But what struck me most about his ideas was an assertion he makes at the end of his paper: "VDI is a sure thing for organizations that want to improve management and user productivity, control costs and increase information security".
Carrie and Brody had to know that there was no scenario in which they could settle down to a life of her teaching ESL and him running a construction company (though the finale was generally somber, I laughed at her assertion, near the end, that she and Brody could be together someday).
Beckham also hit out at Blatter's assertion that a handshake at the end of a match was enough to forgive any racist remarks on the pitch.
But Carens makes a startling assertion toward the end of his book.
It's always dangerous to make the kind of across the board assertions that he makes at the end of his second paragraph about the Episcopal church, "But it is flexible to the point of indifference on dogma, friendly to sexual liberation in almost every form, willing to blend Christianity with other faiths, and eager to downplay theology entirely in favor of secular political causes".
Butler made several controversial assertions at the conclusion of his lecture.
By the way, it's worth reading Ken Rogoff's discussion at the end, in part for his confident assertion that raising the rate of growth of the monetary base would be enough to increase inflation.
In defending JPMorgan, Frank, who is retiring at the end of this term, backed up Dimon's assertion that the government pushed Bear Stearns onto JPMorgan.
Wenger's assertion that too much air time is given to the captaincy debate on these shores arrives at the end of a week that has been filled with discussion surrounding John Terry's anticipated return as England captain.
He became an enemy of Julius Caesar (though accepting a pardon from him at the end of a stretch of civil wars in 47 BCE), seeing the assertion of rule by first Caesar and then Marc Antony as fatal to the republic.
