"We've de-Americanised the channel," explains Chris Cramer, head of CNN International Networks.This trend not only satisfies a more assertive demand for a product attuned to local preferences, it also makes commercial sense.
It has also inspired a new round of assertive demands from the Ndebele, the ethnic group from the Matabeleland region whom he represented.
But if he dissolves Parliament and calls for new elections, public outrage could help usher in a legislature hostile to the monarchy and more assertive in demands for constitutional changes.
But as Geertz [ 51] said that "The Field" itself is a "powerful force: assertive, demanding, even coercive" so that the political and research contexts are vital for interpretation.
Controlling can be identified as more of an assertive demand, and don't be afraid to say no sometimes.
The pursuit of the long-term objective of rapprochement to the Union and of the opening of further frameworks of cooperation with the EU have prevented the local authorities from Moldova and Georgia to be more assertive with their demands for short-term mobility opportunities for their nationals through their Mobility Partnership.
The government hopes the publication of the data will lead parents, local media and interest groups to be more assertive in demanding value for money - while there may be wide ranging explanations for what the data shows, it is more information than has ever been publicly available before to help them work out what questions to ask.
The leading Christian churches here, increasingly assertive and unusually unified, have shifted position over the past three months of violence and are now openly backing Palestinian demands for full sovereignty over Jerusalem's Old City and its Christian and Muslim holy sites.
What is new is that today's generation of young people have themselves become far more assertive in demanding that their rights be upheld than the adults who are responsible for watching over them.
At the same time, Islam is becoming more assertive and demanding.
