Sentence examples for measures asserting from inspiring English sources

But Mr. Podesta stopped short of saying that Mr. Clinton would refuse to sign any more short-term spending measures, asserting that the administration had "no interest in a government shut-down".

Co-op groups have sought to block the new measure, asserting that it is unnecessary, would invite lawsuits and would discourage co-op residents from serving on boards.

The so-called personhood measure, asserting that "the inalienable right to life of every human being at any stage of development must be recognized and defended," will go on the ballot next year.

And when Congress last year passed a legislative amendment barring cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment of detainees in American custody, Mr. Bush -- who had threatened a veto but ultimately backed down -- tacked a "signing statement" onto the measure, asserting that he could interpret the amendment as he deemed fit with his constitutional authority as commander in chief.

The release of a donor list fueled questions about the corporate agenda behind opposition to the initiative, supporters of the measure assert.

President Clinton and top aides, acknowledging that they lack the votes to pass a China trade measure, asserted that the issue was as much about global leadership and the fate of Chinese reformers as about American business interests.

Neither measure asserts the degree to which one treatment is 'highly beneficial' compared to the other.

First we asked whether different measures for asserting domain promiscuity produce similar results.

And as in his earlier "American Buffalo" (to be revived on Broadway later this season) and "Glengarry Glen Ross," talk is rich, even when it sounds cheap: a mighty means of measuring and asserting power, of confirming one's place in the scheme of things.

Campaign groups dispute the methodology used to measure noise, asserting that it is flawed in a number of ways.

Surrounded by crusty generals three times his age, an insecure young leader might just resort to hot-headed measures to assert himself.