The discussion of each approach examines its chief assertions, its answers to questions identified above, leading arguments in its favor, and its chief difficulties.
"The chief assertions [critics] make are that the hyperbolic use of 'literally' is a misuse of the word or a mistake for 'figuratively,'" the usage guide notes.
But they praise this as a Reagan-style assertion of a chief executive's responsibility to dictate broad principles and then delegate minor matters.
A senior geneticist and a bioethicist warned on Friday that they fear "rogue scientists" operating outside the bounds of law, and agreed with a US intelligence chief's assertion this week that gene editing technology could have huge, and potentially dangerous, consequences.
A chief whip, according to Herbert Asquith, must have a large capacity for self-assertion and an even larger capacity for self-effacement.
A chief industry lobbyist involved in the talks, Scott Segal, who represents makers of MTBE, disputed the assertion that local water companies had been shut out of the talks.
Reporting from the Times also contradicts another assertion that Musk made in the interview — which is that Tesla's board is not seeking someone to take the reins as a chief operating officer at the company.
Gifford attributes this "weird" strategy to the head coach, Jim Lee Howell, whom he dismisses by citing a teammate's assertion that "Howell's chief responsibility" was "making sure the balls were pumped up".Gifford also admits he never forgave Howell for deriding him during one practice as "Mr.
Mr. Lee's accusation appeared to support recent assertions by a former chief lawyer at Samsung, Kim Yong-chul, that the conglomerate had run a vast network that bribed officials, prosecutors, tax collectors, journalists and scholars on behalf of Samsung's chairman, Lee Kun-hee.
A lie is an untruthful assertion.
"There is no evidence (or even an assertion by the chief justice) that (he) had taken any steps in the last five months to prepare and deliver a judgment in the appeals," they submitted.
