This reinforces Collini's assertion that impact is the 'research plus marketing' (2009, p 19).
If you read the IFS assertions on the impact of tax on poor households, you would think that they all contained film directors taking a break between engagements.
Amanda Sandford, research manager at the UK charity Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) told The Independent that the findings were "further proof that the tobacco industry's assertions about the impact of standardised packaging are false".
One cycle of above-average intensity hurricanes is far from conclusive evidence to prove any assertions regarding the impact of global warming, but it is more than enough political ammunition for those looking for it.
When asked to choose between two assertions about the impact of immigration on the U.S., sixty-three per cent of Republicans agreed that immigrants "burden" the country by taking jobs, housing, and health care; only twenty-seven per cent agreed that they "strengthen" the country "through hard work & talents".
Before describing the design principles, we provide a brief summary of the research that supports our assertions of the impact of the STeLLA program.
James's assertions had some impact on the process of ousting Sterling, but as a voice of one, many observers felt he was overstepping his role as a premier basketball player.
Assertions of limited impact to policy were apparently based on limited existing information because of lack of previous efforts to actually document policy uptake.
Even if the Bush administration's reform package is as anti-environmental as some critics claim -- a highly debatable assertion -- the impact, given the other provisions on power plants, is unlikely to be of consequence.
Despised by the left, Murray has arguably done liberals a service by requiring them to deal with those whose values may seem alien, to examine the unintended consequences of their policies and to grapple with the political impact of assertions made by the right.
Thus, the evidence base for the effectiveness of mass media in improving child survival, whether alone or with interpersonal components, is very limited, and it is impossible to make strong assertions about the relative impact of different strategies.
