In mock negotiations, people who thought they were adequately assertive or even over-assertive were seen by others as under-assertive.
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Swift's assertive testimony Swift was confident and assertive in her testimony.
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You know the old trope: An assertive man is a strong leader; an assertive woman is a … witch.
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I'm also bothered that if you're an assertive woman — and I'm called aggressive all the time simply because I'm assertive — it's misconstrued as bossiness.
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Recipe: Mackerel With Lemon Olive Oil and Tomatoes And to Drink … An oily, assertive fish like mackerel needs to be paired with a sharp, assertive wine.
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Paysa, a site that provides salary information and data for job-seekers, used IBM's supercomputer, Watson, to determined the top 11 most assertive tech leaders in Silicon Valley and around the U.S., scoring them on a a scale from 0 (less assertive) to 1.0 (most assertive).
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Being assertive about boundaries and respecting the other person's boundaries.
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And how to be assertive, but also have a connection.
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It is often said that today's China is more assertive.
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So you're usually the more assertive one in a relationship?
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"Take some risks and be more assertive, basically," Moller said.
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Sermons reflect Turkey's tilt from secularism to an assertive Islamism.
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Macron is also seeking a more assertive role in Syria.
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It empowered me, and I feel very confident and assertive.
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A more assertive Pentagon approach already appears to have started.
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I was pretty quiet in many ways but always assertive.
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It'll feel weird at first, but it's assertive and empowering.
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All signals suggest a more assertive China is to come.
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Is that female coworker "assertive" or "aggressive" — "passionate" or "emotional"?
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The benefits of a more assertive Congress would be profound.
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Men must be unemotional, assertive, and protective, audience members suggest.
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Then, people need to be assertive about providing real information.
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In response, Chief Justice Roberts has become increasingly more assertive.
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Grains can stand up to big flavors and assertive dressings.
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Lupino is mercurial and assertive, her volatility matched by Garfield's.
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Yad Vashem, Israel's Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, was more assertive.
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If women are assertive, it can be seen as aggressive.
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"I think we need to be more assertive," McConnell said.
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This asks you how adventurous, communicative and assertive you are.
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During the campaign, Mr. Thanathorn deployed surprisingly assertive, progressive rhetoric.
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He wasn't nearly assertive enough for a player with his scoring talent, and when he was assertive, he couldn't figure out a way to deal with the size, strength, and athleticism of NBA players.
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And people who want to succeed professionally need to be assertive.
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By Tuesday night, that had vanished, replaced by an assertive swagger.
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Thursday's comments were some of his most assertive on the matter.
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However, the Philippines lately has become more assertive about its sovereignty.
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One day, Japanese strategists hope, India will also be more assertive.
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Canada's indigenous peoples, for their part, have also become more assertive.
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And to be as firm and assertive as we can be.
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Corinne's cavalier flirting style makes me want to be more assertive.
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Americans, you see, have themselves some assertive opinions about their grilling.
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But the story here more often involves an elliptically assertive groove.
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The assertive billionaire also preaches against trying to time the market.
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America faces significant global challenges, especially from an increasingly assertive China.
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In their second debate, he was much more assertive and aggressive.
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Anne-Antoinette Champion (whom he called Toinette) was tall, assertive, pious,
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But he was less assertive than either Christie or Kasich overall.
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"He was also very intelligent, very dynamic and assertive," she said.
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Our vehicles must be assertive, nimble and sometimes a bit creative.
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That was then compared with how assertive others perceived them as.
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Mr. Castro was assertive in key moments but didn't appear desperate.
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"Dealing with climate change takes very assertive governmental action," he said.
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On the global stage, China had grown more assertive, not less.
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It is in American interests to deter an increasingly assertive Russia.
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If a woman is sexually progressive or assertive, people criticize you.
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Across Africa, Russia is becoming a more visible and assertive player.
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And we have to think about other consequences of being assertive.
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Everything was an amalgam of who was most assertive in recent history.
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The US response to a more assertive Russia is hard to predict.
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Jones is much more assertive in her delivery than Guthrie ever was.
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For now, South Korea is maintaining an assertive stance on Chinese pressure.
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In it Mr Deng appeared to criticise Mr Xi's assertive foreign policy.
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Her gaze is confident, an assertive stare that directly confronts the viewer.
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Or be a powerful and assertive leader, but can't you smile more?
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Other times, the vehicle is assertive and enters the turn without delay.
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"We were assertive tonight," Vancouver defenseman Michael Del Zotto told Sportsnet afterward.
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"Maddow on Hillary: "Very ... assertive and well-informed on the Russia stuff.
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The new arrivals tend to be highly literate, legally savvy and assertive.
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To his Democratic colleagues, Labrador's assertive good cheer belied his doctrinaire conservatism.
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The speech in its entirety was more assertive than some analysts anticipated.
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The result could be more assertive attitudes from China, Japan and Korea.
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Others are emboldened to act in an equally nationalistic and assertive way.
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And by assertive, I mean you don't try to destroy the person.
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Were men really and truly that turned off by an assertive woman?
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Assertive and inventive, Donyale Luna was a vanguard of that industry change.
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Being an assertive or aware black person can be difficult and alienating.
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Call it an assertive reminder that she was large and in charge.
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There's a right way to be assertive and then there's totally creepy!
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But she thinks that confident and assertive women are still labeled bossy.
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How can I be assertive about being left alone without causing hostility?
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Russia and China, ideological foes, are in an assertive and expansionist mood.
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Countries such as China and Russia are taking an increasingly assertive stance.
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It's an assertive, dramatic, robust reading of the music, with heightened extremes.
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But regular garlic is just as nice in its own assertive way.
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I was the assertive, even demanding woman who wanted a new life.
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When confronted with their raw curiosity and assertive arguments, I would bristle.
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Our No. 403 bottle was the assertive, peppery Nuestra Soledad San Baltazar.
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NATO says it is modernizing to defend itself against an assertive Russia.
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They could easily have taken a more assertive role in foreign policy.
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Increasingly single and assertive, the country's lonely seniors are on the market.
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Assertive government regulators and recalcitrant target companies helped quash those merger dreams.
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In addition, Reagan championed an assertive foreign policy that Carter had not.
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He was also an assertive collaborator, no mere accompanist, in the songs.
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That reality requires a far more assertive and independent Europe, Macron argues.
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To be assertive, you need to learn to engage in healthy conflict.
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In such tastings, the more boisterous, assertive wines often dominate quieter bottles.
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Ms. Tsai's more assertive tone is likely to be noticed in Washington.
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But your roles on "The Leftovers" and "Fargo" are much more assertive.
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A new study published in The European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology suggests assertiveness in the workplace is beneficial for women, as researchers found that assertive, dominant women were generally compensated better than their less assertive counterparts.
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All chicories feature a pleasant, bittersweet flavor, which requires a somewhat assertive vinaigrette.
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And as Nicki Minaj famously decried, it calls them bitchy for being assertive.
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I don&apost know, but he was pretty assertive about me turning around.
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Some will offer your standard "liquid courage," allowing you to be more assertive.
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" The New York Times says, "We love, but love, the assertive revolutionary women.
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But as many cities become more assertive, governments are reluctant to cede control.
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You're going to see a much more policy-assertive White House going forward.
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Here I'm hoping I will soon see Cody's more assertive side come out!
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State insurance regulators, he said, must become more assertive in collecting such information.
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But throughout Homer City, McAdoo was known as a gritty, assertive self-starter.
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In this case, assertive gun use was aimed at protecting oneself or others.
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The alternately insecure and assertive Annie, who engineered the reunion, drinks too much.
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The bass was booming and assertive, the guitar scarcely more than a whisper.
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Others, like John Bolton, call for regime change in assertive powers like Iran.
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This pragmatism is empowering, and driven by an assertive tempo and powerful beat.
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BE ASSERTIVE Sexual offenders sometimes target people they think won't report the crime.
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In other words, women aren't expected to be assertive, which makes negotiation tricky.
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American smiles are more assertive, reflecting Americans' rating of themselves as more dominant.
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When men get angry, they're viewed as assertive; when women do, they're bitches.
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After all, one man's "assertive" is often another woman's abrasive, entitled or rude.
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Many girls also don't know what it means to be assertive, she said.
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It seems like a good time for assertive modesty to take a stand.
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"If evidence was planted, we'll certainly take assertive action if that's the case."
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The way in which we respond to assertive women must change radically, too.
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She's been cool, calm, collected, and assertive—but not reckless—on the court.
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It's frustrating because Danielle said she wants a man that can be assertive and confident, but it makes it really difficult to be when I'm getting turned down every time I try to step up, be assertive and take the lead.
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The assertive approach was epitomised by the Liberia Reconstruction and Development Committee, or LRDC.
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But assertive friends eventually influenced the couple to take Gabriella and evacuate the city.
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Indigenous groups have become more assertive, courts more sympathetic and the government more responsive.
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A man is confident or assertive, while similarly wired women are aggressive and abrasive.
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There are certainly ways to try to become more assertive, but it takes practice.
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I just feel at a loss because it seems like being assertive does work.
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Yet lately some Muslim groups have become more assertive in pushing an Islamist agenda.
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Despite this more assertive stance, Retno said relations between the two countries remained good.
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Her campaign presents her as a foil to an ever more repressive, assertive China.
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"I had to be assertive and decisive with what I was doing," Curry said.
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Here they'll be working in a trio with Obed Calvaire, a smartly assertive drummer.
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Ms Jade says she is proud to work in today's assertive, self-confident China.
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Koreans fear an assertive China might in future make expansive claims to Korean territory.
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Being assertive can feel a lot like aggression when you're not used to it.
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Girls shouldn't be raised as demure while boys get to be assertive, he says.
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"You can do so by being polite but assertive, explaining your expectations," says Taylor.
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There is no doubt that these assertive actions have impacted on the US dollar.
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This time, Biden appeared more assertive and more prepared for attacks from his rivals.
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A nuclear North Korea and an increasingly assertive China have boosted Okinawa's military importance.
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People who excel in combat tend to be assertive, active, excitement-seeking and enthusiastic.
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And Escobar's wife, Tata (Paulina Gaitán), becomes more assertive about securing her family's safety.
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"In strong relationships, partners are honest and assertive about expressing their needs," Bennett said.
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Esper also seemed to reference China's increasingly assertive stance in the South China Sea.
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Through socialization we learn that leaders are supposed to be strong, confident and assertive.
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Recently, the alliance has a renewed importance with a more assertive Russia in Europe.
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We need him to be aggressive, assertive, play with a chip on his shoulder.
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But what about the "Bernie Bro," that overly assertive supporter of senator Bernie Sanders?
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An assertive U.S. policy in and of itself is part of the Syrian solution.
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"Contrary to expectations, women used slightly more assertive language than men," the study says.
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Saudi Arabia has seen drastic changes under the influence of the young, assertive heir.
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And if you're the assertive type, piling on the brights sends the right message.
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The game is opening up as Senegal gets a little more assertive on offense.
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Wolfram Koch makes for an unusually assertive, though still gruff and uncouth, Sancho Panza.
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It's assertive yet elegant, with lively citrus notes popping through the smoke and iodine.
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He was less assertive and seemed to struggle to put on a brave face.
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Those assertive little salty fish get mellowed out with butter and rich egg yolks.
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So I would be more assertive, and she'd be happier for a few days.
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But since the weekend events in Syria, he has been uncharacteristically talkative and assertive.
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Other countries of the South Caucasus and Central Asia also face assertive Russian policies.
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Congress's more assertive role is among the bigger surprises of Mr Bolsonaro's surprising presidency.
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I have learned about my liberty, and I am now more assertive about it.
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And as the president becomes increasingly mercurial and assertive, that's not at all certain.
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Once they come to terms with stuttering, people who stutter can be assertive and outspoken.
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A more confident, assertive Europe is likely to be a tougher counterpart in Brexit negotiations.
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Some Moroccans, including members of his own party, would like him to be more assertive.
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Yao's assertive frame frequently put him in competition with NBA titans such as Shaquille O'Neal.
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Next week they'll be working in a trio with Obed Calvaire, a smartly assertive drummer.
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The incident underscores the difficulty Singapore faces in maintaining good ties with an assertive Beijing.
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Mr Xi has been more assertive in pressing China's claims in the South China Sea.
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If it wants to curb Iran's influence, America must be more assertive on the ground.
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But camera footage may also be making officers less assertive and more vulnerable to assault.
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"Yeah, he definitely is assertive," offensive lineman Justin Pugh said of McAdoo late this season.
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Meanwhile, traditional fund houses, under growing pressure to justify their fees, are becoming more assertive.
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General Kelly took an instantly assertive tack, and some of the overt shenanigans stopped overnight.
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Slinky, brassy, and bold, it sounded more assertive than anything else in the band's discography.
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Emotionally intelligent people remain balanced and assertive by steering themselves away from unfiltered emotional reactions.
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Normally, freshmen keep quiet, but Cain is an assertive member of the insurgent Freedom Caucus.
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It will presumably be even more assertive with Mr Abbasi and the younger Mr Sharif.
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That something could be "a more assertive stance on trade and foreign policy," Himmelberg said.
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Kenner's pre-Davenport books are assertive but still operate under the conventions of normal scholarship.
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LeBron James didn't let one assertive fan go unchecked at a game earlier this week.
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Too assertive, and Clinton risks looking like a scold; too reticent, and she looks weak.
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He was assertive about kissing her; he got in her space, and then leaned in.
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It was expected that the Giants would be assertive buyers in the free-agent market.
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In fact, though, those investors generally behave more like easily herded sheep than assertive sheepdogs.
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At stake are relations with an ascendant and increasingly assertive China under President Xi Jinping.
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He has got to continue to be assertive, but obviously he had a good game.
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The police and judiciary became more assertive and more independent, for example, as did prosecutors.
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"She's very assertive, to the point where I can't get a word in," he said.
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These latter experiences encouraged her to be more assertive and spontaneous with the painting process.
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The men are especially assertive — none more than David Adrian Freeland Jr., an arresting newcomer.
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If they had not been so assertive, Libya would not have attracted such attention now.
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But she also wisely says it's not just about encouraging girls to be more assertive.
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Chelsea was assertive at the start of the second half, but Tottenham preserved its lead.
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She had spent her professional life arguing for a more assertive American response to atrocities.
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I claimed my power the way I had learned in Sweden: by being sexually assertive.
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You can be assertive, but if you're overly aggressive, you're going to ruin your opportunities.
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Instead, China's astounding economic development has led to a stronger and more militarily assertive power.
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Renewing his team's designs on the Stanley Cup, he has been assertive, focused and unyielding.
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On more assertive notes, two sculptures incorporate human hair that Hammons gathered at black barbershops.
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His persona as an assertive, rallying force was immortalized in the Disney movie from 2000.
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" Leeper added: "Joe is assertive and aggressive and he's direct — above all, he is direct.
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On the positive side, the likes of Europe, Canada and Japan are becoming increasingly assertive.
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It showed how the increasingly assertive government was determined to tighten its grip over multinationals.
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Growing U.S. pressure on Iran has weakened Rouhani and made his hardline rivals more assertive.
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A handful of women continued to be assertive with their time, and none more than Corinne.
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There was also no post for any of the bloc's increasingly assertive ex-Communist eastern members.
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Other studies suggest that ambiverts make good leaders because they're assertive without being overbearing or overconfident.
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Okinawa is the U.S. military's key base in Asia where it faces an increasingly assertive China.
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But often being assertive is more effective, which can make some people feel anxious, Shannon says.
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In recent years hardline Islamists have become increasingly assertive, railing against deviants, heretics and their ilk.
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So I've been much more assertive and aggressive and controlling my mind a little bit better.
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Mexico, which has a much more tense relationship with Trump than Canada does, is more assertive.
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An email that OkCupid sent out last week was a little more assertive on the subject.
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He holds it toward an assertive M.Flandian woman, who rests her hand on his upper thigh.
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A pro-porn political feminist, she makes images that are often unapologetically feminine, assertive, and sexy.
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Being a firm and assertive manager doesn't come easily to everyone, as we see from Kat.
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It marked a shift towards what EU diplomats say is a more "assertive and competitive mindset".
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MOST ASSERTIVE GRANDMOTHER: Maxwell Meyer, St. Paul, Minnesota When news came out that St. Paul, Minn.
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These assertive statements are leading national security experts to question who exactly is telling the truth.
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No part of the exuberant, assertive, earnest, genuine Ngoc Lan is based on a preconceived mold.
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The US has voiced concerns about China's assertive pursuit of territory in the South China Sea.
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But phone calls are no substitute for a coherent, thoughtful, assertive and smarter trade policy. Rep.
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They were provocative and assertive, but they never destroyed property or threatened people's lives or safety.
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A stable, assertive Israel would continue to be treated as a problem rather than a solution.
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The world needs an engaged and assertive U.S., and the Middle East needs this leadership now.
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Every talking point is met with an assertive head nod, tissue-dabbed cheek or virtuous applause.
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Moreover, Ms Fiorina is assertive about attacking Mr Trump and Hillary Clinton, the Democratic front-runner.
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It would, therefore, not be a far-fetched thought to anticipate a much more assertive China.
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He is the author of China's Assertive Nuclear Posture: State Security in an Anarchic International Order.
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It marked a shift toward what EU diplomats say is a more "assertive and competitive mindset".
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The Northern Irish women in my immediate and extended family are strong, confident, and assertive women.
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"I learned that you can be assertive even when you are just starting out," she says.
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They view him as the strongest, most dominant, most assertive political figure they have ever seen.
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Why it matters: Rejoining would reaffirm America's commitment to Asia, where China has become increasingly assertive.
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Even his simplest, most assertive melodies usually sound as if they're being pulled in contradictory directions.
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The additional grit and visual tangibility of the surfaces of these works is patent, expressive, assertive.
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Nonetheless, we preferred the whiskies that had assertive malt characters, with creamy textures and lingering flavors.
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They scream: Humans are naturally competitive, men are naturally more assertive than women, and so on.
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In fact, they said, they urged her to be more assertive if she wanted public recognition.
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They all have one thing in common, lively acidity, to cut through the rich assertive flavors.
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They're part of an assertive rather than a passive disposition, and they're key to professional success.
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" J.C. Math-rock precision and R&B passion merge in the intricate and assertive "Soft Spoken.
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The legislature has become more autonomous and assertive compared with its forebear in the colonial era.
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The first movement is run through with an assertive four-note theme, like a somber fanfare.
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One common response was to become more assertive about one's cultural values, like becoming more patriotic.
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His efforts and Aviva Rowley's assertive black ceramic vessels might both be intended for ceremonial uses.
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The egg-beet combo is always a good one, especially when bathed with an assertive vinaigrette.
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Ms. Warren's plan includes an assertive push for liberal immigration priorities, like decriminalizing unauthorized border crossings.
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Ms. Warren's plan includes an assertive push for liberal immigration priorities, like decriminalizing unauthorized border crossings.
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On the military front, China has become increasingly assertive in the Pacific Ocean in the region.
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Employees will see the information right away, and your message will have a more assertive tone.
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But the pressure appears to be nudging Democrats in Congress to take a more assertive position.
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Sergeant-of-arm officials have also been more assertive to control the large crowds of reporters.
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That many are assertive, independent-minded liberals that regularly challenge the president only makes it worse.
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"The Matter" ends with very two different duets, both featuring the stalwart, cool, assertive Wally Cardona.
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Men are expected to be assertive and confident, while women are expected to be nurturing and collaborative.
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He needs to be aware that as a group, we're going to be incredibly vigilant and assertive.
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People who have worked with Cohn say he is loyal, direct and assertive, traits that Trump likes.
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By the early 90s, hip-hop was associated with assertive vulgarity, but Contact High complicates the narrative.
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" They found that 8- and 9-year-old girls were "confident, assertive, and feel authoritative about themselves.
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At the same press conference, the mayor was more assertive about not rebuilding in lava zone 234.
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It's because they require self-driving cars to be both cautious and assertive at the same time.
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They say DCFS will be more assertive when other abuse or neglect reports come into the department.
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Overseas, China threatens Japan not just in economic terms but, as it grows more assertive, militarily too.
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Perhaps most important, he suggested there would be no let-up in his more assertive foreign policy.
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Bernie Sanders, she felt constrained enough to make significant concessions to her party's increasingly assertive populist wing.
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Halt and Catch Fire's Mackenzie Davis plays Yorkie, a less assertive version of Barb from Stranger Things.
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Specifically, he preaches the importance of projecting the calm and assertive energy of a true pack leader.
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The fund&aposs chairman is Saudi Arabia&aposs assertive 32-year-old Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
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As Iran has become more assertive, the Saudis have stepped in as the champion of Sunni Muslims.
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I love how assertive she is, and I admire the confidence that she has even under pressure.
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The United States has voiced concerns about China's assertive pursuit of territory in the South China Sea.
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But views of the world that offer alternatives to Mr Xi's increasingly assertive ideology are being constrained.
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In the skies around the peninsula, B1-B bomber flights are becoming more complex and more assertive.
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He is a fantastic pitchman with his ease in front of the camera and assertive speaking style.
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Hall recalled Davender as an assertive but affable person who made a lot of friends in Lexington.
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Washington went on to trample the Houston bullpen in an assertive offensive performance, ultimately winning 6-2.
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As indigenous groups grow more assertive, and politicians become more supportive of them, maps are being rewritten.
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Japan and Taiwan have extensive business ties and also share concern about an increasingly assertive mainland China.
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He has been taking an increasingly high profile as Beijing becomes more assertive on the global stage.
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President Trump vowed in August to take a more assertive stance in combatting terrorism in the region.
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Mulki will face a more assertive parliament, after the Muslim Brotherhood gained a foothold in the election.
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China is ascendant in the Pacific and assertive throughout what it sees as its sphere of influence.
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To Turkey, the biggest threat is Syria's increasingly assertive Kurds, who control parts of the countries' border.
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Her crisp azures stand in vivid contrast to her stormcloud grays; the piece is mature and assertive.
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Since then the militias have become more assertive, riding around cities in vehicles flying their own flags.
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But here's the surprising part: Researchers found that on Facebook, women's language is more assertive than men's.
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He was blunt and assertive and his success in business made him accustomed to getting his way.
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There's a full moon in your sign on the 31st, and it'll require you to be assertive.
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Notably, the definition of "assertive" is "having or showing a confident and forceful personality," according to Dictionary.com.
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Altogether, her moves are among the most assertive steps taken by any Democrat to prepare for 2020.
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There will be increased demands for a more assertive defense of Europe's Christian culture, values and borders.
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In the face of this newly assertive far right, Chemnitz has become a test of state authority.
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She reworked six Bandcamp songs and added two newer, more assertive ones for "Collection," released last year.
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So assertive was he in maintaining creative control that during a bitter contract battle with Warner Bros.
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Neither side can be blamed for being assertive about they want to see out of tax reform.
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Xi's government, meanwhile, had appeared prepared to begin taking a more assertive stance on the reclusive nation.
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Know that dressings and seasonings need to be assertive to stand up to most beets' overriding sweetness.
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But over time, the government has nudged the definition of self-defense into a more assertive posture.
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Strips of omelet, crunchy Chinese long beans and alarmingly red chiles also mitigate the kapi's assertive taste.
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Vegetation, by contrast, is depicted with assertive overlays of thick pigment that crawl across the canvases' surfaces.
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In the last decade, however, states have also become more assertive and increased restrictions on unauthorized immigrants.
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Poppea's characterization has evolved as well: "She now has to be much more assertive," Mr. McVicar said.
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Tasters seemed to appreciate the more assertive pepperiness, which distinguished it from some of its zestless brethren.
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In defining radical transparency, Dalio advised Diddy to be open-minded, yet assertive at the same time.
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Since Shinzo Abe, the prime minister, returned to office in 2012, the country has become more assertive.
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" He continued: "We need the director there who can take the reins and be assertive in that.
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I think most observers expect them to avoid assertive or surprising or shocking signals along those lines.
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My diffidence feels out of place in the far more assertive India I returned to in 2011.
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Through their assertive gazes, they are demanding to be seen, to be heard, and to be acknowledged.
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China's increasingly assertive stance in the region has sparked concern from the United States and its Asian allies.
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But I've learned that it's possible to be accommodating and assertive; authoritative and likable at the same time.
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An acceleration of such assertive behavior should help generate better returns and overall growth, hitting Abe's ultimate bullseye.
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He notes that South Korea is very close to a resurgent Russia, and to an increasingly assertive China.
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Rihanna has always shined when at her most assertive, like on "Needed Me," one of this album's highlights.
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And Mr. Clayton nails it again in a solo that gives the Taylor canon a fleet, assertive modernity.
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They imagine a China chastened by slowing growth at home and a backlash to its assertive ways overseas.
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When I moved to Miami I realized that Cubans had become a powerhouse there -- educated, industrious and assertive.
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Absent that, it will be harder for Europe to cope with an increasingly assertive brand of populist nationalism.
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There are some assertive, horn-heavy parts of this album that really lend themselves to strutting, I think.
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As China has grown more regionally assertive, Laos and Vietnam have sought to deepen their relations with America.
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The 46-year-old former professional model is seen striking an assertive pose in the photograph released Monday.
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Develop Interpersonal Skills On top of being confident and assertive, interpersonal skills are extremely beneficial to budding leaders.
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It's far more gratifying to pursue an assertive man that I find compelling, and omit the power dynamic.
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One Democratic congressional source said Page appeared less assertive and confident in her answers than Strzok had been.
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And they are doing so at a time when the Chinese government is growing more assertive and nationalistic.
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It is also increasingly dismissive of international norms and "Western" ideas, and more assertive in its extraterritorial reach.
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In his speech last week, Mr. Wu was broadly critical of such calls for a more assertive China.
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Harris's approach is the latest piece of evidence showing how Democrats have become more assertive on gun control.
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As the Chinese Communist Party becomes more assertive and aggressive about its values, so too must American businesses.
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"I enjoy using strong assertive flavors and trying to balance the sweet with the savory," the chef explains.
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Even if you don't walk away with everything you want, odds are you'll feel good about being assertive.
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"Juke is a fun car that allows for more assertive expression — which is exactly what many buyers want."
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Never seen a Royal engagement interview like this one... American actress Meghan Markle absolutely assertive, confident, equal partner.
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"I'm an assertive, competent person doing my job and that might rub people the wrong way," Gonzalez explained.
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All the same, none of that is really overt or compositionally assertive enough to be of great significance.
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In a 2014 study at Columbia University, people were asked to gauge how assertive they thought they appeared.
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Some economically vulnerable workers have been less assertive as well, but experts say catering workers have underappreciated leverage.
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Now Mr. Green, 235, must show that Lyft can be as assertive as an Amazon or a Facebook.
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Now, it is just one of several potential hot spots between a more assertive China and its neighbors.
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An assertive U.S. policy towards Iran does not demand U.S. troops or naïve engagement with the ruthless ayatollahs.
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The visual style of his books remains flat, a quietly assertive, not-our-world aesthetic, circles and all.
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"Under President Vladimir Putin, Russia has become increasingly assertive and aggressive militarily," Perdue said in a written statement.
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The lilting, light-textured yet rhythmically assertive sound of the band became the gold standard for Hawaiian music.
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The move comes amid mounting Western concern at the security implications of investments by an increasingly assertive China.
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Until these systemic inequalities are addressed, simply telling girls to be "more assertive" will never solve the problem.
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In the interview, Ms. Vestager compared Europe's more assertive stance in tech regulation to its regulations of agriculture.
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Of course, such activities do not necessarily translate into a desire for a more assertive national defense policy.
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In pursuit of this end, credible threats and a more assertive U.S. policy toward Iran may be necessary.
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The judiciary has been increasingly assertive in its battle with the military to establish the rule of law.
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Emotionally intelligent people know how to craft their message in a conflict, whether they're naturally assertive or not.
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Some users might feel affronted by these assertive new automatic features, which are clearly designed to increase interaction.
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As Hong Kong becomes economically less important to the overall Chinese economy, the central government has become more assertive.
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Among job posts on their site that were reviewed, 70 percent used masculine words like assertive, decisive and dominant.
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I love how assertive and bold Corinne is, I just never wanted to intentionally make the other women uncomfortable.
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Recent Israeli air strikes against Hezbollah targets in Syria appeared to mark a more assertive stance toward the group.
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India's military budget is tied to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's increasingly assertive foreign policy stance, noted the EIU's Sahgal.
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Chinese leaders have grown more assertive in recent months in pushing foreign entities to play by Communist Party rules.
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The US Navy quietly encouraged PanAm's work, as admirals fretted about an increasingly assertive Japan and planned for war.
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At once seductive and lethal in combat, Pamela falls far outside the acceptable model of womanhood: assertive, independent, bisexual.
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But his immigration policies and assertive language on the issue have made him a target for immigration reform activists.
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Mr Abe has tried to make owners more assertive, introducing codes on corporate governance and for Japanese institutional investors.
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Now the continent risks being squeezed between a more assertive Beijing and the "America First" policies of Donald Trump.
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Or try his assertive wok-fried asparagus with walnuts as a main dish alongside a mound of white rice.
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Other risks lie ahead: the election of a President Trump, perhaps, or hardliners becoming even more assertive in Tehran.
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"Women are more likely to see a blowback to being assertive and for demanding what they're worth," explains Miller.
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Hyman speaks in the assertive manner of a TED x regular, her phrases ornamented with the lexicon of tech.
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In theory, the best counterbalance to an aggressive presidency and an assertive judiciary would be a strong legislative branch.
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Ms. Hammond's wan Lauren, with her hands usually jammed into the pockets of her hoodie, gradually turns more assertive.
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In this context, Iran has been a key part of this more assertive Russian strategy in the Persian Gulf.
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It will require an assertive America and leadership from not only my country, but of democracies around the world.
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On average, he wrote, women are more interested in people than things, more empathetic, more neurotic, and less assertive.
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Mr. Xi's immediate predecessor, Hu Jintao, was a less assertive leader and never got the title of core leader.
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Former enforcers, like Bush FTC Chairman Timothy Muris, like to warn about the "disastrous consequences" of assertive antitrust enforcement.
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Propaganda aside, Xi is proving far more assertive than his most recent predecessors in employing China's new military power.
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These assertive Black, Puerto Rican, and Indigenous people from the Bronx, who are just loud and vulgar and uninformed.
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But Wozniacki has shored up her forehand and serve as part of a dedicated tilt toward more assertive tennis.
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This is what Olivia Munroe is up to in her strangely present-and-elusive art of assertive, abiding immanence.
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And, scaled to the human figure, it suggests a new kind of armor, soft but firm, protective but assertive.
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They also fear the wrath of Republicans' increasingly assertive big-money donors, who often reside outside a politician's district.
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He said he knew he had to be more assertive, but he also wanted to involve his teammates more.
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It's time for assertive and comprehensive action to protect our children from climate catastrophe — while we've still got time.
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"We've always been about building solidarity with white NGOs but also lifting ourselves up and being assertive," said Goldtooth.
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Yet today, with the president cutting America off and escalating tensions with a more assertive China, leadership is scarce.
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The next time I saw them, they were even in your face a little bit — very assertive and confident.
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The country's foreign ministry is small, as I have discovered on my visits over the years, but surprisingly assertive.
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To the Editor: Ruth Whippman contends that men need to be taught to be less assertive and more deferential.
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Baked into this argument is the assumption that assertive middle classes are crucial for the triumph of political liberty.
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Khalifa Hifter, are receiving support from Russia, increasingly assertive in the region, as well as from some Gulf countries.
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It is clear, assertive, and unflinching on the rights everyone from executives and directors to the production assistants deserve.
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TikTok supports longer videos and is less reliant on a simple follower model, instead employing assertive and opaque recommendations.
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President Trump should ensure that the United States is a proactive and assertive partner in this endeavor moving forward.
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A newly assertive Russia under Putin has begun to change that and Europe is again spending more on defence.
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Fresh leeks and English peas contribute sweetness, and a final shower of sheep's milk pecorino adds an assertive kick.
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The green garlic powder is musky, niçoise olive is crumbly and assertive, and smoked onion harbors a sweet edge.
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Whether China would be as assertive in its dealings with its economic partners is worth watching too, said Rafferty.
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Mr. Ulbricht, whose usual persona — cutely assertive — is familiar to City Ballet audiences, seldom gets to do any partnering.
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We're used to thinking about people that are sort of sexually forward and assertive and free as the rebels.
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I was so politically assertive as a kid because I wanted someone to respect my opinion, to value me.
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It's the visual equivalent of hearing two very different languages, carrying the same assured and assertive message, spoken simultaneously.
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Only passing episodes of assertive, gnarly music disrupt the mostly hushed, urgent conversation that dominates this sonic tone poem.
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"I think we should've frankly been more assertive in September," House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said Tuesday.
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Facebook, conversely, has been open and assertive about its ambitions in VR, running Oculus as its own separate division.
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Through your body placement and use of colors, each print captures an emotion, from the vulnerable to the assertive.
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Cynthia Nixon plays the older Dickinson, portraying her as multitudinous, assertive, rebellious, principled, shrill, demure, sensitive, coy, and vain.
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Instead of the quiet, deeply studious, obedient, grade-obsessed "whiz-kids," they're athletic, funny, popular, fierce, creative, and assertive leaders.
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She had to play down her moviestar looks while coming off as assertive but not bossy, whipsmart but not arrogant.
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There's good evidence that primary care providers and non-specialists can be as effective as psychiatrists using assertive dosing schedules.
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She said a female candidate would have faced condemnation for being as "assertive and aggressive" as Buttigieg during his speech.
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Thailand is a constitutional monarchy, but King Bhumibol wielded great influence and his son has shown himself to be assertive.
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On Wednesday, Google presented its newly assertive push for the enterprise, hosting its inaugural cloud developer conference in San Francisco.
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For instance, West said, she is more confident and assertive with current business ventures like her cosmetics brand KKW Beauty.
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If you decide the move was intentional, she advised confronting the person in a neutral yet assertive tone of voice.
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If the international response is weak, Moscow may see an opening for yet more assertive military strikes in the future.
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The United States has voiced concerns about China's assertive pursuit of territory in one of the world's busiest trade routes.
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"There needs to be real serious run at legislation — an assertive, affirmative effort to address this in Congress," Murguia added.
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She was an assertive badass woman who later fought to make her son Solomon first in line of succession. 8.
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The assertive, individualistic, essentially democratic spirit of Smith's paintings is as enticing as their bright colors and bold, totemic forms.
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Burke's songwriting is genuinely comparable to someone like Karen O from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs: tender, open, weird, and assertive.
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Perhaps having the camera on makes officers less assertive, or perhaps suspects disliked being recorded and that escalated the situation.
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"He was more assertive and didn't let her get away with a lot like he did last time," Germaine said.
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An assertive Islamic identity particularly appealed to second-generation Muslims who did not feel quite at home with Western ways.
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That could see India taking a more assertive stance against its neighbor Pakistan — and against China's growing dominance in Asia.
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Jennings said Canberra viewed a more assertive China and the threat of cyber attacks as increasing risks to critical infrastructure.
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Will the first gentleman be any less assertive in the White House than his first lady was two decades ago?
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But the sources said Ottawa did not fully appreciate how challenging it would be to handle an increasingly assertive China.
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Parker has been more assertive offensively, and that's why he has increased his scoring average from the 14.1 last season.
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A bigger and more assertive middle class "is no longer prepared to put up with corruption and impunity", she says.
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The Australian Human Rights Commission, while approving of the protective provisions in the legislation, is concerned about the assertive ones.
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But resentment simmers—and could easily boil over if China's self-confidence continues to find expression in an assertive nationalism.
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He has taken similarly assertive stances against leaders in the United Kingdom and at NATO hours before sitting for talks.
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China's naval build-up, and it's increasingly assertive stance over disputed territory in the South China, has unnerved its neighbors.
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Benjamin Braddock, the film's unlikely hero, is neither assertive nor articulate, and it is precisely the future that worries him.
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Any US withdrawal would "severely undermine (US) credibility and encourage the Chinese to be more assertive and bold," he added.
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Hay, a willowy redhead with a quietly assertive manner, grew up in a secular Jewish family in Kew Gardens, Queens.
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These historical incidents have their resonance today in the constant tension between prudence (or "accommodation") and assertive morality (or "provocation").
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But the addition of the beet-onion-and-cucumber relish requires something equally rich, yet more assertive and less subtle.
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Russia strengthens its hand Iran's increasing strength and influence coincides with an ever-more assertive Russian presence in the region.
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The Supreme Court's decision is an example of an increasingly assertive role some African judiciaries are playing in overseeing elections.
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And here's where the North Korea question joins an even bigger one for the new president: an increasingly assertive China.
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"I was a bit shocked, but I found it very attractive that she was being so assertive," Mr. Kees said.
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To use color, I thought I had to play up the same kind of assertive look to make it work.
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Still, Batum needs to become more assertive as a scorer in the offense, especially when Walker goes to the bench.
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But Winkle is a strong, assertive woman, and seems to be comfortable allowing Kennedy to make those jokes for her.
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But "Strong Place" has some of Ms. Halvorson's most assertive playing, often in bristling counterpoint with the pianist Kris Davis.
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The expansion reflects the C.I.A.'s assertive role under its new director, Mike Pompeo, to combat insurgents around the world.
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Assertive women, ambitious women, successful women, powerful women — all tend to provoke complicated reactions, and not in a good way.
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Gin, another liquor with assertive flavors, is typically the ingredient that gets kicked to the curb in favor of mezcal.
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Once united in support of an assertive foreign policy, Democrats now were fiercely divided entering the 20163 presidential nominating contest.
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"It's important to be assertive!" says Brooke Kessler, a 21-year-old intern at a downtown New York creative agency.
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And critics said Mr. Macron was paying too little attention to Beijing's increasingly assertive foreign policy and human rights abuses.
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Growing up, my mother taught my sister and me to speak up, to be assertive and to take up space.
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In person, Eisenberg can also be hard to anticipate, her conversational manner shifting between assertive lucidity and groggy self-deprecation.
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Shower pressure was assertive, but there was no bathtub (they are available only in the hotel's more-expensive "roomy" quarters).
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And some of the "draft Cuomo" chatter has quieted as Biden has become more assertive, doing interviews from his studio.
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He'd been experimenting with approaching women in a more "dominant" and assertive way, since he'd heard that's what women wanted.
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He's energetic, if a bit irritable, several of his asides have been as witty as quick, and he's been assertive.
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It's a valuable life skill that can make you more assertive, more engaging, and more socially confident in any setting.
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Mr. Naharin also stresses (accurately) how his movement is delicate, "the opposite of macho," and yet it is implacably assertive.
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For decades, lawmakers in both parties have ceded those powers with little resistance, deferring to an increasingly assertive executive branch.
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Some studies in the general population suggest that men use more assertive language and women more tentative language when communicating.
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" She indicated the company would be taking a more assertive role: "You can expect to see us add our voice.
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"The fall in the volumes traded ... was compensated by higher product mix efficiency and assertive financial positions," Cargill told Reuters.
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Fueled by regret — why had he not noticed sooner, and why wasn't he more assertive in trying to help Shilpa?
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Assertive people strike a careful balance between passivity and aggression (that is, they never lean too far in either direction).
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Remember that this dish is eaten with rice, so the seasoning should be assertive enough to balance plain white rice.
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But I must confess I loved seeing him take on a more assertive role and exude some confidence for once.
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Some advocates are calling for more assertive action on YouTube's part, like cracking down on all types of children's content.
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The beats are clean and assertive, like a newly sharpened cleaver hitting the chopping board, her voice delicate and equally precise.
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And so really you have to be assertive from day one and if you're not, turning that around is even harder.
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I've been assertive about being single—as I'm also aromantic [a person who experiences little or no romantic attraction to others].
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The same Democratic congressional source told the Hill that Page appeared "less assertive and confident" in her answers than Strzok was.
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China's naval build-up and its increasingly assertive stance over disputed territory in the South China Sea have unnerved its neighbors.
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You know, I have to be more assertive with women and I have to test the waters by doing certain things.
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Yet with Mr Modi's government promoting an increasingly assertive brand of nationalism, anger over China's snubs will not easily go away.
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He had an assertive equal in Mr. Calvaire, who was the ideal catalyst, infusing the set with a sense of play.
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Others blame his assertive rhetoric about China's rise for a backlash abroad, and say he has bungled the American trade war.
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Its nutty, somewhat assertive flavor can overpower a subtle sauce, and its texture, which can be granular, doesn't work with others.
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Malpass can be expected to give the U.S. a more assertive role in the bank, a senior administration official told Axios.
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However, the Assad regime and Iran are becoming increasingly assertive and have started to move away from Russia's sphere of influence.
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A more assertive policy message by the Fed, on the other hand, would likely lift U.S. yields and boost the dollar.
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But in the past year, amid the rise of both Trump and an assertive Beijing, Singapore's position has become less simple.
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Not universally—they're not driving like jerks—but they're assertive in a way I usually don't encounter in a racing game.
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"Nicki has always pushed us to further our education and to be assertive and go after what we want," Portis said.
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China's increasingly assertive claims in the South China Sea, along with its rapidly modernizing navy, have rattled nerves around the region.
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"This treatment led eighth graders to see healthy eating as more autonomy-assertive and social justice-oriented behavior," the researchers wrote.
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It's a mature, assertive statement from a woman who recognizes her problems and commands respect in spite (or because) or them.
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China insists its intentions in the South China Sea are peaceful but its more assertive stance has raised worries about confrontation.
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Without Flockaveli and Waka's assertive rise, the current landscape of music would be less of a party, Grove St. or otherwise.
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That Malcolm was assertive enough to suggest it without knowing it was a secret fantasy of mine really turned me on.
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Never shy, the former star for Germany promised to overhaul the American soccer identity, introducing an assertive, exciting and proactive style.
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Those with low body esteem were also more likely to be less assertive than those who felt positively about their bodies.
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No feeling of identification stirs as I look at her round face and her thin arms and her incongruously assertive pose.
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It would be pretty amusing just to watch the assertive Gina Yashere and the seemingly scatterbrained Ms. Firestone hold a conversation.
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The Trump administration had vowed a more assertive approach towards China than Obama's over issues such as the South China Sea.
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Survey respondents who feel that mass shootings are an imminent threat had a stronger link between disempowerment and assertive gun use.
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The link between disempowerment and assertive gun use was particularly strong among participants who felt mass shootings were an imminent threat.
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Specialists in Hong Kong are intrigued by both the assertive tone of official statements and the number of discrepancies in them.
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They're also more likely to view older, dominant women as maternal or caring, even if they behave in an assertive way.
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But there's a middle road between being a passive doormat and an aggressive (or passive-aggressive) bully: You can be assertive.
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Suggesting that the reader curry favor and avoid a direct conversation rather than be assertive was "girl advice," and somewhat infantilizing.
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Make the bear aware of your presence by speaking in an assertive voice, singing, clapping your hands, or making other noises.
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"This treatment led eighth graders to see healthy eating as more autonomy-assertive and social justice-oriented behavior," the researchers wrote.
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And with that knowledge, some commentators assert that Strange wasn't as assertive as he should have been in those final seconds.
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So, there you have it — women may be warmer on Facebook, but they're also more direct and assertive with their language.
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Mexico has been more assertive with Washington, talking openly about abandoning NAFTA if need be or slashing imports of U.S. grain.
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She described the double-standard of worrying about being seen as "bossy," yet also getting criticized for not being assertive enough.
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"We will be be totally relentless and assertive over this," she added, according to Turkish state-run news organization Anadolu Agency.
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Anna C. from Wilmington, N.C., pointed to the media's portrayal of women: Great leaders are intelligent, competent, empathetic, organized, and assertive.
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Trump's shift is bad news for Netanyahu domestically, where he is running up against an increasingly bold and assertive right wing.
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The American-led actions in the Balkans provided China and Russia with excuses for later military buildups and more assertive policies.
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Others insisted that his failure to return fire in an equally assertive way signaled his ability to stay above the fray.
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In reaction, the E.U. decided to become more assertive in reaching free trade agreements around the world, E.U. officials have said.
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Passmore Ranch sells Circle 41 ($49 for 30 grams, about an ounce), which is dark, nicely textured and assertive like sevruga.
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"The crime of genocide must trigger much more assertive action at the political level, including at the Security Council," Pinheiro said.
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We can expect an increasingly assertive China to sanction a much heavier crackdown in Hong Kong while the world helplessly watches.
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In "Hand, Index Forward Left," the subject is relaxed and assertive, its middle and index fingers striding along with perfect freedom.
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Yet for all of his assertive moves this week, analysts said it remained unclear where exactly they were intended to lead.
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Warren's assertive debate performance on Wednesday led to speculation that the U.S. senator from Massachusetts had jump-started a stalled campaign.
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In Taiwan, where an increasingly assertive China presents an existential threat, the self-ruled island's relationship with the mainland loom large.
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In their eyes, he was becoming more comfortable and more assertive — traits that could serve him well in this year's playoffs.
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I don't mean the sort of assertive behavior expressed through bluster and belligerence, which is really more a statement of insecurity.
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When combined with gin from Jullius Distillery in Galilee, it evokes the assertive astringency of quinine, but is rounder and richer.
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There is a widespread perception in Washington and Brussels that Trump officials were not comfortable with Ms. Malmstrom, an assertive Swede.
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If you belong to a racial or ethnic minority, brace for a nativist backlash from an assertive (and possibly authoritarian) majority.
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For some such individuals, assertive community treatment — involving a 24/7, multidisciplinary team approach — may help reduce the potential for violence.
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Expect to see a more muscular, proactive and assertive approach across a number of fault-line issues concerning U.S.–China relations.
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Only an assertive head of state could reset the ineffective bureaucracy and put the country on a path toward meaningful reform.
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A more assertive Russia under President Vladimir Putin has begun to change the picture and European governments are again spending more.
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He reflected some of that standoffish attitude toward assertive woman in his treatment of Ella Baker, a legendary civil rights organizer.
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But to his supporters, Spiegel is the definition of an assertive and audacious CEO who operates by his own internal compass.
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And in both cases, the women's responses reflected an enduring social expectation that women should apologize for being assertive or confrontational.
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The two women are at opposite ideological poles, but they stir up the same lingering cultural discomfort with ambitious, assertive women.
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"I think the bottom line is that the market needs to see something assertive from the authorities to break the mechanism."
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The approval for such an assertive move almost certainly would have come directly from President Xi Jinping, the country's top leader.
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Cynthia Nixon now plays the older, birdlike Dickinson, portraying her as multitudinous, assertive, rebellious, principled, shrill, demure, sensitive, coy, and vain.
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It's the apologetic sound young women make when they're trying to be assertive, but don't feel they have the right to be.
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Trump, and our country for that matter, can only win against Putin if we are assertive about American goals and our values.
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Trump, a former reality TV star who eschewed a lot of debate practice, was assertive and focused early on, interrupting Clinton repeatedly.
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And countries with little tradition of democracy, liberty and human rights -- notably China and Russia -- have grown more assertive in world affairs.
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President Trump – and America, for that matter – can only win against Putin if we are assertive of American goals and our values.
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But Mr Trump's unpredictability is prompting Japan's leader to step up his efforts to fashion a more independent and assertive foreign policy.
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If you're into your assertive yet kind employee, you might wish you were better at politely but firmly stating how you feel.
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Women "are no less assertive or aggressive than their male colleagues," he says, so don't let these old stereotypes cloud your vision.
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The core beliefs that got Reagan elected and re-elected were conservative: lower taxes, smaller government and a stronger, more assertive military.
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The Russian parliament is often used to send assertive messages to foreign states, but these do not always translate into concrete measures.
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The pact also caused a diplomatic upset in Southeast Asia as it was seen as undermining regional solidarity against an assertive China.
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So Riyadh's younger generation of decision-makers set out on a more assertive foreign policy, which included putting Qatar in its place.
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Warren has been more assertive in her support, while Harris has repeatedly tried to dance around whether she fully supports Sanders' proposal.
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A dead ringer for a young, grizzled Val Kilmer, he has the strongest personality of the group, loud and assertive and bold.
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In recent years, he has become emblematic of China's assertive stance on blocking websites, censoring content and tracking users within its borders.
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The question is whether he will opt to be even more assertive in Game 3, especially if Love is absent or limited.
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Even if something serious relationship-wise (or a repeat performance) isn't on the table, it's worth being assertive about sleep-related needs.
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I would save the fragile greats and opt instead for a more robust red that will stand up to these assertive flavors.
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Poland, a staunch NATO ally, values its close security ties with the United States in the face of a more assertive Russia.
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Some Democrats, especially those who have less national name recognition and are closer to announcing their candidacies, have been even more assertive.
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Given the size of Kavanaugh record and the expected timeline to confirmation, we must be more assertive to guarantee a full vetting.
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The firm also drew upon IBM data for a slew of other analyses, including determining the 11 most assertive CEOs in tech.
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Trump's doubts about committing to Article 5, which started when he was a candidate, came as Russia has become more militarily assertive.
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They hail from the United States of the mid-19th century, when assertive, unquestioning masculinity was something that stood tall and unchallenged.
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While most people take ownership over their careers and personal lives, they're less assertive when it comes to their finances, Orman observed.
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My marriage is really good right now and I think a lot of it is I found my voice and I'm assertive.
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It features MCs Rye Rye, Chippy Nonstop, and Rell Rock, all of whom deliver rad, assertive verses over her bass-heavy production.
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Even officially neutral Sweden is fearful of Russia's increasingly aggressive military behavior and Moscow's assertive claims to disputed oil-rich arctic territories.
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Mr. Leonhardt's performances showed a certain gentleness, whereas Mr. Harnoncourt's were more assertive, with phrasings and accentuations that sometimes bordered on mannerism.
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I've had surgery, started taking hormones, stopped taking hormones, and learned to be more assertive about having my identity respected and acknowledged.
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But most importantly—women are still paid less than they should be, regardless of how agreeable or assertive they are at work.
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You have to be as assertive about explaining your position when putting information out there as the high-conflict people are aggressive.
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In recent weeks, Mexico has taken an assertive role in the OAS in relation to the political and economic crisis in Venezuela.
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The second moderator, Martha Raddatz of ABC, was especially assertive in keeping the candidates on time and on topic, particularly Mr. Trump.
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But at the same time, by raising their voices to demand clearer condemnation, these Jewish leaders were acting assertive and self-confident.
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"The number one thing that people told me was to be more assertive and confident and to jump into answers," she says.
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They have to walk a difficult line of being assertive but not too aggressive, likable but not too much of a pushover.
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Her testimony was assertive and inspiring, covered by the media nationwide nearly two months before the sexual-harassment scandals broke last fall.
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This might be because when women are assertive in the workplace, they're viewed as unlikable or demanding, according to a 2016 study.
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Some companies, such as Apple, have decided to be more assertive in determining what people can and can't do on their platforms.
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Fraudulent technical-support pages have become increasingly sophisticated and assertive, and most use realistic graphics and social engineering to trap nontechnical users.
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Mr. Mattis offered the same assurances to America's allies in Asia, who are alarmed at an assertive China and unpredictable North Korea.
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But with your $39.99 purchase, you will reclaim the term "witch," which for too long has been used to vilify assertive women.
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So there is time for an anti-imperial rebalancing, in which a more assertive Congress somehow brings us back into constitutional equilibrium.
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But there was a magical turning point, she said, when she learned she could embrace the assertive role on the dance floor.
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He had become more confident, assertive and emotionally transparent, and I was calmer, not so judgmental and considerably less manic about rules.
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As its economic clout has increased, China has become more assertive politically, seeking to displace the United States as Asia's leading power.
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The Mischief Reef FONOP fits a much wider pattern of increasingly assertive naval activities by Washington and its allies in the region.
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" (which won album of the year), including the dark, assertive pop hits "Bad Guy" and "You Should See Me In a Crown.
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"The US does need to take a consistent and perhaps more assertive approach to how to deal with this advancement," said Kirby.
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" Then came a realization: "What she actually wanted was for me to be more assertive, to be the man in the relationship.
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Garrett (Colton Dunn), who uses a wheelchair, and Dina (Lauren Ash), the assertive head of security, have been experimenting with passionless sex.
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Their effectiveness is open to debate: Patrol officers got a new contract, though the mayor's shelter plan is more assertive, not less.
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Though Forbes said the Spurs and the 76ers were both interested in signing him to nonguaranteed deals, the Spurs were especially assertive.
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China has rattled nerves around the region with its increasingly assertive moves over territorial disputes in the East and South China Seas.
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Now he has to contend with a staff of 2,18703, an annual operating budget of $320 million and 17 assertive curatorial departments.
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If you've ever wanted to feel the satisfaction President Trump gets from his assertive handshakes with world leaders, you're now in luck.
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Tillerson said China's more assertive posture was due to its realization that North Korea's nuclear and missile capabilities had advanced too far.
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It was an assertive move by the right wing — but the law will likely be struck down by the country's high court.
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If the policy lacks robust, informed and assertive enforcement, it will continue to leave vulnerable communities at the mercy of hate groups.
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Already, the group's assertive tactics have forced climate change and the Green New Deal to become defining issues of the 2020 election.
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China's "aggressive and assertive foreign policy in Southeast Asia" is motivating regional governments to seek "a balance on Beijing's behavior," he said.
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Myles's assertive poetic voice is transfigured into Joycean landscapes that are seen through the eyes of Rosie and eventually synchronize with Myles.
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He has learned to be more assertive when he walks into a restaurant, immediately asking for a table instead of a booth.
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We often do spend more time with the apps as they've become more assertive, and less intimately human, even as we've complained.
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Protesters were assertive, and more importantly disruptive; that made their actions unacceptable and justified whatever had to be done to stop them.
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Australia, which long enjoyed unrivalled influence in the Pacific, has in recent years been more assertive in maintaining its standing in the region.
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Combining those design priorities of speed and comfort with a measure of visual flair has produced the assertive beauty on show in Geneva.
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He didn't hesitate and worked through an assertive rhythm, like a classical pianist fingering a flawless routine on a cruise through a hurricane.
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Countries throughout the Asia-Pacific region have taken notice and upped their spending as China has become more assertive with upgraded military capabilities.
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"Further, if the policy lacks robust, informed and assertive enforcement, it will continue to leave vulnerable communities at the mercy of hate groups."
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What progress there is on domestic policy will come from inventive, assertive use of executive power and smart appointments, both judicial and administrative.
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Russian submarines have become increasing assertive in the Atlantic, and the Pentagon finds itself upping its game to try to maintain its supremacy.
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The Trump administration last year began re-establishing the U.S. Second Fleet, responsible for the northern Atlantic, to counter a more assertive Russia.
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Officials, who have grown increasingly concerned about North Korea's nuclear weapons program, are now pushing for a more assertive response, the Journal said.
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Kaytranada's signature sound is an assertive, seductive low end so deep in bass that it becomes a pulse beating in time with yours.
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Mr Macron is impatient to bolster what he calls "European sovereignty" in the face of an increasingly assertive China and an unreliable America.
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In 1902 the Lackawanna Steel Company left north-east Pennsylvania in search of better access to transport and a less assertive labour force.
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We're working on striking the balance between this and being assertive as we master maneuvers that are tough for everyone on the road.
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A new analysis from Ernie Tedeschi of Evercore ISI, a consultancy, quantifies just how much more assertive state and city governments have become.
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He believes that India wants high-end defense equipment for power projection in the Indian Ocean, where Beijing has been growing increasingly assertive.
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A more assertive response by Mali&aposs security forces to the attacks has led to accusations by human rights groups of extrajudicial killings.
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"It could be simply a matter of being assertive and thinking, I won't wound them so badly that they can't recover," she says.
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Their meeting could also touch on US concerns about Chinese computer hacking and Beijing's assertive pursuit of territory in the South China Sea.
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Trump's failure to commit to honoring Article 5 if a U.S. ally is attacked has come as Russia has become more militarily assertive.
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His failure to commit to honoring Article 5 if a U.S. ally is attacked has come as Russia has become more militarily assertive.
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And if Clinton used a lot fewer first-person pronouns than she does, maybe commentators would be arguing that she's not assertive enough.
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Hardliners in the camps argue for a more assertive stance in talks on the terms under which the refugees might return to Myanmar.
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I mean, being rejected all day, starting conversations when you're an introvert, and at Quip we were just way more assertive about it.
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The result is that Jakarta cannot halt illegal fishing, but an assertive enough approach may reduce the damage to Indonesia's environment and economy.
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China's more assertive claim has included dredging to build up islands and the construction of air fields and shipping facilities on some reefs.
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If you want to stand out at your workplace, if you want to get noticed and get ahead, you have to be assertive.
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He wants to expand US international engagement, take an assertive stance against adversaries like China and Russia, and strengthen American capabilities in cyberspace.
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One of the fall's most assertive trends is not for the timid: lipstick in wickedly unnatural shades like black, blue, green or yellow.
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On the contrary, the data show that non-Americans prefer a more assertive U.S. role in the world than domestic U.S. citizens do.
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Beijing had grown even more assertive, from threatening neighbors over the South China Sea dispute to repressing dissent in Hong Kong, he said.
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"This is the most assertive, most aggressive and most directly impactful of any engagement that they have had in our elections," Clapper said.
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Introspection gradually, and naturally, evolved into drama or exultancy; a percussive incantation, "Don't Unplug My Body," went through variations both assertive and seductive.
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"By many accounts, Paulson was a highly assertive person who often told others what to do, and Bernanke was not," Professor Ball writes.
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The story they know — the Zionist narrative — is of powerless Jews in the diaspora who became politically assertive only in the Jewish state.
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Marvelous soloists abound; the superbly vivid Herman Cornejo and the unstoppably assertive James Whiteside are among the few principals who dance like stars.
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On Saturday night, he told his team that he had formulated an assertive game plan, with plenty of downfield throws and bold tactics.
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They are sexually assertive, as apt to tear off a man's bespoke silk shirt as they are to have their own bodices ripped.
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One woman, Clare Bronfman, the Seagram's liquor heiress, was given a jockstrap, Mr. Vicente said, as a sign that she was too assertive.
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Kaneisha (Teyonah Parris) is more assertive — and Mista Jim (Paul Alexander Nolan) more nervous — than you would expect in a real antebellum encounter.
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For a few minutes at the start of each half, Mauricio Pochettino's team — spirited, assertive — appeared to be able to cope with City.
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Further, if the policy lacks robust, informed and assertive enforcement, it will continue to leave vulnerable communities at the mercy of hate groups.
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Azerbaijan also became more assertive in controlling its energy wealth by building up large stakes in its energy projects via state company Socar.
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In a far more assertive intervention, the federal government took over operations at the scandal-plagued Chicago Housing Authority in the mid-1990s.
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It could be the same white you use for the sauce, with flavors that are not too assertive and lively acidity that refreshes.
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On Wednesday, 18 years since the Twin Towers fell, photographer Spencer Platt captured, with ominous and assertive grace, what rose in their wake.
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For foreigners, this means getting used to a China that is stronger and more assertive — but possibly more brittle — than in the past.
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But General Suleimani's public challenge to Mr. Trump appeared to signal that the Iranian hierarchy felt obliged to send a more assertive reply.
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"If evidence was planted, we'll certainly take assertive action if that's the case," Commissioner Davis said, adding that one officer involved was suspended.
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I did a couple of times in the local qualifying because I wouldn't be assertive enough and say, 'You've got to hit this.
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This is the man who can be both assertive but courteous, relatable but informed, and a serious thinker with a sense of humor.
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I've become more assertive, I've learned to advocate for someone who is critically ill, to pay attention to details and focus on tasks.
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But he has entrusted Rebekah — who is tall with long, brown hair and an assertive conversational style — with handling the family's political portfolio.
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A similar treatment model, assertive community treatment (ACT), connects individuals with serious mental illness with multidisciplinary support teams that help them navigate treatment.
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We need to help them be both "sensitive and assertive," in the words of John Dacey, professor emeritus of education at Boston College.
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Pompeo has lambasted Moscow's aggression toward the West and other countries, and — unlike Trump — he has encouraged an assertive posture toward the Kremlin.
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Negotiating while female isn't a straightforward and merit-based process, but can instead be influenced by biases about how we view assertive women.
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SHEILA CASE BENNERCINCINNATI To the Editor: Hillary Clinton and Kellyanne Conway may both be "ambitious, assertive women," but the similarities end there. Mrs.
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In general, this younger generation of drivers is more assertive and combative than just about any racing F1 cohort that I've ever seen.
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Facebook is growing more assertive about barring groups and people, as well as types of speech, that it believes could lead to violence.
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"There is an increased willingness to be assertive toward Trump, who makes Merkel look like a figure of international importance," Mr. Leonard said.
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Mr. Martinez's assertive-but-sly approach is on view in "White Outs" at the Bronx Museum, a selection of recent, ostensibly white paintings.
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In 2015, Gloria Steinem urged women to "reclaim" the word "bitch," marking the word as powerful because of its attachment to assertive women.
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These were and are highly assertive men, and aggressive when circumstances warranted, but who were also decorous and honorable; in a word, gentlemen.
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Through their assertive and disorienting digital compositions, PussyKrew plays with gender in a way that challenges our preconceived notions of heteronormativity and the patriarchy.
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To be fair, I've had to have a few assertive conversations about which chairs are suitable for me to use when I'm on camera.
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It was during the oil shocks of the 19703s that the right wing of the GOP argued for a more assertive Middle East policy.
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If that's the case, keep your eyes peeled for more confrontations and pushback against criticism of China from a more assertive Chinese diplomatic corps.
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Yet the amendment will be more controversial than it sounds, since it strikes many Japanese as a signal of an uncomfortably assertive foreign policy.
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Britain's Minister of State for the Armed Forces, Mark Lancaster, spoke about "an ever more assertive Russia" in a speech in London in July.
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At last month's party congress, Xi laid out a vision for a prosperous and assertive China taking a bigger place on the global stage.
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This was an instance when I definitely could have practiced being more assertive instead of going with the flow, which is my natural inclination.
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As a woman, I'm learning a lot—even learning how to be assertive with this record has been a monumental thing in my life.
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The king has put an increasingly assertive stamp on the monarchy since succeeding his father King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who will be cremated on Oct.
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Security risks in the Asia-Pacific region created by a more assertive China and North Korea's nuclear ambitions will also be on the agenda.
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Meanwhile, a more assertive response by Mali&aposs security forces to recent attacks has led to accusations by human rights groups of extrajudicial killings.
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However, the Honda spokesman confirmed that the party claimed a more assertive role in another joint venture with a different Chinese company, GAC Group.
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It goes to show that business as usual is frustrating both sides of the aisle and the desperate need for new more assertive leadership.
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Compared to most of Truth, "Baby Don't Lie" is baby soft, its message not nearly as assertive and its words not nearly as sharp.
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With those considerations in mind, here are my grades for Thursday's debate: Ted Cruz: A Cruz was assertive and his positions more clearly explained.
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She starts to become more assertive in all areas of her life: showing us that loving yourself is more than "accepting" your own body.
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In this she is like a more assertive, aggressive Scully, no longer the sidekick to an inspired, wayward Mulder, but leading her own investigations.
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Over and over again at Howard, the conflict between conciliation with the white world and a more assertive form of politics animated campus activism.
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The agreement shows how creditor banks holding a big chunk of Odebrecht's 76 billion reais ($24.34 billion) in outstanding debt are growing increasingly assertive.
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But if Japan's equity culture were more assertive still, shareholders might demand more of the corporate cash hoard back—to spend or invest elsewhere.
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But while virtually all of the Democrats on the committee pushed Tillerson during his hearing, Rubio's assertive questioning stood out among his Republican peers.
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The warm ties between Beijing and Singapore — which has a large ethnically Chinese citizenry — however, have been strained recently as China becomes increasingly assertive.
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Mr. Sanders has grown steadily more assertive and combative since the Democrats' first debate in October, when he passed up opportunities to attack Mrs.
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But if Mr. Bush was judged to be too assertive, many here consider Mr. Obama too restrained, and hope to see some middle ground.
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Almost unrecognizable from one role to the next, she can disappear into a part, emerging tentative or assertive, goofy or astute, prey or predator.
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And the retreat of US military power in Asia is a long-held goal of Beijing, which is becoming increasingly assertive in the region.
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It was a glimpse at a more assertive chief of staff on policy matters, and a reminder that Kelly leans conservative on immigration issues.
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But this series has been an unambiguous reiteration that James, when assertive, has no peer in the variety of ways he can defeat you.
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Best of all is Karen (Brooke Dillman), an assertive woman with no social filters but an ability to kill boars with her bare hands.
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The institution dealt with the event with assertive leadership, transparency and fairness that is lacking in many other institutions in which we have worked.
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Recipe: Italian-Style Fish Stew And to Drink ... An assertive Bandol rosé or a gutsy white would go well with this Italian fish stew.
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An American disengagement from Asia in the face of an increasingly assertive China and North Korea would be a harrowing situation for Japan's leaders.
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The ones who were on the road to recovery, she found, tended to interact with their dream-exes in a more active, assertive fashion.
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"Vasquez" is uncluttered with its bass now out of the water and the drums more clear and assertive in their quick-fire jazz fills.
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Even so, aside from a few assertive patients like Briggs, very few people know bupropion might have a double life as an IBD drug.
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Ellis had been particularly assertive in pushing prosecutors not to "gild the lily" by introducing too much documentary evidence about Manafort's most flamboyant expenditures.
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If we seek attention, if we project confidence, if we are assertive leaders, it just isn't looked as favorably as if men do it.
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People female leaders for being too assertive — yet when Salazar takes a step back from the limelight, her peers say be 'front and center.
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AA: I think that's super interesting because when you think about women in leadership, they can be seen as bossy when they are assertive.
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Expanded sanctions now under consideration include a more assertive interdiction and inspection authority from the UN, similar to those imposed against Iraq in 1990.
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But it's the relationship between the assertive N and the dashing, good-bad boy MJ that gives the play its most haunting emotional substance.
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The same mental amplification process makes people see an assertive woman as "aggressive," which gets in the way of women's personal and professional advancement.
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China's more assertive approach comes as Mr. Xi considers accepting an invitation from the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, to visit the North.
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It's effortlessly dense: an entrancing portrait of a mediated figure, seductive and enigmatic not in spite of, but entirely because of its assertive indeterminateness.
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But until the justice system starts going after graft in a consistent, assertive manner, Ms. Roa said she intended to continue with the protests.
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With a more assertive policy throughout the region, he left behind the cautious years when the preferred tools of persuasion were diplomacy and cash.
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In recent remarks on the campaign trail, he has promised to reassert US power internationally by taking a more assertive role in climate talks.
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Russia and China have become increasingly assertive in recent months, testing the patience of the two regional democracies with deep incursions into their airspace.
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Trump, he said, left a wide opening with his handling of the outbreak, requiring the Democratic candidates to be more assertive on the issue.
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The music is a collage (by Bruce Andrews) of pop-rock music; it kindles the energies of these three fabulously unorthodox and assertive dancers.
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But no female rapper has moved as quickly from street hit to chart topper, an assertive reframing of the pathways typically available to them.
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But Biden has waged an assertive campaign to gain support from Harris' former supporters, as well as those who had backed New Jersey Sen.
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As it now moves into the final year of its term, a much more assertive approach to reducing paperwork would be a fitting move.
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Once the main Allegro section started, with the assertive minor-mode main theme, the music had engrossing ambiguity, the mood both rousing and unsettling.
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But the spat over foreign language signs may feed into wider Baltic issues over language and culture in the face of an assertive Moscow.
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Saudi Arabia has taken an increasingly assertive position on a range of foreign policy issues since the accession of the new king last year.
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That movement could be a tremendous asset to any Western policy that is suitably humanitarian in its goals and suitably assertive in its execution.
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Set against the densely textured raw linen Yun painted on, these assertive lines are another appealing certainty, one unshaken by emptiness all around them.
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China, by contrast, is an increasingly assertive global rival, sending naval vessels to the Baltic Sea and building a naval base in East Africa.
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Even before Beijing issued its new rules, so-called neighborhood committees had been playing an increasingly assertive role across the country, including in Shanghai.
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Along with her most jaggedly assertive funk, it also included "You and I," a ballad written with Miles Davis and arranged by Gil Evans.
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Because the United States pursues armed dominance as a self-evident good, the establishment feels threatened by a rising China and an assertive Russia.
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Mr. Paul appealed to Mr. Trump's disdain for overseas wars, while Ms. Cheney argued that "America First" meant an assertive role in the world.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has made a more assertive foreign policy a centerpiece of his administration, and the Moscow conference advertised Russia's diplomatic clout.
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Unless the Thunder's ball movement improves and his teammates grow far more assertive, Oklahoma City seems destined for an early exit from the playoffs.
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This allowed them to make their faith more visible and assertive — but it is also a fig leaf for their insatiable lust for power.
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"A Mulan who supports state violence and police brutality is not representing the true spirits of this character: brave, assertive and dedicated," he said.
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Hawks 102, Knicks 98 | Overtime ATLANTA — There were a number of pronouncements this week that the Knicks needed to be more assertive and defensive.
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"The apartments are simply designed, but as you get closer to the front door, the personality of the building becomes more assertive," he said.
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It came on opening night from Igor Levit, a brilliant pianist who is increasingly assertive in his politics, especially on matters of European community.
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I also have to be strong and assertive most of the time or else I'll be blown over by the power of the illness.
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It fits into a pattern we have seen over some time: a more assertive Russia, significantly increasing its defense budget and its military presence.
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Imagine the possibilities for this team once Porzingis, 63, discovers how to do it on his own, to be more assertive, to adjust to defenders.
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However, Brown was a respected veteran in the locker room, as evidenced by his assertive and vocal reaction in the aftermath of the McNair imbroglio.
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In recent years, Russia's military has become more assertive and more capable, directed by the Kremlin to probe for weaknesses, sow uncertainty and exploit opportunities.
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"I am disappointed that we weren't more assertive and aggressive to deal with that property," said Gallo, the councilman whose district includes the Ghost Ship.
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I started to have open conversations with young girls, even taking some to see For Ahkeem, about how they are beautiful, assertive, bold and courageous.
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In a characteristic gesture, the glass pane is sensuously scarred with acid, and it diffuses a steel section behind into a less assertive, hazier apparition.
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But that doesn't erase the fact that Trump couldn't deal with a reporter's assertive questioning and dismissed her by implying she was on her period.
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The judiciary committee's likely chairman, Jerry Nadler, a New Yorker who has crossed swords with Mr Trump over real-estate disputes, will also be assertive.
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The meeting came at a time of heightened tensions between the United States and China over Beijing's assertive pursuit of territorial claims in East Asia.
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Melad did not mention China but its increasingly assertive claims in disputed South China Sea waters pose for the Philippines its most pressing security concern.
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The Trump administration has launched an effort to deepen military and economic ties with India as a way to balance China's assertive posture across Asia.
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When it's simply roasted with olive oil or butter, I'd be tempted to reach for a white, something assertive and rich but not extravagantly fruity.
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There's something about my postpartum vagina, though, that's been more assertive, more attuned to her own nerve endings, and readier to please than ever before.
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"Women get more backlash for being assertive because some people don't think it's their role, so this could be true for different cultures," Stuhlmacher said.
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Does that adjective "certain" suggest that these are confident women, randomly selected women, or the kinds of assertive women that uptight, unenlightened men would scorn?
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"Mattis was bailing water out of an alliance being buffeted by an erratic president, an advancing North Korea, and an increasingly assertive China," Mount said.
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The Libyan coastguard, which receives EU funding and training, has become more assertive in recent months in intercepting migrants and bringing them back to Libya.
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At the same time, China's assertive claims to islands and underwater resources in contested parts of the South China Sea have outraged even moderate Vietnamese.
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He said the change is due in part to the Republican and Democratic bases having become much more assertive and aggressive in lobbying the Senate.
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And President Trump is often assertive toward his enemies — or his allies — and talks tough about immigration and NFL players kneeling during the national anthem.
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One reason politicians are in such trouble is that a new, better-educated and more assertive middle class refused to put up with their impunity.
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China's increasingly assertive actions in the South China Sea, which are worrying Southeast Asian countries, are fuelling an increase in security spending in the region.
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Mr. Abe argues that change is vital because a more potent and assertive China and a nuclear-armed North Korea have emerged on Japan's doorstep.
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That had showed the baseball world a more assertive side of Syndergaard and sent a message: The Mets were not backing down from the Royals.
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In fairness, Obama is right to be cautious about military involvement, and we don't know whether the more assertive approaches favored by Hillary Clinton, Gen.
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But many US allies and partners in Asia are also concerned about China's growing clout and assertive behavior, especially in the absence of US leadership.
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For example, female leaders, compared to their male counterparts, are considered more adaptive in that they can be assertive yet still work well with others.
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Everything she needed was within her — the pitch deck in her head, her warm and assertive voice, and the power she carried in her posture.
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" Online, men have attacked Ms. Park and Ms. Choi by invoking an old Korean diatribe against assertive women: "If a hen crows, the household collapses.
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The central bank's pressure was seen by analysts at the time as a sign of its increasingly assertive approach to tackling Indian lenders' bad debts.
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Iran is and will remain an increasingly assertive and influential power in the region, defending and promoting its interests and competing with the Saudi regime.
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As a result of an assertive Beijing, Trump will have to decide whether to continue irritating Beijing by sailing aircraft carriers in waters China claims.
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Ziva was the most assertive female character the show has seen, and her simmering will-they-or-won't-they relationship with Tony dominated chat boards.
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"I never thought she would go where she is now," Léna McLorin Salvant, a tall, assertive woman who speaks with a pronounced French accent, says.
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For once, I was proud to be Asian, and I felt like I could set better boundaries and be more assertive in my dating life.
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Today, the U.S. faces widespread global terrorism, Russian aggression on NATO's doorstep, provocation by Iran and North Korea, and an increasingly capable and assertive China.
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"The prose is as ebullient and assertive as Rosie Perez's shadowboxing in the opening credits of 'Do the Right Thing,'" our critic Dwight Garner writes.
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Trump's erratic behavior has left NATO allies unsettled, particularly former Soviet states in the Baltic region living in the shadow of an increasingly assertive Russia.
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In the mid-1970s, the combination of unpopular presidents and an assertive Congress led to a series of efforts to rein in the legislative branch.
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We also called him Ying Zheng," explained Jia Jia, our friendly and assertive tour guide, who punctuated many of her pronouncements with a definitive "hmph.
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The only way to change the stereotype is for us Asian men to ultimately show that we are assertive, we are attractive, we are creative.
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Those traditional males become increasingly aware of the presence of mimics and keep them away, whereupon the number of those assertive males rises once again.
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Wei Fenghe, the Chinese defense minister, made his own assertive comments on Taiwan, referencing the American Civil War and the United States Pledge of Allegiance.
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The effort to tame that country's assertive regional policies has worked and the crisis has now been put on the back burner of international diplomacy.
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They did find some associations between being more active and assertive and stronger and more muscular men; strength being a different trait than attractiveness level.
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China has been increasingly assertive about its sovereignty over Taiwan, which it considers Chinese territory to be brought under Beijing's control by force if needed.
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Mr. de Blasio was confident and assertive in talking about the city's economic growth, educational system, defense against terrorism and other achievements of his administration.
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The new power, influence and weapons it gained in the process have roiled the region, as Saudi Arabia takes increasingly assertive steps to push back.
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The European Union has become the world's most assertive check against the tech industry, penalizing companies including Apple, Facebook, Google and the semiconductor maker Qualcomm.
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Yet the public's trust in the political firewall has eroded as the Chinese authorities appear ever more assertive in exercising their will in the city.
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But the movement has occasioned resistance from the bail industry, which has launched an assertive effort to preserve the practice — and its own commercial interests.
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China's leader, Xi Jinping, has signaled a more assertive strategy for dealing with the coronavirus epidemic after days of seeming to retreat from center stage.
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Op-Ed Contributor CANBERRA, Australia — The United States-Australia alliance faces a crucial test over how to deal with a powerful and increasingly assertive China.
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According to the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, the new sultan is quieter and less assertive than his brother and fellow succession candidate Assad.
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But one of the biggest mistakes Voss sees people make during negotiations is using a firm, assertive voice when trying to get their messages across.
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Like a younger Mariah Carey, she flaunts a voice that can smoothly ascend sky-high, and she has applied it to increasingly self-assertive material.
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They also note that, for all Mr Trump's bellicosity, he has done little to stop Iran becoming more assertive—and indeed attacking major oil installations.
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The costs of preventing major European wars and balancing an increasingly assertive Russia now will be lower than the costs of potential new military operations.
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It's assertive without being aggressive, well controlled and disciplined — a standout background building, the kind we should see more of in New York, and are.
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In either case, simplicity is everything, and using big, assertive seasonings to highlight one easy-to-maneuver vegetable gets you most of the way there.
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Erdogan maintained an assertive stance in a speech Tuesday and claimed he had been taking necessary measures to arrest the recent slide in Turkish assets.
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The new Indian tonic water has a more assertive flavor profile than its regular tonic (labeled Spectacular), with more bitterness and a touch more sweetness.
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For the study, 123 college-age people were instructed to be talkative, assertive and spontaneous, neutral traits that researchers associated with extroverts, for a week.
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Working to bolster Japan's regional relationships represents another facet of assurance that Japan is able to provide a robust counter to an increasingly assertive China.
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The assertive, presentational tendency of the work in Dancing with Myself has spilled over the lip of the entertainment wasteland into targeted data monitoring surveillance.
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You didn't want to be too aggressive, too assertive, or it would be too much, but yet you didn't want to be the wallflower either.
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Now, in many ways, NATO is coming back to Europe, because we see a more assertive Russia, we are strengthening our collective defense in Europe again.
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While China was becoming richer and more assertive, U.S. strategy and policy had entered "a period of, at best, uncertainty under President Donald Trump", he said.
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Researchers like Dragan are tackling the challenges of interpreting—and predicting—human behavior to make self-driving cars safer and more efficient, but also more assertive.
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"The characters [Grier] played in those ['70s] movies were strong and assertive, and her look was tough, but at the same time never hard," says Nars.
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As Facebook COO and Lean In founder Sheryl Sandberg wrote in The Wall Street Journal, men are expected to be assertive and to advocate for themselves.
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Between the lines: Putin's assertive symbolic gesture pushes back against Washington and creates uncertainty about the limits of Moscow's action on behalf of a U.S. adversary.
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Though he has called for the U.S. to pull back its commitments overseas, when it comes to oil Trump has often been remarkably assertive and confrontational.
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Factors include the weather, the car's tire pressure, potholes, how many people are in the car, what pedestrians are doing and how assertive the car is.
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We both didn't really know what Platinum Games would be like, and we actually thought that they would have very powerful personalities, and be very assertive.
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Beijing has been increasingly assertive in staking its claim to almost the whole of the sea, though which trillions of dollars of trade passes each year.
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While "cheerful" is a positive word, in this context, especially against the male "assertive" descriptor, it feels like the hashtag equivalent of being told to smile.
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Mr Chabot worries that insufficient communication between the two sides could hurt Taiwan's, and by extension America's, security in the face of a more assertive China.
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As Jones notes, your communication style can illustrate a lot about who you are, and in the book, she recommends assertive communication, over passive or aggressive.
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That, along with China's increasingly assertive moves in the disputed South China Sea, has rattled nerves around the region, though China insists its intentions are peaceful.
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Like Trump, many suggested that military strikes and, in some cases, more assertive action to depose Assad represented the best strategy for relieving the refugee crisis.
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As such, it's an accomplished and assertive but breezy piece of work—and it'll also probably have you singing along before you've ended the first listen.
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Swift testified on Thursday, delivering a confident and assertive account of the incident that led to the legal proceedings and rejected Mueller's characterization of the event.
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According to Dr. Sulloway's work, older-born or firstborn children are more responsible and assertive, while later-born or youngest children are more imaginative and affectionate.
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If he's this assertive now, imagining what he'll do in the playoffs when Golden State actually needs him to go bonkers from deep, is terrifying. 2.
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I don't know if there is so much of an overall theme, but I think it has to do with being more assertive in my palette.
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His assertive stance to China's aggressive expansion in the area festered tensions between the two nations after Vietnam saw deadly anti-Chinese riots earlier that year.
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The point of the weekend was to teach us how to be more open and assertive in our desires both in and out of the bedroom.
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Amid the push for that alliance, the Iraqi government is struggling to rebuild recently liberated Islamic State strongholds and confronts a newly assertive Kurdish independence movement.
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Artists in all forms of media need to be even bolder in their statements and more assertive and insistent on making sure their voices are heard.
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"Unity" was originally called "We're No. #1," a more assertive title, perhaps recalling the historical competition between the boroughs that reaches back to the 19th century.
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Ed Ashurst, 65, an outspoken rancher who manages land about 20 miles from the border, is more assertive, but he needs to address something else first.
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Turkey's assertive role in a new regional triangular power structure with Saudi Arabia and Qatar has also created greater diplomatic isolation from much of the region.
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Within Israel, where Netanyahu has now amassed more than a decade in power, the political and cultural drift is toward ever more assertive and intolerant nationalism.
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"I had to be assertive and decisive with what I was doing," explained Curry, after coming close to matching his career playoff high of 44 points.
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Politically aware and assertive youth like him face the brunt of double discrimination: Not only are they Dalit, but they refuse the victimhood expected of them.
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Resistance to his economic agenda and assertive foreign policy has been treated harshly, according to civil liberties monitors, who say freedom of expression is increasingly constrained.
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The veteran lawmaker known for her assertive style also stepped down from a House Judiciary subcommittee chairmanship for the time being (The New York Times). Rep.
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More recently, Sinclair has found assertive ways to combat this type of misinformation, and she says more and more Black women want this kind of protection.
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They found the results between men and women were mostly the same—assertive employees, regardless of gender, were compensated more, whereas agreeable employees were compensated less.
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People will overtly say no that isn't ladylike for you to be loud or assertive — criticisms that I very rarely see leveled at my male colleagues.
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She is also a woman of color in academia, and we share similar struggles in trying to be assertive, so we talk about that as well.
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Mr. Bolton has long promoted regime change in Iran, argued for bombing Iran and a more assertive American policy against Iranian expansionism in the Middle East.
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In 2016, Republican primary voters seized the opportunity to choose a candidate who disdained his party's previous support of these pillars of an assertive foreign policy.
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Céline wasn't overly politicized, the way Dior has become under Maria Grazia Chiuri, or locked into ye olde power suit, but it was assertive and unapologetic.
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In years past, Chinese fishing boats have launched assertive forays into disputed waters, with white hulls, as Coast Guard ships are known, keeping a discreet distance.
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As a counterpoint to radicchio's mildly bitter edge, it is common to pair it with an assertive savory vinaigrette, which might contain garlic, mustard or anchovy.
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HOUSTON — The flashes came, at first, in jagged intervals: a sharp cut, a smooth scramble, an assertive plant-and-throw, the ball whistling toward a receiver.
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Our ubiquitous taste for color in the higher keys is also a direct result of our collective loyalty to this and to other assertive painting methods.
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With this apple-dominated recipe, I would go for a good white wine with enough heft and body to stand up to the assertive apple flavors.
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In the pick-and-roll, Sura was assertive and a good decision-maker capable of delivering the ball to the open man, occasionally with some panache.
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Mr. Hariri's resignation announcement came amid swirling tensions in the Middle East as an increasingly assertive Saudi Arabia seeks to push back against growing Iranian influence.
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In some neighborhoods, officers expected by their commanders to be assertive on the streets seize on the smell of marijuana and stop people who are smoking.
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The United States needs the help of allies and trading partners to manage a more assertive China — the very allies Mr. Trump's policies threaten to alienate.
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The Jaguars had been reluctant to part with Ramsey, whom they drafted at No. 53 over all in 2016, but the Rams' assertive offer swayed them.
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When I first moved to London from Australia, I was told I'd have to be a very assertive driver because Londoners will not let you in.
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Taylor Stanley plays her aggressively assertive consort; one duet ends with her being lifted offstage while shaking her head in a mixture of protest and perplexity.
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Even so, for a while longer, he endured—I mean his him-ness, his Isaac-ness, that inexplicable, assertive bit of self in each of us.
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The European Union, built on the twin creeds of social democracy and Christian democracy, has now been forced to accommodate a third assertive ideology: nativist populism.
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They are versatile wines, and would go well with pork, poultry, veal, more assertive fish like salmon and tuna, and a range of eastern European preparations.
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In "Rubies," Ms. Reichlen's gleaming, sly, huge-scaled performance of the soloist role has long seemed definitive, while Mr. de Luz's charmingly assertive style is effective.
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Michel Rolland, a French wine consultant who is known to favor assertive, fruit-forward wines, has advised a few of the winemakers favoring international varietal wines.
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An assertive and increasingly nationalistic Indian state has limited patience for the solidarities of the past; the very suggestion of racial intolerance draws a prickly response.
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And much like the Khaleesi we know and love, she's an assertive and strategic power player, who knows what she wants and how to get it.
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His clash with Mr. Macron, they said, may reflect as much personal pique about Mr. Macron's assertive style as basic disagreements over the future of NATO.
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But there were moments when I wanted to hear more from Yang, and that means that he's got to be a bit more assertive at times.
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A senior official in the Trump administration said Thursday the White House has chosen to embrace a much more assertive public approach in dealing with China.
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But to transform it into a light main course, I'll top it with plain yogurt and either nuts or pita chips for a more assertive crunch.
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Mr. Putin will almost certainly try to persuade Mr. Trump to withdraw American support for NATO's plans to reinforce its defenses against a newly assertive Russia.
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Besides, if Ms. Gunderson isn't a poet, she is a persuasive, feeling writer with an assertive command of structure and a punchy way with individual scenes.
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With their social media celebrity and assertive style, they recognize the value of branding — even if it rubs colleagues the wrong way, which it often does.
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Tighter sanctions plus a more assertive approach at sea could dial up tensions at a time when fragile diplomacy between North and South Korea has gained momentum.
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Erica is very mature in terms of knowing what she wants and being assertive in a way that I think really works — especially as a Black dancer.
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But China has rattled nerves around the Asian region with its increasingly assertive stance in the East and South China Seas and its military equipment modernization plan.
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But the row threatens to slow Riyadh's foreign investment drive, a campaign already unsettled by a series of assertive foreign policy initiatives by the top oil exporter.
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China's military modernization comes as Beijing takes a more assertive line over territorial disputes in the East and South China Seas and especially over self-ruled Taiwan.
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China, which has in recent years become more assertive in the western Pacific and South China Sea, has carried out similar exercises in the area since September.
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Indeed, every woman who has run for or occupied prominent political or corporate positions has had to be authoritative without seeming domineering, assertive without seeming too aggressive.
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Russia, striving to promote a more assertive foreign policy amid chilly ties with the West, is in the process of re-arming its army and the navy.
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In simple terms, China is mirroring the actions of the US and taking on a more assertive posture as it heads into its next round of negotiations.
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Team Trump is making a bet on assertive nationalism as a way of imposing America's will on a world that can stand a bit of arm-twisting.
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That goal, coupled with an increasingly assertive stance in the disputed South China Sea waterway and around Taiwan, has rattled nerves around the region and in Washington.
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The sweet watermelon purée that was the basis of his dressing turned out to be the perfect counterpoint to the assertive greens he picked from our garden.
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The ministry spokesman said India agreed with Tillerson's call for a "rules-based" international order that is seen as under risk from China's assertive posture in Asia.
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If he replaces the prime minister with the anti-corruption chief, Wang Qishan, that would signal an extremely assertive approach and a willingness to break the rules.
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Trump has pledged a more assertive approach to North Korea but given no clear sign of how his policy would differ from Obama's so-called strategic patience.
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The future at the federal level looks like two parties with increasingly formalized and assertive subgroups — Sandersistas, the Freedom Caucus, security hawks, budget hawks, quite likely more.
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When I tried for a more assertive playthrough, I figured out exactly why it was appearing, when to run from it, and when to stand and fight.
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On Friday, Mercury squares off with action planet Mars, creating a productive, assertive energy that allows you to get in touch with everyone you need to contact.
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When he's confronted by a strong, assertive woman outside the mating arena, his synapses tend to short-circuit, leading him to odd and often self-destructive behavior.
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On the foreign stage, he appeared more assertive, denying pleas for clemency in 2015 from foreign drug traffickers on death row, straining ties chiefly with neighbor Australia.
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The purchase of the French-built subs, he argues, will help make Australia the kind of security partner Japan wants in order to deter an assertive China.
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GENEVA (Reuters) - Growing U.S. pressure on Iran has weakened pragmatic President Hassan Rouhani and made his hardline rivals more assertive at home and abroad, recent developments show.
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Instead, the tough environment has created people who are more committed to achieving a goal and more assertive about taking the steps they need to get there.
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Vietnam is central to Mr. Obama's strategy of focusing more attention on Asia and uniting the region economically, militarily and politically to counter an increasingly assertive China.
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Emotionally intelligent people will not be bogged down by mistreatment from others, so they quickly let things go and are assertive in protecting themselves from future harm.
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"They are learning to be more coercive, learning to be more aspirational, learning to be more assertive by what they're getting away with," said the CIA's Collins.
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Wei, who has a broad face and a gentle but assertive voice, has been a reporter and an editor at the World Journal for twenty-six years.
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The U.S. and its allies have expressed growing concern over the Asian giant's military buildup, as well as its increasingly assertive posture in the South China Sea.
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He must be assertive enough to put concerns about his vigor to rest but not so aggressive as to seem mean-spirited or condescending to fellow Democrats.
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Clinton's staff has repeatedly declined requests for her views on assertive government policies that require suburbs to provide affordable housing for those with low or moderate incomes.
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On the military side, Southeast Asian countries are bolstering their air forces amid insecurity over China's rise and its increasingly assertive stance in the South China Sea.
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This caused Jokowi -- walking an election tightrope with his liberal base on one side and an increasingly assertive religious right on the other -- to lose his footing.
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The Trump administration has launched a new U.S. effort to deepen military and economic ties with India as a way to balance China's assertive posture across Asia.
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They walk a fine line when it comes to monitoring their own appearance, taking care to not appear too assertive or, on the flip side, too docile.
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The legislative reconquest was backed by violence: the Ku Klux Klan, formed as a terrorist organization by ex-Confederate officers, began murdering and maiming assertive black citizens.
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It must decide how to respond on trade and security to President Donald Trump, as well as to an assertive Russia and an ever more powerful China.
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Smart people are unwilling to be bogged down unnecessarily by others' mistakes, so they let them go quickly and are assertive in protecting themselves from future harm.
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Those tensions have risen further since King Salman rose to the Saudi throne last year and pursued a more assertive foreign policy, including the war in Yemen.
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While other studies conducted since 1994 have undermined Lott's thesis, the new paper is the most comprehensive and assertive debunking of the more-guns-less-crime formula.
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From an international perspective, however, Monday's announcement means that Germany's period of intense introspection, at the expense of an assertive regional and global leadership role, will continue.
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WASHINGTON — As he confronts the most serious crisis of his tenure, President Trump has been assertive in closing borders to many outsiders, one of his favorite policies.
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The Democratic Party's commitment to newly ascendant — and often assertive — constituencies has alienated some middle and working class voters who see their own values and interests downgraded.
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Boys do not have to be assertive or aggressive, they do not have to hide their emotions, they can like the color pink, and they can cry.
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Someone with true self-confidence is capable of being assertive and standing up for themselves, but they're unlikely to adopt a tone that others perceive as arrogant.
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Germany's foreign minister at the time, Sigmar Gabriel, condemned "adventurism" in the Middle East in comments perceived by some as an attack on increasingly assertive Saudi policies.
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A series of upright, full-length nudes, many on narrow, 220-foot-tall canvases, are the most assertive paintings in this new show, though not the best.
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Although RCEP is a trade agreement, it symbolizes far more than economic transactions, undeniably demonstrating China's assertive rise in economic, political and military dominance in the region.
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The EU also faces a more assertive China and challenges from Russia, and has differences with the United States, especially over President Donald Trump's "America First" policies.
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His engaged and assertive demeanor contradicts — and cosmetically corrects — the impression he often made in office of being philosophically detached from what was going on around him.
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BEIJING — Over the last two years, China's estimated 60 million Christians have felt the power of a newly assertive government eager to bring their faith to heel.
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Future versions put more meat on the bone, but Bennett's zesty performance is notable for being more confident and assertive than that of others in the role.
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The pope has been increasingly assertive over the spring, five years into his papacy, especially after he seemed hobbled by missteps on the Chilean sexual abuse scandal.
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A group of activists is trying to make the dance style less dogmatic about traditional gender roles, and more assertive about rooting out sexual harassment and assault.
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After pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong in 2014 and the election of several separatists to the local legislature, the authorities in Beijing have become increasingly assertive.
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At least a few other candidates who took an assertive approach Tuesday are in similar straits, straining to raise money or meet the debate threshold or both.
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In July the group published a protocol to make tango halls less dogmatic about traditional gender roles and more assertive about rooting out sexual harassment and assault.
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Besides being an oxymoron, assertive modesty didn't stop Adolf Hitler in the 1920s and 1930s, or any other manipulators of hate and prejudice at any other time.
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On Tuesday, the dancers did not seem like themselves right away, more mechanical than assertive, as if beholden to an idea of what the dance should be.
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By contrast, the No. 237 Sombra, one of the few brands that was also in our 247 tasting, was rich, deep and assertive, though not as complex.
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Dr. McCance-Katz, if she is confirmed, is expected to steer more funding toward assertive drug treatment of the seriously mentally ill, and less toward social supports.
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While his predecessors, Eliot Spitzer and Mr. Cuomo, are large and assertive personalities, Mr. Schneiderman had a more passive demeanor, at least from what most people saw.
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There's a window of opportunity for the new government to take a new, more assertive approach to military and defense matters before things settle into familiar routines.
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But national security aides have also prepared options for Mr. Trump if China does not take a more assertive stance, including reintroducing nuclear weapons in South Korea.
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Mr. Mattis also struck an assertive tone on Russia, saying the 2014 annexation of Crimea dashed any hopes that NATO could have a real partnership with Russia.
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It would be tempting to think that Russia's newly assertive and costly foreign policy was a direct reason for the failing economy and deteriorating quality of life.
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And her winning message is one many Democrats may run on in the midterms -- the need for a more assertive style in the age of Donald Trump.
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Trump also grew more assertive over Hong Kong, despite reportedly telling Chinese President Xi Jinping earlier this year that said he would stay quiet on the issue.
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Faustine's work is much more assertive and bold, putting her naked body in front of the audience to represent the history of the expropriation of black labor.
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The key for the red is to have enough body and structure to stand up to the assertive stew but not overwhelm it with sweet fruit flavors.
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But in that feature, as with The Parent Trap, Hendrix demonstrates what a '90s career woman looked like: elegant, assertive, and derided for avoiding marriage and children.
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Both allies and adversaries are quietly astounded that a kingdom once obsessed with stability has acquired such a taste for assertive - some would say impulsive - policy-making.
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As much pieces of artwork as utilitarian devices, the assertive shapes of primitive computers seemed to indicate a forceful trajectory forward toward a golden age of computing.
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President Xi Jinping has pushed to toughen the armed forces as China takes a more assertive stance in Asia, particularly in the South China and East China seas.
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Bullishness following the forward progress in corporate earnings was offset, however, as brewing investor uncertainty around rising interest rates and an assertive Federal Reserve checked the major indexes.
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The policy was tested by President Xi Jinping's increasingly assertive and nationalistic leadership style and Beijing's aggressive pursuit of territorial claims in the South and East China Seas.
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The BeoVision 14 offers all the assertive design of previous generations, including the real oak "lamellae" that cover powerful three-way speakers beneath the rear-array LED display.
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A more assertive United States will raise tensions in the European Union with both sides having laboured for years to find common ground in areas like clearing derivatives.
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In exchange, NATO offered information on four battle groups it is deploying in Poland and the Baltic states to help assuage their concerns over a more assertive Russia.
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Even before Beijing issued its new rules, so-called neighborhood committees had been playing an increasingly assertive role across the country, including in Shanghai, the country's largest city.
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When he finds out that there's a parallel universe in which another version of him exists — a much more slick, assertive version, that is — his world is upended.
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Dodon's win and move away from the EU reflects a loss of trust in pro-European leaders in Moldova and Russia's increasingly assertive influence over ex-Soviet states.
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Ms Elliott has faced this double battle with determination, matching her male counterparts for brazen braggadocio, mixed with gleefully assertive sexuality, and underpinned by sheer talent and ingenuity.
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"She was kind, selfless, hardworking, funny with a quick wit, and assertive – all the same qualities that embodied the character of Lois Lane," Ward added in his message.
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Whenever the assertive founders of Nest or Uber would call GV, Krane commanded the firm's entire resources to address the issues, someone who worked at GV told me.
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" The actresses shared the experience of being dismissed as "difficult' when they stood up for themselves or feeling that their jobs were threatened if they were too assertive.
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When we first meet Rachel, we see her character beating a man at poker, using her guile and wit — in defiance of the Asian-women-aren't-assertive stereotype.
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Mr Abe, who faces a re-election battle later this month, has long sought a more assertive global role for Japan, and the EU is an obvious partner.
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Under Xi&aposs leadership, the Communist Party has become increasingly assertive in promoting its own vision for how to regulate global finance, technology, news media and other matters.
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In other words, it's only when people have a desire to be sexually assertive but don't feel able or empowered to do so that they experience negative consequences.
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Since then, however, Russia has become more assertive, flexing its military muscles in conflicts like those in Ukraine and Syria, and tensions between Moscow and Washington have increased.
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Emotionally intelligent people are unwilling to be bogged down unnecessarily by others' mistakes, so they let them go quickly and are assertive in protecting themselves from future harm.
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