WHENEVER the disparity between rich and poor becomes too obscene, as it did during the Victorian era or the Great Depression, a particular story line seems to reassert itself in literature and other media.
Within a few hours, the White House staff seemed to have reasserted itself — there was a condolence call to the British — but Trump's tweets, and his resentments, remained.
Songbook, even with its mischievous undertow, would seem to confirm Ionesco's assertion and reassert Alec Soth's position as the foremost visual chronicler of contemporary America's nostalgias and fears.
If Calderón stood accused of having confused his own country's interests in the drug war with those of his allies, the new President seemed eager to reassert Mexico's autonomy.
I had some friends over for dinner, and everyone had a story to tell of how the regime — the system, the police, the state security, the Information Ministry, the military establishment — seemed to be increasingly reasserting itself.
"Calvinistic instincts seem to be reasserting themselves," Mr. Koops said.
Unfortunately, 12 months after Mr Monti replaced Mr Berlusconi, and with a general election looming next spring, this second Italy seems to be reasserting itself.
Æthelbald seems to have reasserted his authority over the West Saxons by the time of his death, since a later West Saxon king, Cynewulf, is recorded as witnessing a charter of Æthelbald at the very beginning of his reign, in 757.
Now that the fighting has stopped, Mr Abbas seems determined to reassert his influence.
In addition, Mexico won the last Under-17 World Cup and has a crop of promising young players who seem poised to reassert Mexican dominance in the region and become an elite team that could contend for major international titles.
