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Xi is not Mao — not yet, anyway — but scrapping term limits shows a striking ability to assert his will over the system.

It will be a test of Mr Najib's ability to assert his agenda within his own party and government as much as a fight against the opposition, a coalition led by Anwar Ibrahim's People's Justice Party.The prime minister's men are tracking the polls carefully, and are encouraged by recent by-election victories.

Despite her proto-feminist leanings and her ability to assert her desires in matters of love, sex and business, Maria Braun does discover that the big egos — and big wallets — of the men in her life have trumped her attempt to pursue her ideals on her own terms in the reordered world of postwar Germany.

Still, a press release from his spokesmen noted that Schnatter "retains his ability to assert new legal claims" in the future, relating to his ouster or otherwise.

Mr. Romney used the phrase "I know what it takes" seven times on Tuesday night to assert his ability to create jobs and fix the economy, in effect asking voters to trust him.

But Twitter gives a leader who is so-minded the ability to control the national narrative, to assert his own lies as truth, to slander his enemies and to go on political rampages on a daily, nay hourly, basis, without calling it state-run media.

Peace depends on Mr. Campbell's ability to assert authority.

Syria's historic ability to assert control over Lebanon is weakening.

One is a legal question over a company's ability to assert intellectual property rights when it dominates a market.

Lawyers for Sony maintained that by reducing the company's ability to assert its patent rights, the provision "may enable Microsoft to expand its power into new areas".

According to Bush's philosophy of government, America's ability to assert its will for the greater good around the world is enormous.