That is why it is vital that Israel use this moment of strength, this timeout, to do precisely what Defense Minister Ehud Barak suggested to the cabinet the other day — offer a "daring and assertive political initiative" to advance the peace process with the Palestinian Authority's president, Mahmoud Abbas, and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad.
The new president was offering NASA, which at the time lacked a clear mission for its human spaceflight program, a lifeline, guaranteeing his support for an assertive Space Exploration Initiative (SEI).
The strengthening of community initiatives, particularly assertive outreach could be a way forward.
Following her make over, she becomes more assertive and takes the initiative to end her relationship with Mike Young.
Reduced preparedness was also associated with lack of knowledge and only those nurses who had sought knowledge on their own initiative appeared assertive in dealing with the women exposed to IPV.
Taking the initiative or being assertive is not aggressive or inappropriate -- it's essential.
But Cook remained assertive, hell-bent on taking the initiative and Pietersen was Pietersen.
As part of a provincial initiative, the Western Cape Province launched three Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) teams in 2007.
But the American initiative on weapons of mass destruction, an assertive post-cold-war strategy for an alliance whose primary mission has always been to defend its members' territory, raised questions nonetheless.
(physiotherapist) "The student showed initiative with making plans and was more assertive with patients.
The CISAC European Security Initiative features speakers addressing the challenges that a more assertive Russia presents to the European security order; Europe's ability to meet and defend against these challenges; and the security policies that the West should pursue to respond to Russia.
