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Even as Haiti's crippled government asserted itself in the name of defending the nation's children, officials made it clear that more was at stake.

He embraces the genre uninhibitedly, as if asserting an artistic restoration in the name of heroes, Ray and Fuller, whom the industry at large had marginalized a decade earlier.

The Constitution also is under assault, as successive presidents have asserted extraordinary and unreviewable power in the name of combating terrorism.

In 1808, when Napoleon I invaded the Iberian Peninsula and placed his brother Joseph Bonaparte on the Spanish throne, the colonies of South and Central America asserted their right to govern themselves in the name of the imprisoned Bourbon king, Ferdinand VII.

He asserted that Muslims were "proud to kill in the name of God, and that is what God told us to do in the Koran".

Getting growth out of hard times; ensuring that even in austerity Britain can remain a fair society; limiting the powers of the state to snoop into our lives; protecting our fundamental rights from attack in the name of security; asserting our independence as we run up to the next election; and preparing the way for the partnerships and policies that will be necessary afterwards.

"What you're seeing in both cases are corporations asserting the right to break the law in the name of religion, even if it results in harm and discrimination for third parties," said Emily Martin, vice president and general counsel for the National Women's Law Center.

The Bush administration's interpretation -- apparently shared by the Clinton adminstration -- gives nations too much latitude to research offensive weapons in the name of defense, Ms. Hoinkes asserted.

The little-known group had seized on a way to grab headlines around the world: asserting that his grisly death had been carried out in the name of Islamic State.

The irony is that in the name of putting our nation first and asserting our supposed independence above all else we are in danger of breaking that nation into pieces (Editorial, 10 June).

Military commanders have asserted that the party, Virtue, represents the extremist mentality of a terrorist group that claims to be acting in the name of Islam.

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