As voting began in the Sunshine State yesterday Mr Gingrich, the former speaker of the House, again asserted his determination to remain in the race.
Behind this froth, what is plain is that China has once again asserted its determination to protect its own sovereignty whatever the issue, and is intent on doing things its way.
"The Council asserted the determination of the Iraqi government to liberate every inch of the immaculate Iraqi land from the filth of Da'esh (Isis) terrorist gangs," a statement said.
Against the English government he fully asserted his determination to obliterate the Statute of Provisors of 1390, which had outlawed the papacy's conferring of an office or benefice.
As with their official statements, their cultural expressions assert their determination to preserve the uprising's peaceful, non-sectarian character.
In escaping the lenses, she was asserting her determination, perhaps her right, to be a Subject rather than an Object.
And where once western dress was the mark of culture and emancipation, educated Muslim women today are more likely to don the hijab to assert their determination to be active citizens and express an alternative feminist identity.
Kabulwarnamyo seems to be an exemplar of a remote community asserting its determination to educate its young, despite the dictates of government, and of securing a future through astute, job-creating land management and cultural protection.
The Panepinto-Cheongwon summary was short on hard facts about finances, but it did definitively assert its determination to succeed in the face of hard economic times, not to mention a site with a difficult past.
The President delivered a stump speech, listing his achievements and asserting his determination to win the war on terror: "We will not stop until this danger to civilization is removed".
