Word: reassertion
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...those limits are not made meaningless by legislative loopholes and crafty campaign lawyers. The High Court—which has the final say on reform—should recognize the rights of American voters over the rights of wealthy special interests. A ruling in favor of McCain-Feingold would reassert the principles of American democracy and score a victory for voters...
...reformist leader Deng Xiaoping by chanting en masse, "Hello, Xiaoping." The support of politically active youth helped cement Deng's authority, and students today hope to do the same for Hu. "We need to show our support for Hu Jintao, because if he becomes weak, the Old Guard could reassert their power," says Kitty Wang, a student at Shanghai's Jiaotong University, former President Jiang Zemin's alma mater. "That would be terrible, because many of the reforms we are hoping for will not have a chance to grow." In this telegenic age, students have also taken...
...hockey team has been ranked No. 1 in the nation since December, receiving the No. 2 seeding in the 2003 NCAA Women’s Frozen Four last night was a change of pace. That result, however, is of little consequence because the Crimson will have every opportunity to reassert itself as the nation’s best team when it matters most—at the end of the season with the national championship...
...shaped the entire site to speak to the traces of the event and to its significance," he says. "But we also want to reassert its vitality." So all around and above, Libeskind offers life rearing up in triumph. Above the hole there's the museum in his signature angular style. On three surrounding sides is an ensemble of towers, including a 70 story office structure with a spire that rises to the patriotic altitude of 1,776 ft.--the world's tallest building. In a gesture that harks back to the ancient solar markers of Egypt and Peru...
...attack. "Terror groups don't like to be upstaged," says Brian Jenkins, a counterterrorism expert at the Rand Corp. "Bin Laden is reminding us that with all the world's attention focused on Iraq, al-Qaeda is still alive and well." And he may have wanted to not only reassert control over his organization but also dominate extremist movements flourishing elsewhere. By highlighting incidents that his organization probably did not mastermind, like the Chechen assault on the Moscow theater, "he's implying that those actions are a part of a campaign over which he presides," says Jenkins...