The novel is equally good — sympathetic, modulated, deft — on Mitchell's struggle with his spirituality, Leonard's with the mental illness that asserts itself from early on, and Madeleine and Leonard's with each other.
But today, according to Yuan Peng, of the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations in Beijing, "many Chinese scholars suggest that the government give up the illusion of US partnership and face squarely the profound and inevitable strategic competition".China's desire to assert itself springs from a natural appetite.
And that Battle of New Orleans at the end gave this country the confidence it so badly needed to assert itself, and keep foreign powers from colonizing us.
The role of public opinion varies from issue to issue, just as public opinion asserts itself differently from one democracy to another.
"As the onstage audience gradually controlled its raucousness, her physical stature grew, her voice swelled, her presence asserted itself and her independence from Ravenal was established.
Since the rebels ousted Muammar Qaddafi's forces, first in eastern Libya in February 2011 and then countrywide six months later, militias have largely ruled the roost, preventing the country's elected government from asserting itself.
As live assembly moves out from the screen, asserting itself in entertainment, religion or green activism, the internet is merely a summons.
He asserted himself from the opening tip and rediscovered his jumper, shooting 15 for 25 from the field.
Beasley asserted himself from the beginning, running balls down in the corner, and his speed unnerved the Uruguayan defense.
