A central assertion by the defense is that videotaped confessions given by two of the youths were coerced.

With the brief testimony of eight people yesterday, the defense suggested to the jury that witnesses have raised questions about many of the prosecution's central assertions.

The book was criticised by big game hunter and politician Theodore Roosevelt for its central assertion that every aspect of animal coloration is effective as camouflage.

The ruling was a stinging rejection of one of the Bush administration's central assertions about the scope of executive authority to combat terrorism.

The central assertion of social contract approaches is that law and political order are not natural, but are instead human creations.

His "central assertion is that the United States is on the verge of a second Progressive Era."

There is also a certain vagueness about the central assertion Mr. Cahill makes about the extent of the Irish contribution.

Historians not connected to the Kerry campaign dispute the central assertion of the film, that Mr. Kerry was responsible for prolonging the war and the prisoners' torture.

In one such instance, we did not include information that contradicted a central assertion of the series.

Arbitrary management decisions are also a central assertion in the lawsuit against 3M.