Gen-Xers may also need to become their own squeaky wheel, prepared to assert themselves and their needs to the decision makers.
They must employ a consistent, principled approach in resolving constitutional questions, and be prepared to assert the authority of their office in doing so.
Upon the eve of the convention the sound-money forces are standing shoulder to shoulder, calm, resolute, knowing their rights and prepared to assert and defend them.
Is Mr Brown prepared to assert the rights of nation states to control capital flows?
So as the Obama administration prepared to assert control over Chrysler and General Motors, Mr. Feinberg flew to Washington to try to salvage what he could.
As the parliament prepared to assert its demands for more power, giving "greater democratic legitimacy to the EU", even six of the 28 British Tories were reportedly planning to defy their whips over the Barroso team.
The purge suggests that Mr. Humala, a former military officer who has adopted a low-key governing style, is prepared to assert his control over Peru's governing institutions, starting with an issue that resonates with many Peruvians.
Stonewall's chief executive, Ben Summerskill, acknowledges that in recent years, MPs with trade union backgrounds like John Prescott or Alan Johnson have been prepared to assert that equality means equality, which simply wasn't the case in the 1960s.
GM made clear to him that it thinks that changes at Fiat Auto have rendered the put option invalid, and it is prepared to assert that in court (in the Netherlands, where Fiat Auto's parent company is registered and Italian political pressures probably are not felt).
The White House has not officially acknowledged that it is prepared to assert executive privilege because of its potent historical overtones and because it belies the President's assertion that he is cooperating fully with the inquiry by Kenneth W. Starr, the independent counsel.
