Word: reasserting
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...Before I Self Destruct” feels like 50 Cent’s attempt to reassert his street roots and to assure listeners that, despite being a musical and corporate icon, Fiddy has not grown soft. In the trash talking, self-promotion, and muscle flexing that ensues, 50 provides for entertainment, if not intrigue. This basic enjoyment, however, runs shallow: having come to define many of rap’s most important symbols, 50 Cent has started to run in place...
...Taliban knows that time is the indispensable ally of the indigenous insurgent facing a foreign army. Its forces were scattered during the U.S. invasion in late 2001 and only began to reassert themselves almost four years later. Yet today they effectively control vast and growing swaths of territory, making it extremely difficult for the U.S. to turn the civilian population into reliable allies. Given the limits of U.S. control on the ground and the expectation that, sooner or later, like the Russians, the Americans will leave, many ordinary Afghans see little incentive to risk their lives in supporting...
...Dartmouth men’s soccer team (8-5-1, 3-2 Ivy) came to Cambridge on a mission to reassert itself as the Ivy League’s top team after entering into a tie with Brown following last week’s loss to Columbia. Accompanied by a legion of costumed fans, the No. 21 Big Green came from New Hampshire hoping to beat No. 14 Harvard (11-3-1, 3-1-1) on its home field on Saturday...
...these developments - coupled with a population decline of as much as 750,000 yearly and longstanding, sometimes-legitimate - sometimes-not-so-legitimate - nightmares involving a Chinese invasion of Siberia - have prompted Russian leaders to reassert their authority over the whole of Russia...
...Coaches’ Award”—and has continued to look sharp this season, as he leads the team with four goals. But the co-captain has worked to do more than put the ball in the net, making it a personal goal to help Harvard reassert its team identity.“I’m looking to reestablish who we are in the conference and who we are as a team,” Voith said. “Playing these high-level teams, the key is proving to ourselves that we can play with...