Word: asserts
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Counter did not, as Libenson says, use it to demonstrate some sort of plot, or to "assert that Harvard Jews have an agenda of publicly criticizing the Foundation's work," or to "publicly put down" anyone (he didn't use Libenson's name), or even to say that Libenson speaks for the Jewish community...
...European Community needs Paris' traditional leadership more than ever. The French are worried that their country is failing to find a new role in the post-cold war world and that within Europe it is being overshadowed by the rise of a unified and vibrant Germany. Should they assert themselves vigorously and strive to lead the new Europe or retreat into a kind of Gallic stockade and preoccupy themselves with domestic concerns? The regional elections pointed to a distressing trend toward the second option...
Most of us grapple with questions about what constitutes racism and sexism and how to combine the empowerment of belonging to a group of people who share our identity or experiences with the need for all members of society to live together in mutual respect. I assert no positions on these questions...
...immediate gratification of the actors makes up for most of this confusion. Will Stewart, as Adam the repressed homosexual producer and fiance, starts out a little slow but soon eases into his character. Strutting about the stage, he makes great strides to assert his masculinity, making fun of "faggot beer" while defending the presence of the woman on the St. Pauli Girl bottle with the clever retort, "Yeah, but she's a whore." As the plot thickens and Peter is able to coerce him into sex, he reluctantly begins to admit that he enjoys it, and his faltering machismo...
Kennedy said that conservatives who assert thatthey feel uncomfortable expressing their views oncampus should look in the mirror...