Word: assertiveness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...don’t assert yourself, if you don’t respect yourself, no one else can respect you,” Blewett says. “I’m not saying that [Giampaolo] didn’t, but what he needed to do is different than what I needed to do. I look back right now and I’m still inspired by his performances. But I just feel like my needs differ from...
...you’re out there. For me, obviously others got me thinking in the right direction, but it came down to me wanting to consciously change my thought process. I had to change my self-perception, accept myself for who I was and know that I need to assert myself in different settings. You have to do that in order to overcome any sort of failure—in life, not just kicking...
...essential that Democrats in the Senate offer stiff opposition to the latest Republican tax cut plan. As the majority party in the Senate, the Democrats control the legislative agenda. With another round of tax cuts on the table, there is no better time for Democrats to assert themselves. Not only would this foster dialogue on Capitol Hill and encourage the proper functioning of our democratic processes, it may prevent the country from sinking back into the days of Ronald Reagan, when the country’s debt skyrocketed, creating an ephemeral, artificial economic boost. This short-lived high...
Further, it would be a large stretch to assert that the sculpture itself (to whatever extent it can be appreciated by a pedestrian) resembles much more than a heap of garbage—albeit a colorful heap of garbage. The Crimson’s editorial page noted as much with the pithy assessment that the sculpture “looks like trash to us.” It is hard to disagree with this appraisal, and if one tries to argue that the sculpture must be looked at more closely to be appreciated, then that negates the entire purpose...
...writers assert, “The sit-in was a strategy in line with the rich and long tradition of principled, non-violent protest actions that have forced the powerful to listen to the dispossessed.” The last time I checked, a group of students forcibly entering the confines of the administrative offices at a private university, demanding that it give up its right to decide how its endowment will be spent, was not “non-violence” but, rather, criminal theft...