Word: assertion
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...Harvard's residential Houses lose their unique flavors due to randomization, House formals provide a way for residents to come together, assert House spirit and party like rock stars...
...student organizers said yesterday they want to assert Radcliffe's importance in the midst of the recent threat to its life as a college...
This is pre-eminently the time to speak the truth, the whole truth, frankly and boldly. Nor need we shrink from honestly facing conditions in our country today. This great nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper. So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself--nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance. In every dark hour of our national life a leadership of frankness and vigor has met with that understanding and support of the people...
...aide who worked out the deal, Browning says, was White House deputy counsel Bruce Lindsey. Back in Arkansas, it was chief of staff Betsey Wright who quieted the "bimbo eruptions"--a phrase she coined--so the Clinton show could go on. Last week's filings assert that Lindsey has taken on that role in the White House. Independent counsel Ken Starr is so interested in Lindsey that he has called him before the grand jury three times in two months. The relentlessly low-profile Lindsey has always been an enigmatic figure, best known for playing late-night games of hearts...
Many Early Action matriculants assert that it was the flexibility of the early program that led them to apply to Harvard rather than to a binding early decision program. Once admitted, they explored the opportunities at the College with much greater attention than they would have otherwise, and became increasingly committed to attending...