Word: reasserted
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...frequent partner. Fair as she is dark, he is attentive, handsome and gallant. By keeping things simple and performing on a common impulse, the pair gave several performances that were more satisfying than their showier elders'. At least in the context of this tour, they seemed to reassert values that the Bolshoi would do well to remember...
...military rebels, he is well aware that he has scarcely brought the armed forces to heel. The disgruntled officers clearly hoped to unsettle the government, and they could try to do so again. Says an Argentine official: "If they could nominate officers and make decisions, they hoped to reassert what they see as a natural right. Then they'd say that such-and-such a minister was a Communist and had to go. Eventually, they may have been looking for a coup down the road." Alfonsin's task now is to keep tight control of a military establishment that...
...were a parliamentary democracy, the Reagan Government might have fallen. As it is, Ronald Reagan will remain in Washington for another 22 months. His White House is laboring to repair the damage. In time Reagan may reassert his charm. Even as a lame duck, he will have his successes, perhaps even an arms-control agreement. It is possible that Ronald Reagan has not yet exhausted his luck...
...speaking as the leader of an Administration deeply wounded by revelations that he had been trading arms to Iran for hostages, and for the first time he was addressing Democratic majorities in both houses of Congress. The speech may not have been the make- or-break, last chance to reassert his leadership, which is how some aides (and much of the press) had been overbilling it. But it was an important chance to demonstrate that he was taking charge of the Iranscam mess and to advance imaginative new goals that might help him recapture the initiative. One Republican strategist...
These aides regard Tuesday's State of the Union speech as Reagan's golden -- and perhaps last -- chance to reassert his leadership. The address has assumed near epic public relations proportions because Reagan has pretty much been under wraps since Iranscam erupted in late November. Following his prostate operation in early January, says one White House official, Nancy Reagan "was yelling -- and I mean yelling -- insisting that her husband be given the same four-to-six-week recovery time that any other man would get." So virtually every appearance for six weeks has been canceled except the State...