"The head of state asserted that everything must be done to avoid civil war.
Why, as the secretary of state asserted, do extremists, from the Taliban to conservative Christians, want to control women?
The Justice Department and seven states asserted that the proposed acquisition would hurt competition for debit-card services.
The Islamic State asserted responsibility for both bombings through the Amaq News Agency, which is affiliated with the Islamist militant group.
Larry Eagleburger, the heavyset, slow-moving former secretary of state, asserted, "You know, our aircraft is a slow, lumbering thing".
For several centuries beginning in the European Middle Ages, a number of maritime states asserted sovereignty over large portions of the high seas.
Congress went further, and rejected, in express terms, the claims of the state asserted in the ordinance accompanying the proposed state constitution.
The state asserted that defendants failed to warn Rhode Islanders of the hazardous nature of lead and failed to adequately test lead pigment.
Soon after the war started, San Marino went in on the Axis side, but in '43, the Fascist faction was kicked out, the state asserted her neutrality and has reportedly declared war on Germany & has been liberated from the British.
As such, the state asserted, defendants were liable for public nuisance, violations of Rhode Island's Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Act, strict liability, negligence, negligent misrepresentation, fraudulent misrepresentation, civil conspiracy, unjust enrichment, and indemnity.
Penn State asserted itself with an unflinching 38-24 victory against No. 22 Illinois in a game that gripped most of the 109,626 white-wearing fans as the teams traded shots long into the night.
