And on a day when he was able to assert, with more optimism than ever, that he would not need surgery this year, the moments allowed Davis to reflect on the past four long and strange months.
And, more important, we ought to be able to assert with certainty that if some object has the greatest ductility, then it also has the greatest weight.
Deputy Chief Constable Dave Thompson said the West Midlands force had no reason to believe it held any more Hillsborough-related material, but wanted to be able to "assert this with the highest degree of confidence to the inquest coroner".
But the United States is also an area where Mexicans forgotten in Mexico have been able to assert themselves with their own unique cuisine, frequently finding fans among Americans unlike in Mexico, where their culinary treasures wouldn't have been able to get them arrested.
Pigs are very social, so you need to be able to spend time interacting with the pig, and you need to be able to assert yourself as the leader (much like with dogs) or else you'll end up with a spoiled, pushy and possibly aggressive pig, which could be dangerous for children.
Previously the battle of the former champions was a tense affair with neither player able to assert themselves for long periods.
She is able to assert her needs better and validate her perceptions with others.
Ill-luck was still able to assert itself, though, and Paterson was stretchered off at half-time with an injury to his left knee, after he damaged it in a challenge.
If the joint distributions of covariates within different mixture components had little overlap, then we would be able to assert an approximate correspondence between the mixture components and identifiable subpopulations with biological meaning.
"One quality you can identify," he said, "is they come to office with a national reputation intact [and] are able to assert themselves".
With Assad and the main rebel forces consumed with fighting each other, it appears unlikely that either will be able to assert their authority over the north-east.
