Word: assertively
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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What "merits"? It is very plain that Teddy has none to recommend him for the high office he seeks; and scholars of such high rank as these are only de-meaning their academic credentials when they blithely assert that he does...
...their youthful charm, and because they can express themselves on extremely complicated and controversial issues without confusing or offending anybody. Neither candidate stands for anything--a set of convictions, a record in office, or even a definite program. They have no opinions, only prejudices they do not argue, only assert. In short, they are conventional senatorial candidates, though a little worse than most. Neither believes in anything, neither has any force or imagination, and it seems entirely safe to say that neither would greatly dignify the Senate...
...band's Dartmouth Concert is one of the best reasons I can think of for having a Dartmouth week-end. And this year's performance was perhaps the finest in recent years. After three years of constant prodding by director James A. Walker, the band is beginning to assert itself as a musical group of some stature...
...fairly regular correspondence then ensued with the YDCHR continuing to assert its right to "participate in the policy-making functions of the party," Greene said...
...happy where he is, and has a deep sense of fulfillment. "Life," he muses, "is a matter of development or decay. You either grow or you retrogress. There's no standing still. You go backward or forward. The challenge will make you grow, if you are willing to assert a leadership and look on the challenge as something to be met and disposed of." Dirksen looks upon Election Year 1962 as another one of those challenges-to be met and disposed...