At one point in the debate, a borough official asserted concern that a "golden ghetto" was taking shape at Palmer Square: a few blocks of concentrated affluence butting up against a less privileged neighborhood, historically populated by African-Americans and recent immigrants.
With his proposal today, Mr. Bush was doing more than simply asserting concern about conservation.
Michael O'Hare, a public policy professor at Berkeley who's been blogging about the latest harassment scandals, on Thursday wrote that the school's "leadership response to date" -- which he described as administrators "asserting concern, sitting us down for more training, and cranking up the punishment for perps" -- was long overdue, but "poorly-designed".
The House had fought over Van Wyck's request for expanding jurisdiction and having the ability to hold field hearings, as many critics asserted turf concerns that the new body would impinge on the oversight of existing standing committees.
"An attack on the Netherlands," asserted a concerned citizen.
For example, two studies 7 35 found men were likely to assert health concerns when talking about weight loss.
Several European retailers and labor groups asserted that these concerns were overblown and that the Americans were mainly worried about the cost of the plan.
The part of his statement that allegedly upset the generals asserted that "the concerns of the people have been clearly expressed through the recent peaceful demonstrations, and it is beholden on all to listen".
During the Somalia intervention in 1992, Henry A. Kissinger wrote that "no other nation" except the United States had ever asserted that "humane concerns" matter so much "that not only treasure but lives must be risked to vindicate them".
In doing so, he has used the largest bully pulpit in the nation to assert that concern for children is a reason to support, rather than to oppose, same-sex marriage.
