Word: assertion
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...restraint, factor in that they often perform in diamond-studded sunglasses. Faced with a world that tends to view blindness and African-ness in tragic terms, Amadou Bagayoko (he plays a killer guitar) and Mariam Doumbia (she sings like an adoring aunt) go out of their way to assert that things are pretty great with them, thanks...
...American strength right now is the image of Michelle Obama’s sculpted biceps.” In recent weeks the First Lady’s skin-bearing sartorial habits have become something of a controversy. Co-columnist David Brooks has even gone so far as to assert that Obama, so as not to be known for her “physical presence, for one body part,” should cover up her arms. This is nothing new. Women in the public eye have always faced reduction to a single symbolic body part, especially when they make...
...place here in Cambridge itself. Cultural agency posits that by having the opportunity to get involved with art, whether it is the opportunity to interact with performing mimes, to take photographs of one’s experiences, or to record and create one’s stories, one can assert control of one’s own life and change the flow of the world.In these instances, art is profoundly social. It is geared toward social change: the processes of creation generate a populace of self-aware individuals and their product stands as a powerful witness to the current state...
...afraid of… a Cold War.” Hopefully Medvedev’s threat relies more on bravado than truth, but this assumption is not a risk worth taking. As the recent South Ossetian conflict indicates, Russia is willing to use force to assert its power in the region...
...Freshman Nico Weiler continued to assert his place among the league’s top pole-vaulters, taking second with a jump of 5.10 meters...