Be assertive, firm, direct, and consistent.
Meanwhile, holding at bay the extremists while building successful civil societies with better justice, more representation and economic opportunities for all will be difficult, with unavoidable setbacks, but nonetheless achievable if there is a broad and assertive consensus about the general direction in which these countries now wish to travel.
Most of the trained shiners, however, were effective leaders; just assertive enough to indicate which direction the school should travel but not so assertive that they lost the group and the protection it provided, the scientists report online before print in The American Naturalist.
Muslims today are in general more knowledgeable about their faith, more attuned to its demands, and more assertive about their identity.But which direction does this assertiveness take?
It's best to take "Freestyle" as a loose assemblage, an anthology of individual styles and sensibilities, some more interesting and assertive than others, going in different directions.
Under Mr. Blakely's direction, there were already hints of an assertive Western wife in Ms. Kaduce's Butterfly.
Djokovic has been the sharper and more assertive player through the first four games of the second set, changing the direction of the ball and dictating rallies to take a 3-1 lead.
"My sense is that there has been a more assertive stance on the part of Rwanda, Uganda and Ethiopia, a greater willingness and ability to set a direction and draw the donors along with them," said Woodward.
It says that "the Russian leadership should urgently re-evaluate the costs and risks of continuing its more assertive military posture, and western diplomacy should be aimed at persuading Russia to move in this direction".
From its first weeks in office, the new administration set out in new directions, reflecting the desire within the Bush team and the Republican Party for a more assertive foreign policy.
