The Declaration of Arbroath, asserting the independence of Scotland following Robert the Bruce's victory over the English at Bannockburn (1314), was composed by the Scottish Parliament in Arbroath Abbey and sent to the pope at Avignon, France.
(By the time he stepped down in 1992, he reckoned he had got the numbers back to Lloyd's total, as good a means as any of asserting the independence of the chair).
Asserting the independence from political factions that was the hallmark of his electoral campaign, Mr. Koizumi seemed to follow through in naming a longtime ally, Taku Yamasaki, to the post of secretary general, the second most powerful person in the party that has governed Japan for almost all of the last four decades.
He repudiated the pro-Western policy of Manuel and asserted the independence of the Eastern church, thus arousing the hostility of Western Christians.
Cable's unprecedented letter, sent on 24 November on his own initiative, was designed to assert the independence of Lib Dem macro-economic policy after the election.
Starting with the membership of the cross-party select committees, now controlled by the whips, senior backbenchers from all parties will unite to assert the independence of the Commons.
Had Abū Bakr not asserted the independence and uniqueness of Islam, the movement he had inherited could have been splintered or absorbed by other monotheistic communities or by new Islam-like movements led by other tribal figures.
The extraordinary intervention – emerging in the aftermath of the autumn statement given by George Osborne – represents an attempt by the business secretary to assert the independence of Liberal Democrat economic policymaking after more than four years of coalition government.
The launch site, however, is an ancient burial ground, and Brian's job is to get a leading activist of the indigenous community (Dennis Bumpyy" Kanahele, playing himself) — the so-called king, who asserts the independence of Hawaii from the United States — to approve a ceremony of benediction for the rocket site.
The launch site, however, is an ancient burial ground, and Brian's job is to get a leading activist of the indigenous community (Dennis Bumpyy" Kanahele, playing himself)—the so-called king, who asserts the independence of Hawaii from the United States to approve a ceremony of benediction for the rocket site.
"Fine man though he may be," Mr. McCain said, "the circumstances today require a new leader of the S.E.C. whose background and record will leave no question that he or she will proactively assert the independence and authority of the S.E.C. to protect the integrity of our markets".
