Word: assertively
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...George W. Bush condemned the assassination in the strongest possible language. But the administration should recognize that the difficulty Israel is facing in the Palestinian territories is nearly analogous to those that have arisen in the campaign against terror the U.S. has begun in Afghanistan. It is hypocritical to assert otherwise, especially if Bush’s recent demands for an Israeli pullout are intended to conciliate the Arab nations who have signed on to America’s coalition against terror. Terrorism should not be allowed to sway U.S. foreign policy or derail our nation’s relationship...
...former students representing the movement against a living wage at Harvard took new steps yesterday to assert their presence, standing outside the Science Center distributing pamphlets and gathering signatures...
...growing pains of a new agency to an already ailing security network. Its hurried creation will come back to haunt it sooner rather than later. And its vague position among existing security agencies are likely to lead to divisive infighting if Ridge and Bush assert powers for the Office that other agencies are not ready to give...
...certainly true, as the residents assert, that Harvard has made serious development mistakes in the past. Mather House and Peabody Terrace spring immediately to mind. But Riverside residents must remember that an art museum, unlike a towering concrete dormitory, could also provide benefits to the community. If properly designed and implemented, a new museum should be a tasteful, unobtrusive, low-rise building that provides for increased traffic—possibly including an underground parking garage...
...Sept. 11. I was not there to beg God for protection or spiritual sustenance, nor to ask Jesus Christ to save my soul. I was there looking for the support of my fellow man. I was there to see the indomitability of the human spirit. Grizzle’s assertion that thousands of people showed up to pray is a misrepresentation of the facts. Does he also assert that the hundreds of people congregated around television sets around campus were also praying? No, we were looking for human companionship, seeking to reassure ourselves that not all humanity is as cold...