Word: reassertion
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Similarly, we saw a related phenomenon that could be called the Williamsburging of America. As Nancy Gibbs writes, small towns are rummaging back into their history to reassert their unique identity and attract tourists. Hannibal, Mo., has become a re-created Mark Twain birthplace. In Nauvoo, Ill., Mormons whose families lived there more than a century ago are returning to reconstruct their old temple. And the hotel owner in Kimmswick told us of the town's plan to re-enact the Civil War battle even though, he conceded, it was "just a skirmish...
...Radcliffe tried to reassert its right to the Cronkhite Graduate Center--a large building that the Institute owns--but was met with a bevy of criticism from graduate students at other Harvard schools who live there...
...Radcliffe Institute also tried to reassert itself in the Cronkhite Graduate Center, a large building owned by the Institute...
...represents yet another example of the judiciary's effort to abuse its authority. To date, Khatami has deferred to the court's authority on this matter. Yet with the trials following so closely on the heels of the newspaper closings, this could be a critical opportunity for Khatami to reassert his leadership to national and global communities without risking a clerical coup. The youth are clearly behind Khatami and his reform-minded agenda. However, there is always the risk that they will become impatient with Khatami's conciliatory approach and seek more radical change. Despite their restrictive upbringing, they have...
...Hong Kong's fate was decided by its British colonial rulers, Taiwan's is in the hands of an increasingly assertive electorate. "The overwhelming majority of voters are native Taiwanese who?ve always considered themselves separate from China," says TIME U.N. correspondent William Dowell. "Democracy has allowed them to reassert control after a century of domination, first by the Japanese and then by nationalist emigres from the mainland...