A fascinating history of a troubling American attempt to assert global power.
Comments about physical appearance are an attempt to assert power over somebody.
Ben's bed is an enormous attempt to assert himself which doesn't really succeed.
There's an endearing nerdiness in his attempt to assert himself that make these rants all the more funny.
This week, at Flushing Meadows, where he was once booed, Novak Djokovic will attempt to assert his sovereignty.
He insisted that the murder of Mary was simply a symbol of the "destruction of philosophy," and he made one last attempt to assert authorial control.
In the north, tensions with the Kurds escalated after Mr. Maliki sent soldiers to the region in what was seen as an attempt to assert control.
(And all this should make the absurdity of the N.F.L.'s attempt to assert its copyright over the phrase abundantly clear, if it wasn't already).
CAIRO — With public pressure mounting, President Mohamed Morsi appeared to pull back Monday from his attempt to assert an authority beyond the reach of any court.
Not until the reign of Pope Alexander VI (1492 1503) did the papacy make a determined attempt to assert authority over the whole state.
Renewed fighting broke out in 1577 between Catholic and Protestant noblemen, who defied Henry III in his attempt to assert royal authority.
