Poland is certainly increasingly assertive within the EU but hardly more so than Spain, a comparably big country.
The editor of the Guardian, Alan Rusbridger, decried the incident as "conflating terrorism and journalism .The authorities are certainly more assertive these days.
Rivers was certainly more assertive in his eight first-half minutes, twice driving toward the basket for contested shots that missed and playing lockdown defense as the teams battled to a 52-52 halftiee tie.
He was more assertive and certainly more outgoing than some other guys.
Lord Pannick QC says that that the House of Lords Reform Bill "does not adequately address" fears that a largely elected second chamber "will almost certainly be much more assertive than the unelected House of Lords and reluctant to give way".
Speaking of strong tasting, the linguine bottarga could certainly be called that, but here the assertive briny flavor is a positive.
There is certainly a difference between being rude and assertive, but people will have an easy time ignoring you if you're not in their face.
It's certainly true that women tend to be less assertive than men when it comes to compensation.
The hostage said the fighter was "the leader of the pack, someone who was very assertive and was responsible for negotiations with hostage families and certainly had spoken to many mums, dads, (and) wives on Skype".
