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Word: assertively (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...other hand, our "Northernness" is an advantage for working in the South. There are presumably many white Southerners who do not oppose integration but who are unwilling to speak their mind for fear of local economic and social retaliation. We Northerners can assert ourselves in their place, immune to this type of reaction...

Author: By Kim W. Atkinson, | Title: St. Augustine Demonstrator Finds Northern Students Participation Valuable Only If It Develops Commitment | 4/10/1964 | See Source »

...date for the formal trial will be set after Thursday's bearing, and it will probably be in late April or during reading period. Putnam's attorneys successfully defended Tropic of Cancer for Grove Press three years age. They will probably assert that Fanny Hill ought not to be judged by twentieth-century standards...

Author: By Sanford J. Ungar, | Title: Bullitt to Aid in 'Fanny Hill' Defense | 3/14/1964 | See Source »

Davis has prepared a statement of his suggestions for future Council action which he will present tonight. Abram said last night that "the Council should stop thinking about its role and assert itself positively...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HCUA to Choose Officers Tonight; Ellis Heavily Favored for Chairman | 2/25/1964 | See Source »

...Mexico and Brazil. These two countries have hesitated to extend recognition, fearing U.S. reprisals. But when de Gaulle visits Brasilia and Mexico City next month, he is likely to point out that the ban on recognition has been broken, and to offer Mexico and Brazil this symbolic opportunity to assert their independence...

Author: By Michael Lerner, | Title: De Gaulle's Chance | 2/21/1964 | See Source »

Despite the hostile tone of their comments, the Soviet assert that "with thoughtful Americans one always came to the same conclusion-the people of these two great countries must live in peace...

Author: By Alison J. Dray, | Title: Recent Soviet Visitors to College Criticize U.S. in Party Journal | 2/21/1964 | See Source »

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