mind castigating as foolish those Darfurians who pray each day, in vain, for their attention...
Hodgson says that the group will continue to have open meetings and attempt to maintain contact with faculty and administrators as the concentration is planned. The group has a very flexible attitude, but wants to assert that multifarious student opinions are incorporated into the most ideal situation...