While Indonesian officials have been quick to denounce Mr. Gelbard for his assertiveness, few have been willing to criticize their own colleagues, who in recent weeks have made seemingly groundless accusations against the United States that have further eroded diplomatic relations and stirred up anti-American sentiment here.
Whereas Summers has been known for his assertiveness in the administration, Sperling is more inclined to defer to others' opinions, Baker said.
Would the player whose tentativeness has frustrated the Nets' officials throughout his four-year professional career become even more diffident after being criticized for his lack of assertiveness?
Summers is not well liked because of his imperious assertiveness and his reputation for being fast and loose and sloppy about monetary issues.
foists itself on you with the same eat-your-greens-this-is-good-for-you assertiveness.
And for her assertiveness and determination, Mary is rewarded with a little-brother smile and a loud garble of baby talk.
The most pleasing, for its assertiveness, was his account of the Sonata in D (K. 491), in which he at first suggested the focus and brightness of Scarlatti's harpsichord but then quickly took account of the piano's greater breadth.
"They thought I wasn't assertive, and so they sent me for assertiveness training for women, called 'guerrilla war tactics for women in business,'" she says, recalling how they taught to lower and project her voice.
No, because upon my father's sudden brain tumor and subsequent terminal cancer diagnosis, which I detail in an earlier post, my mother found herself at the head of a family for which my father, for all his well-intentioned assertiveness, had always handled household business matters.
The panel, known as the Working Group for U.S. Air Force Academy Sexual Misconduct Issues, recommended assertiveness training for first-year cadet women, who accounted for 59percentt of the complainants.
And while presidents often profess a stronger interest in Africa than their actions would imply, they tend to say such things when not in the White House — witness Bill Clinton calling the nonintervention in Rwanda's 1994 genocide his greatest regret as president, or Sen. Barack Obama calling for more assertiveness in the Democratic Republic of Congo, or DRC, and Sudan six to eight years ago.
