After his demise, different regions of modern Pakistan began asserting independence.

Miami made its first six field-goal attempts in moving to a 14-6 lead and was up by 16-9 when Benjamin began asserting his 265 pounds.

He also began asserting himself as the offense's leader, someone who felt at ease calling his teammates on their mistakes.

Meanwhile, formerly quiet labor unions began asserting themselves rather forcefully.

At that juncture, he began asserting his independence from the Byzantines.

Washington, in late June 2007, began asserting that racism within the media was a factor in his firing from the series.

Last month, Major League Baseball began asserting new rights to control pictures and reports about its games.

But now it was time to begin asserting himself with Melbah, knowing that they were in agreement anyway.

Some Usenet users began publicly asserting that they were part animal, generally in a spiritual sense.

Norway had chosen a bad time to begin asserting its independence.