Sentence examples for assertive party from inspiring English sources

He is not only secure in his position as leader, but has also acquired an authority over his traditionally assertive party.

It would be one thing if Congress were clearly the assertive party here — if President Obama had gone to war without asking for authorization, for instance, and had then seen funding for the operation immediately cut off and articles of impeachment issued.

Other assertive party fare includes assorted olives with Manchego cheese and pearl-colored almonds with a touch of crunch; the cheese plate, which on one night starred the delicious Bababloo from New Jersey's own Valley Shepherd Creamery in Long Valley; and a plate of cured meats with nearly translucent slices of plum-colored jamón Serrano.

He is not, for instance, in favour of tearing down the Berlin Wall altogether, arguing that a plague of drugs and AIDS might then sweep into East Germany.Mr Modrow was this week putting together a new government, aiming to include in it some representatives of newly assertive parties like the Liberal Democrats, which hitherto have been mere appendages of the communist party.

Increasingly assertive local parties select whom they wish, resistant to pressure from the national leadership to appoint more women candidates.

That minimum is now about 97% of America's poverty guideline, measured at purchasing-power parity, in a country with only about 67% of America's GDP per head.Asian values and welfareAt the same time, in much of Asia, newly assertive opposition parties showed that the distaste for welfare expressed by authoritarian leaders was not shared by the population at large.

Aggressive tries to destroy the other party, but assertive stands up for yourself.

But it gave Mr. Romney an important opportunity to make a more assertive case that the party is finally coming together behind him.

When he came in, it was with lapidary clarity, but also a disconcerting emphaticness; continuing to conduct whenever he had a free hand, he came across not as a partner, but as an over-assertive guest at the party.

While al-Shabaab's reported withdrawal from Mogadishu may bring some respite to civilians in the capital from the incessant fighting, future abuses are likely unless the warring parties take assertive measures to end them, Human Rights Watch said.

Some Democrats said emphasizing the liberal side could help the party look more assertive.