Texas Republican Lamar Smith repeated the assertion that President Obama's plan would place the government in charge of making health decisions for Americans.

VOA: standard.2010.03.10

The assertion is not that there is no other god, but that Israel will have no other god before Yahweh.

这个主张并不是说这里没有其他的上帝,而是说犹太人不能再有除耶和华以外的神。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

In this final assertion of the body Milton, I think, is able to recover his theodicy, his attempt to justify the ways of God here on earth.

在这最后的肉体的宣言中，弥尔顿，达成了他的斯奥迪斯，他想要证明上帝在人间之所为的企图。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

She urged both sides to return to talks as soon as possible and backed Israel's assertion that all demands over settlements should be dealt with during negotiations,not sooner.

VOA: standard.2009.11.01

Virtue means for him a kind of manly self-assertion, audacity, ruthlessness, a reliance on one's own arms and calculated use of cruelty to achieve one's ends.

美德对他而言,是一种具男子气概的自作主张，胆大，冷酷，自助，且还会算计使用残忍手段,来达致目标。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

Some remain skeptical of Pyongyang's assertion the flood was an accident.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

Each of us contains these two warring, you might say, elements within us, both self-assertion and fear of the consequence of self-assertion. The question is for Hobbes, ? how do we tame these passions?

我们每个人都有这两种，矛盾的元素，即对自负之结果的自负和恐惧,对霍布斯来说，这个问题就是，我们怎样控制情绪？

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

Clinton's assertion that the anti-terrorism commitment is government-wide in Islamabad came in response to a question about Pakistan's intelligence service, which has long been accused ties with Islamic extremists.

VOA: standard.2009.07.20

Canada-based Research in Motion,or RIM, disputes the UAE's assertion.

VOA: standard.2010.08.02

He disagreed with General Keane's assertion that any U.S.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

But Graham described as unpersuasive the president's continuing assertion that the U.S.must avoid being seen to be meddling in Iran so Iran's government will not use this as an excuse to intensify its crackdown on the opposition.

VOA: standard.2009.06.23

Republicans also link potential costs with what they say is the failure so far of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act the $787 billion stimulus plan approved by Congress to speed up economic recovery, an assertion the president and Democrats reject.

VOA: standard.2009.07.21

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's assertion in a Friday news conference in New York that the new facility was not in violation of International Atomic Energy Agency guidelines and would be for energy purposes seemed to only increase the degree of anger on Capitol Hill.

VOA: standard.2009.09.25

AIG chief Liddy has asserted that bonuses the company paid were necessary to retain the best and brightest talent, an assertion he expressed directly to U.S.Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner in a letter, adding that bonus contracts with employees were finalized well before Congress approved financial bail out funds in late 2008.

VOA: standard.2009.03.17

"You can't say,'We're going to do less because those numbers are pessimistic.' You say,'We have to do what we do in light of those numbers.'" House minority leader John Boehner repeated his assertion that President Obama has largely ignored Republican proposals on the budget and economy.

VOA: standard.2009.03.24