Moreover, they argue, the issue is not how the intelligence is received but what a president does with it, asserting that Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney did not act assertively enough on warning signs from intelligence agencies before the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
More importantly, when Asians do act assertively, they may be penalized for violating the stereotype.
He has also said the federal government should act assertively to fight "price gouging".
I knew I might not fit into the chair provided, and to perch on the end of it for hours while trying to act assertively is not easy.
It is high time that we act assertively to resolve the 61-year Palestinian tragedy and end the ongoing crisis.
"We need to act assertively and increase the costs for those committing street crimes," he said, according to the semiofficial Fars news agency.
Will Egyptians continue to find ways to act assertively without pushing the country into civil war, a fate nearby societies have not avoided?
At the dinner on Tuesday -- attended by conservative stalwarts including David Keene, Haley Barbour, Kenneth M. Duberstein, Vin Weber, Charles Black, Linda DiVall, Bill Paxon, and Ed Gillespie -- several participants said they pressed Mr. Rove to get the president to act assertively.
Thus, if a woman acts assertively or competitively, if she pushes her team to perform, if she exhibits decisive and forceful leadership, she is deviating from the social script that dictates how she "should" behave.
The other great supporter and advocate of the open, rule-based world, Europe, has not been able to act assertively on the world stage with any clear vision or purpose and remains obsessed with the fate of its own continental project.
Thus, if a woman acts assertively or competitively, if she pushes her team to perform, if she exhibits decisive and forceful leadership, she is deviating from the social script that dictates how she "should" behave". So what can women do to combat the likeability penalty?
