Word: reassert
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...selecting its own Panchen Lama, China seeks not only to reassert its power over Tibet but also to control the education of the boy, who will one day lead the search for the new Dalai Lama, Tibet's God-King, when the current one passes on. From exile in India, the Dalai Lama reaffirmed his choice and insisted, "My recognition of the Panchen Lama's reincarnation cannot be changed." He may have been recalling the words of his own predecessor, who before his death in 1933 gave this warning: "Unless we guard our own country, it will now happen that...
Liberals also needs to prove their strength at the ballot box, as well as local school boards, town meetings, etc. A new, stronger brand of liberalism needs to reassert America's commitment to inclusion and opportunity while battling those that seek to concentrate wealth, power and knowledge in the hands of a ruling class...
...looked to reassert itself in the personal-computer software market by tendering a hostile $3.3 billion bid for Lotus Development Corp. Its star asset: the popular Lotus Notes groupware program, which allows far-flung users to work simultaneously on the same document. Lotus' stock jumped more than $3 just before IBM's bid was announced, raising suspicions on Wall Street of insider trading. NOVITZ...
...Harvard baseball team entered the 1995 season hoping to reassert itself after a disastrous season that left it with a the second-worst record in the Ivy League...
That's right, the Bears (6-1-0) are back in town, and tonight the Crimson (3-4-1) looks to avenge its close loss and reassert its supremacy in the ECAC, in an 7:38 p.m. meeting at Bright Hockey Center...