During the 3rd and 4th centuries a new world religion appeared in the form of Manichaeanism, which asserted itself as a superior form of Christianity with a new universal claim of validity.
Yet its strongest voice is Mr. Santana's guitar, which constantly asserts itself between vocal lines before taking over fully.
Or maybe it's the polarizing nature of much of the coverage itself, which asserts that "higher education is on the edge of the crevasse" or "MOOCs will never replace schools or faculty teaching".
And now so has the state bar association, which asserts that the fees are "prohibited by law" and "unconscionable".
It also gave new ammunition to the Bush administration, which asserts that Iran has a secret nuclear weapons program.
Or take another central pillar of the new biological determinism which asserts that men and women have different cognitive capabilities.
The coalition budget reflects Conservative Party ideology, which asserts that as the government withdraws money from the economy, private businesses and consumers will step in to replace it.
Many of the comments submitted came from the palm oil industry, which asserts that the E.P.A.'s estimates of palm oil-related emissions are seriously exaggerated.
In a show of solidarity, NATO invoked Article 5 of its treaty which asserts that an attack on one ally is an attack on all.
(This is the "law" of mass action, which asserts that the brain functions in a unitary manner; i.e., as a whole).
