"Why does he need to assert his beliefs in such all-or-nothing terms -- especially when the research shows that one approach does not work for all?" My colleague asserted that a specific way of treating eating disorders that relies on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) was the single best approach to helping someone recover.
Asserting his belief that human nature is "what it is," he warned that the situations he described would arise repeatedly and expressed his hope that his analysis would prove useful to future statesmen.
And the Grand Opera's music director, Patrick Summers, who had led the premiere, conducted with a stylishness and assurance that asserted his belief in the work and made you believe in it too.
In Alito's now famous 1985 application for a promotion at the Justice Department, where he asserted his belief that "the Constitution does not protect a right to an abortion," he also briefly addressed voting rights.
In his second book about the everyday perils of life in Israel, David Horovitz ultimately asserts his belief that even the mothers of Palestinian suicide bombers cannot regard terrorist attacks and premature deaths as the finest possible destinies for their children.
At the centre of the story is a Pakistani painter, Plato (by naming his hero after a founder of western thought, Ali asserts his belief that the twain shall meet).
Initially under the title "Potomac Watch," and later under his own name, it steered clear of Washington's power brokers to focus on street violence, drug abuse, criminal justice, poverty, parenting, education and civil rights, often quoting ordinary people he interviewed and asserting his belief in individual responsibility in dealing with social issues.
He alleged that members of the United States Olympic team in Beijing were tainted – and he asserted his belief in the old reality that in the race between crime and detection the criminals, with their masking agents, would soon again step ahead.
Rangers midfielder Nicky Law says the Ibrox side are the most hated team in Scotland as he asserts his belief that they will soon be challenging in the top flight.
