Some lawyers involved in the case said White House officials were now trapped between that direction from the president and legal advice that they aggressively assert their own rights.

It is a strength that she almost never asserts aggressively.

His son, Crown Prince Alexander, has suggested that he might be willing to be king, without aggressively asserting his ancestral claim.

It's a moment when the audience gets to aggressively assert its claim on the space, against what's going on onstage.

His songs aggressively asserted the unique cultural identity of Brittany.

During Secretary of State Christopher's weekend visit to Beijing, Chinese leaders aggressively asserted what they see as the prerogatives of China.

It has become a cottage industry of the left to aggressively assert and defend the proposition that McCarthy was stone-evil.

"You're making a mountain out of this affair, Vance," he asserted aggressively.

But economists say confidence in the economy has started to erode since the government began to aggressively assert control over the activities of foreign companies in recent months.

Mr. Hundt has been aggressively asserting that along with the F.T.C. he too has authority over television and radio advertising for liquor.