The force announced this week it was considering "more assertive" public order techniques after a review of its handling of last summer's riots.
Now, VET teachers must have assertive personalities in order to be respected by their students.
"I probably was more assertive than was in order," he says today, with considerable understatement.
With little regard for the territorial claims of its smaller Southeast Asian neighbors or international norms like freedom of navigation in one of the world's busiest shipping lanes, China's behavior is increasingly and unambiguously unilateral and assertive, challenging the existing order and increasing the probability of conflict.
It can help to have an interesting or attractive tip jar--hats are fine, but pretty baskets, pots, or unusual containers can be more inviting--especially to kids! Circle acts, however, perform for up to 20 minutes or more and usually collect tips only at the end of the act, so it's important to be assertive and creative in order to get properly compensated.
Mr. Clinton proved especially assertive in using executive orders.
In the nearly thirty years since our evacuation from Vietnam, such matters have been the province of specialists, addressed on the campaign trail with a minimum of partisan passion, either in broad abstractions (Reagan's "evil empire," Bush's "new world order," Clinton's "assertive multilateralism") or technocratically (arms control, U.N. resolutions, weapons systems, trade agreements).
Walking into a restaurant where the purveyors speak little to no English can be intimidating, so be assertive and when in doubt order by the numbers.
Trump, Putin, China's Xi, they are all assertive nationalists putting the liberal world order and its unprecedented – yes – prosperity (even for the poor) at risk.
As a woman and millennial, some people have implied that I should be more assertive or hide my age in order to seem more credible.
Duke, whose recent failures have been widely noted, had to get physical in order to dispatch a determined, assertive Baylor team.
