Even as he asserted command on Tuesday and announced the state of emergency, he sounded a plaintive note.
Unless he can somehow assert command of the army and security forces for a desperate and doubtless bloody defense of his regime, his options will be few, including accepting an orderly transfer of authority to Mr. Kostunica or attempting to flee the country.
Speech act theory, Theory of meaning that holds that the meaning of linguistic expressions can be explained in terms of the rules governing their use in performing various speech acts (e.g., admonishing, asserting, commanding, exclaiming, promising, questioning, requesting, warning).
"We'll see what it's called in five years' time," he muttered on his way out of the meeting.In fact it has taken Mr Botin, whose father ran Banco Santander before him, little more than two years to assert his sole command of BSCH.
The seizure created a political challenge for the leadership of the disparate rebel movement that has been trying to assert tighter control of the loose-knit fighters under their command, and drew criticism from some antigovernment activists who said that taking the peacekeepers hurt their cause.
WHEREAS, the Act represents a dramatic attempt to assert federal command and control over this country's health care system, which accounts for one-sixth of our nation's economy, thereby reducing individual freedom for health care decisions; and.
Gordon, obviously thinking poorly of his battalion commander, now asserted a claim to assume command of the 750 survivors.
Batsmen like Laxman do not assert their command in averages or in consistent centuries, yet tend to play the defining innings of an era.
The National Coalition has also been unable to assert overall command over Syria's rebel forces, particularly jihadist groups.
The Afghan Islamic Press reported that civilians were killed in that attack, but the United States Central Command asserted that the target was a Taliban command post.
