There was no recorded instance of her trying to assert political influence after that.

Her budget vote, he asserted the other evening after a fund-raising event at a Capitol Hill bar, "cost people in my district $1.4 billion."

Drummond was the first great poet to assert himself after the premiere modernist of Brazil and created a unique style dominated by his beautiful writing.

Perhaps that capacity was starting to assert itself after all.

Others said they disagreed with the city's attempt to "suddenly" assert its jurisdiction over watershed development after years of neglect.

Mr. Chey sought to assert himself over the group after the death of his father, the group's chairman, five years ago.

It took two years for Nasser to assert himself as President after the revolution of 1952.

He asserted himself as a Stalinist during and after the Great Purge.

Today, consumers can only assert their rights after the event, through the rules on liability.

Federal prosecutors may now be trying to assert their independence after that experience.