Word: assertion
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...commonly assert that labor executed by the mind—reading, writing, analyzing, and criticizing—is fundamentally different from, and in some way superior to, labor executed by the hands. Why? A clever speech, a lively poem, and a novel scientific discovery all possess an inherent and self-secure beauty that demands no propping up through comparison. A well-built chair, a useful trinket, and a clean bathroom—these too are things of beauty and of humanity. Our own labors are not diminished by a broad extension of this franchise of value...
Nobody thinks Benedict is an anti-Semite, and those close to him assert that aspersions on his enthusiasm are ridiculous. "He has written on the meaning of Judaism for Christianity," says Cardinal William Levada, his successor as Vatican doctrinal chief. "And he has also shown a fundamental sympathy that not even written words can have." But the Williamson affair was only the most recent episode in a series of gaffes and sour notes by the Pope. He seems simply to have forgotten Jewish concerns on a range of decisions regarding liturgy, sainthood and historical interpretation. In the case of SSPX...
...filled with windy conditions as the first crews took to the water, but for the Radcliffe heavyweights, that was the last thing on their minds. Ranked just out of medaling contention in every race except the third varsity B four, the Black and White was ready to assert itself as a team to beat. “We wanted to go out there and come in above our seeding,” varsity coxswain Jill Carlson said. “We wanted to medal. We wanted to be better than fourth place.”The varsity eight event started...
...dont observe the conventions, and also they realize we don't have in these books real crime, and we certainly don't have any bodies. Some readers, though, actually feel disappointed by that and will say these aren't real mysteries. Well, they aren't, and I never would assert that they are. Sometimes I'll go to these mystery conventions, and the real mystery writers don't look like me. They wear dark t-shirts and look really cool...
...Susan Boyle” reveals itself to be as artificial as Cowell’s malevolent public persona. Though her story is moving, it has certainly been carefully constructed by the show’s producers to allow Boyle’s supporters to assert their capacity for compassion, their belief in hope and possibility. In all likelihood, the only people attending Susan Boyle’s live performance genuinely surprised by her abilities were members of the audience. The idea that Cowell did not know exactly who Boyle was before she came on stage, what she was capable...