Party officials who lead the national government, while publicly condemning the attacks, dispatched soldiers to restore order but resisted opposition calls for a forceful assertion of the central government's authority to halt the violence.

But his signature contributions to the policies of the Bush administration have had more to do with his forceful assertion of wide presidential powers in wartime.

I insist that he is here (indicative, a forceful assertion of the fact that he is here)

Notwithstanding Flanagan's stream of forceful assertions, "Girl Land" is a dusty, empty place, bearing little resemblance to your 21st-century daughter's colorful, noisy, vibrant life.

It was also a forceful assertion of his dominance of the government's legal and law enforcement establishment, a position of power all of his predecessors have sought, but few ever obtained.

He never made a forceful, positive assertion; he was the dispassionate seeker of truth.

Sharp swings, from awkward constraint and self-deprecation to forceful assertion, shape not only Ms. Wood's conversation but also her dance.

That trio, which builds from lyricism to forceful assertion to fearful flight, expresses well the course of an attempted seduction.

In outlining the general concessions made by the N.B.A., Stern said they were made in response to "your union's forceful assertion of your concerns."

Not This Time," by Max Boot (Op-Ed, Feb. 13): The Bush administration is committed to the forceful assertion of American primacy in the world.