By the death of George Frederick of Prussia, Joachim became regent of the duchy of Prussia, ruled nominally by the mentally retarded Albert Frederick, but he had some difficulty in asserting his position (the position being established more firmly by his son and heir John Sigismund, who eventually became duke of Prussia).
Rooney has not been afraid to assert his position in the face of his manager's opinions – it was he who insisted, presciently as it has turned out, that he would be better deployed through the middle – and Ferguson's frustrations about England appear to have fallen on deaf ears in a World Cup year.
Mr Murphy needs to unite the party and assert his position, in the wake of comments by his leadership predecessor Johann Lamont that Scottish Labour was treated like a "branch office" by Westminster colleagues.
Darius asserted his position as king by force, taking his armies throughout the empire, suppressing each revolt individually.
His live performance at this years Parklife looks set to assert his position within a new generation of producers; one whose experimentations with house, techno and electronica have captured the imaginations of so many.
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He endlessly asserted his positioning as a champion of job creation and saving the middle class without discussing policies that would do that.
After his brother's assassination, Abdulaziz began to assert his political position.
As he left jurors to decide the case, Mr. Ellyson seemed to define it as a matter of a powerful person, asserting his high position, versus ordinary people, like themselves.
In a letter setting forth his position, President Thabo Mbeki asserts his government's right to resist the "superimpositon of Western experience on African reality".
