As Mr. Bloomberg's third term draws to a close, his assertion of sweeping mayoral power has suffered a series of high-profile setbacks, miring several of his marquee initiatives in litigation and raising questions about the wisdom of his administration's peremptory approach.
Mr. Curran of U.S.C. defended Silver Star, saying it stopped doing business with PT Kizone before the factory closed — an assertion the student group contests.
In doing so, it packs an emotional punch, but under closer scrutiny, its assertions are not fully supported by evidence and documentation.
It works hard to make you feel good, as is to be expected, even as it maintains a strong sense of moral indignation that comes close to an assertion of real politics.
Fund Defense I am surprised that "Don't Buy a Closed-End" made such sweeping assertions about the closed-end fund asset class.
Not surprisingly, his closest associates echo these assertions.
Here is a closer look at his assertions.
There was a well-funded conservative effort to target the President, but, in this instance, the charge feels too close to Moore's assertion that liberals simply believe one thing, and conservatives another.
But other officials, apparently worried about so definite an assertion so close to Mr. Bush's speech, said it was too early to speculate on Mr. Arafat's plans.
(This view comes close to the religious assertion that faith precedes the experience of a miracle and that the factuality of a miracle can never precede faith). There was historical and philological criticism, arguing that the actual occurrence of miracles is unsubstantiated and analyzing the growth and evolution of the legends and texts reporting miracles.
Though Locke's assertion of the natural freedom and equality of human beings in the Second Treatise is starkly and explicitly opposed to such a view, it is striking that the cosmology underlying Locke's assertions is closer to Filmer's than to Spinoza's.
