Word: assertively
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...when Byrnes sat back and told all who cared to listen that the great thing was to get the other fellow's point of view, when Byrnes saw the U.S. role as that of mediator-until he saw the unreality of that role, quit mediating and began to assert some U.S. ideas...
...John spoke of death and terror in the bowels of the earth. When he mentioned the widows and children of Centralia's dead, his voice sank to a whisper. He cried: "If we must grind up human flesh and bone in the industrial machine . . . then before God I assert that those who consume coal owe them and their families protection. ... I care not who in heaven or hell oppose it. . . ." Roaring, whispering or hammering the table, he always swiveled back to his target-Krug...
...weather permits, the talks, which Observatory officials assert will be of a "short, non-technical" nature, will be followed by telescopic observation...
...assert that Truman's policy breaks down the U. N. is incorrect, Wriston replied. Rather, he maintained, it gives the international organization a chance to grow and gain more strength. "The time limit of 15 months on American action to Greece and Turkey will give the U. N. time to wax stronger. We give it added momentum," he asserted...
...shall not blame America alone for present tensions and I shall criticize Russia when I think Russia is wrong. But I do assert that a great part of our conflict with Russia is the normal conflict between two strong and sovereign nations and can be solved in normal ways...