Regarding assertions that she acted inappropriately after her housemate's murder, Ms. Knox acknowledges that she did behave somewhat oddly: for instance, when she went with the police to the crime scene and put on protective bootees and gloves, she sang out "Ta-dah" and thrust out her arms "like the lead in a musical".
The statement called Gibney's sources "obsessive, disgruntled former church members" and said the filmmaker refused to speak to 25 people with "firsthand knowledge regarding assertions made in Mr. Wright's book".
Is it truly accurate to say, as "Dangerous Straits" does in its final moments, that China regards assertions of Taiwanese sovereignty "with the same severity as if terrorists threatened their country"?
Interpreting Karl Marx as an egalitarian normative theorist is a tricky undertaking, however, in view of the fact that he tends to eschew explicit normative theorizing on moral principles and to regard assertions of moral principles as so much ideological dust thrust in the eyes of the workers by defenders of capitalism.
More generally, early Chinese theorists probably regarded assertion, judgment, and reasoning all as processes of distinguishing whether things are "the same" or not.
For starters please recognize that for legal reasons I cannot give you details regarding the assertions made in the indictment.
But regarding the assertions of behavioral optometrists — that vision therapy can make a meaningful difference in the kinds of children who are commonly given diagnoses of conditions like learning disabilities, A.D.H.D., autism spectrum disorders or problems with coordination — the group issued a vote of no confidence.
One may suspect that, in exchange, Beijing would expect from Moscow the same kind of "benevolent neutrality" regarding its assertions in East Asia and the Western Pacific.
Senator Xenophon said that Saxton had been in touch with the office of the Prime Minister, and had offered to provide additional statements and testimony regarding the assertions made in the Australian Senate.
"Auditors are reminded," the board said, "that audit evidence consists of both information that supports and corroborates management's assertions and information that contradicts such assertions, including assertions regarding fair values, estimates and related disclosures".
Mr. Sullivan, however, does not present any persuasive evidence regarding this assertion.
