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Instead, he calls it Meds Yeghern (Armenian for "the great crime") and asserts that his opinion has not changed, although you must Google his 2008 campaign speech to discover his opinion that it was genocide.
Forrest, however, asserts in his report that income management will save the government money "because individuals will move to employment more quickly as they are able to concentrate on their return to work".
"The Port Authority's policy of searching the cellphones of its probationary employees is an impermissible violation of this fundamental right" to privacy, the suit asserts.
Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 2.52pm Abbott:52 Abbott ducks a question about recent correspondence sent by the member for Hume to his electors about the proposed $7 GP copayment (which asserts incorrectly that the copayments will not apply to people who cannot afford to pay) by talking about Labor's Andrew Leigh.
"This report clearly indicates their full support for GM crops, and their intention to use their influence to open African doors for Monsanto's and Syngenta's patented GM crops," said Teresa Anderson, international advocacy co-ordinator for the Gaia foundation, an advocate of food sovereignty that asserts the right of people to define their own food systems.
An exasperated and agitated Speaker of the House asserts his or her authority over a misbehaving MP by suspending them from the chamber.
Vaizey says he has not intervened because a few authorities have managed to reverse proposals for widespread cuts after a judicial finding against them; therefore, he airily asserts , campaigning works.
The claim asserts that GCHQ's actions were both unlawful under the Computer Misuse Act, which criminalises hacking, and that there was not sufficiently detailed legal authority to make GCHQ's hacking "in accordance with law" as required by Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
It is a drama in which two men speak at cross purposes: one asserts his honest intentions and his need to return to London for the birth of his daughter, while the other insists upon a conspiracy theory, and coerces corroboration.
David Harris London The Charlie Hebdo staff who Nesrine Malik asserts have "indeed" published racist and sexist cartoons are not around to defend themselves from the allegation.
How far from that danger re-emerging are we now when David Cameron asserts that everyone involved with rioting, however peripherally, should expect to go to jail; 100,000 sign a petition for those convicted to lose their benefits and councils intend to evict people who live in the same house as culprits, just for being their brother, sister or grandparent?
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The primary grammatical function of "asserts" is as a verb , specifically the third-person singular present tense form. It's used to indicate that someone is stating something as a fact with confidence. Ludwig examples show its frequent use in reporting and academic contexts.
Expression frequency: Very common
