Word: assertion
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...incredible how much voice they have in student government," he said of Brown students, adding that the council should attempt to assert itself in a similar way. "It's such a silly thing to just run away from political things because they can be labeled political. If they can help students, we might as well tackle...
...seems to know for sure whether General Norman Schwarzkopf leans right or left, Republican or Democratic, so forcefully does he assert that he's an independent. Few have the least idea of what he thinks about monetary policy or school choice or quotas or global warming. Chances are, he favors a strong defense, though he has called war a "profane thing." What is most interesting is not that no one knows, but that hardly anyone cares...
...previous games, the rookie spotlight seems to have shined most brightly on other recruits. Francie Waslton, who netted three goals in the first two Ivy competitions, and erstwhile-icewoman Joey Alissi had already begun to assert their roles as freshman offensive performers...
Some Israeli military planners contend that the Golan and West Bank have become more, not less, essential to security. Without early-warning devices there, they assert, warheads could hit Israel before the civilian population could be warned to head for shelter. Even so, some military men speculate that if Israel kept its early-warning devices and troops in numbers sufficient to thwart a surprise Syrian attack, it could withdraw partially, keeping only a slice of territory running 15.5 miles east from the pre-1967 border...
...Undergraduate Council to refrain from taking a position in the Confederate flag debate. Taking a position on either side of the issue is and should be incompatible with the mission of the Undergraduate Council. It will only serve as a catharsis for those who feel the need to assert their own self-righteousness...