Word: assertively
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...just how well can campaigns for or against Supreme Court Justices really work? In California, opponents of Chief Justice Rose Bird and Associate Justices Joseph Grodin and Cruz Reynoso assert that the three justices should be removed because they are out of touch with the majority, especially on the issue of the death penalty. Ideology and specific issues become the centerpieces of Court campaigns, while the subtle principles the Court is charged with enforcing are lost by the wayside...
...prior warning or explanation, Brown officials searched the room of freshman David J. Paul last month. They found no illegal drugs, and acquitted Paul of any wrongdoing. In response to the university's actions, Paul took out a full-page advertisement in the Brown Daily Herald this week to assert his innocence...
...Congress has sought more and more to assert itself in foreign policy, once an almost exclusively presidential preserve. Faced with political reality and understanding that Congress was increasingly wary about selling to Saudi Arabia any weapons that could be used against Israel, the Administration last fall chopped down an arms shopping list drawn up by the Saudis and the Pentagon. Out went the purchase of twelve Black Hawk helicopters, "enhancement kits" to upgrade 60 F-15 fighter planes, and about a dozen new F-15s. The Administration did accede, however, to the Saudis' $354 million offer to buy 800 shoulder...
...much she is setting herself apart from the other conservatives. But in the words of former Solicitor General Rex Lee, who has known O'Connor since both practiced law in Arizona, "After four or five years, many members of the court feel a greater sense of self-confidence and assert themselves more. We're seeing evidence of that...
...contrast to the Corporation, whichsupervises all financial matters as well as theday-to-day operations of the University, theOverseers assert their authority through thereview of personnel appointments and the settingof long-term academic policy for the variousfaculties...