| 单词 | assertion |
| 例句 | He was so certain of the truth of his assertion that he had become obstinate, as people do in violent arguments. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z From some of the nation’s leading scientists would come denunciations of Oppenheimer, veiled and overt, among them Edward Teller’s assertion that “I personally would feel more secure if public matters would rest in other hands.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Jack had meant to leave him in doubt, as an assertion of power; but Piggy by advertising his omission made more cruelty necessary. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z And as I say, there would appear to be some truth in this assertion, for why else would all these people give a spontaneous cheer simply because the pier lights have come on? The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z One might at first be inclined to dismiss this assertion as meaningless, because the experiment is imaginary and my claim about its outcome cannot be verified. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The reconstruction, published in newspapers and magazines around the world, elicited assertions that Indians had European ancestry. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The gist of it was a simple, bold assertion—the University of Washington’s eight-oared crew was going to win gold at the Berlin Olympics in 1936. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He was at first skeptical of the teenager’s assertions, but when she showed him Bobby’s letter and gave him Bobby’s top secret telephone number, Kubat recognized that she was an authentic representative. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Among the more lasting errors in his report was the assertion that Einstein had found a publisher daring enough to publish a book that only twelve men "in all the world could comprehend." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z They repeated Mayor Nagin’s assertion that the city had devolved into an “animalistic state.” Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z SJ: You said affirmative action “discriminates against members of the majority,” and you cited Jus’s acceptance to Yale and your lack thereof as supporting evidence for that assertion. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z This assertion generated immediate merriment among the restaurant owners and far finishers assembled in our living room. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I worried these assertions could mean only one thing: my mom was secretly hitting the crack pipe. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Bayona based his assertion on interviews with doctors and nurses working in government clinics. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “You may well be surprised, Miss Bennet, at such an assertion, after seeing, as you probably might, the very cold manner of our meeting yesterday. Are you much acquainted with Mr. Darcy?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z The useless assertion that she "tried"? What am I to do with this mess of tears and rouge at my feet? What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z By nature or by exposure he had become like them, in their understatement, their blunt assertion of will. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Gracious to a fault, Fowler comforted Lawrence with the gratifying assertion, surely untrue, that “for a long time Rutherford and Chadwick were nearly convinced that your explanation was right.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “Felix cannot tell you if you’ll make the team. An assertion can only be true or false in the past or present. Anything in the future is technically indeterminate.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Early on, he seemed to accept Lyme’s assertion that the entrances couldn’t be taken, and dropped out of the conversation entirely. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Upon this occasion my father said, with an expression of unbounded wonder, “My dearest Victor, what infatuation is this? My dear son, I entreat you never to make such an assertion again.” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z In answer to this assertion, I can say, I never loved any or confided in any people more than my fellow-slaves, and especially those with whom I lived at Mr. Freeland’s. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z For example, the statements “UFOs contain extraterrestrial visitors” and “UFOs are unidentified flying objects” are two entirely different assertions. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Ikner's description of the scene contradicted the assertion that Myers had made at trial about seeing Morrison near the front counter. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The assertion was remarkable partly for being so arrestingly specific but even more for flying in the face of accepted wisdom about the age of the Earth.* A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z My mind roves back to the battlefield and my first kill’s assertion: that everyone on that field will die by my hand. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z These were grave assertions, reflecting upon the integrity of two respected lawyers and a distinguished district judge, but if even partially true, then the constitutional rights of the defendants had been abused. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z To some, it was a liberating assertion of racial pride; to others, it announced the increasing importance of political rather than social goals in the ever-evolving battle for black progress. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Try to conquer your cowardice, and start your concluding chapter with the creative assertion: Lo! The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Indeed, had not Madison been the most ardent advocate at the Constitutional Convention for a clear assertion of federal sovereignty? Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z With obvious pleasure Rosy showed Francis her data, and for the first time he was able to see how foolproof was her assertion that the sugar- phosphate backbone was on the outside of the molecule. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z I could see the white cupola, the round stupid assertion of the clock. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z These maps were originally intended as tools for sailors, not assertions of European supremacy; they look like ideological statements only to people who do not use them for navigation. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The dream was at fault, for the treadmill mood of it had lingered, making him question Nye’s assertions—in a sense, disbelieve them. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no easy way to judge whether this assertion had any scientific basis. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z The last assertion was promptly challenged by Logan Green, who undertook the cross-examination. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Linton glanced at the memo Terryl had handed him and could see now that it was a set of facts and assertions mirroring what Terryl was telling him—an outline of the case. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z That assertion attracted the full attention of law enforcement officials. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z While that last assertion is partly bravado, there was much truth in it, for Ann felt acutely the responsibility her new influence brought. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z A practical man, he apologized at once for his thoughtless heresy, then cheerfully repeated the assertions throughout his subsequent writings. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z To Caroline’s assertion of her brother’s being partial to Miss Darcy she paid no credit. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Taken literally, this assertion seems implausible, and historians’ skepticism seems merited. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “You do not believe the Count’s positive assertion—on his word of honour—that his wife is innocent?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Ben was still making assertions of affirmation when I hung up the phone. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z It would take months to contradict every other wild assertion in Miss Skeeter’s book. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Margaret Kochamma had moved out of her parents’ home a year ago, for no greater reason than a youthful assertion of independence. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z With the passage of time Kelvin would become more forthright in his assertions and less correct. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z They’re lighter brown than mine, with specks of hazel and green, what she claims is the assertion of her distant Pashtun blood. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z “So we may set aside the assertion that it is the way,” Jamison announced with certainty. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s tall and middle-aged, and his voice is steeped with politeness and assertion. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z But he went on to say that the defense would deny a number of the state’s assertions, including the contention that Umkhonto we Sizwe was the military wing of the ANC. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But Pascal’s simple experiment demolished Aristotle’s assertion that nature abhors a vacuum. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Masondo could be a volatile fellow, and he was vehement in his assertions that no tigers had ever been found in Africa. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z White reaction was swift and stern: white legislators sent back a message instructing blacks to end “the assertion of impractical claims for social and political rights.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z But as she walked through the house she thought again and again of Richard’s words, and his assertion that he knew honesty did not come easy for her. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Those assertions are rooted in fear—fear that her daughter will be harmed by a society that still so often fears blackness. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z After speaking with Darnell, I thought about refiling his assertions before the case went up on appeal and maybe, just maybe, we could persuade local officials to retreat from the case against Walter. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The golden ratio was favored by artists and nature alike and seemed to prove the Pythagorean assertion that music, beauty, architecture, nature, and the very construction of the cosmos were all intertwined and inseparable. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z He sat upon the ground next to me, and demanded, “Know you my assertion that there is no matter, that all is a void, could we but perceive it?” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z New Agers make all sorts of existence assertions: that ESP exists, that there have been instances of spoon bending, that spirits abound, that there are aliens among us, etc. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Participants read assertions whose veracity was either affirmed or denied by the subsequent presentation of an assessment word. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The quietly inoffensive assertion of a black child’s attempt to communicate with a white adult. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z The movement is both a triumphant, feminist reclamation of the flesh and a new assertion of the body as the origin of experience and meaning. Carmen Maria Machado's 'Her Body and Other Parties' reclaims the female body in subversive, joyful ways 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z No comedian enjoyed the layman's assertion that Trump was great for comedy, but his vicious administration was a boon for "SNL". . . and the comedown hasn't been kind. In hosting "Saturday Night Live" Elon Musk pulls the supervillain ploy of taking an audience hostage 2021-05-08T04:00:00Z Cavendish demonstrates a truly scientific mind in that she makes no assertions. Poem of the week: Of Many Worlds in This World by Margaret Lucas Cavendish 2012-07-02T10:52:13Z It is a novel full of confident assertions. Clever Girl by Tessa Hadley – review 2013-05-12T09:00:01Z Without this assertion we will fail to outline a vision for the future of the arts in Britain that is truly inclusive. Cutting diversity in the arts will cost Britain dearly 2011-03-30T12:30:01Z Though his voice was hardly intimidating, his bold assertions were often punctuated with head shakes and whip-crack sound effects. ‘S.N.L.’ Spoofs Merrick Garland’s Hunt for Classified Documents 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z Which is to say, a congeries of ideologies mandating, on the basis of no evidence whatsoever, belief in fantastic, often ludicrous, unverifiable assertions about the cosmos and mankind’s place in it. They’re all just this deluded and deranged: Anti-intellectual religious wing-nuts run the GOP 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z Asked about those assertions in November, shortly after they were made, a company spokesman said, “We vigorously deny these allegations and look forward to the opportunity to present our defense.” Don’t Call Her a Victim: After Surviving Opioids, Nan Goldin Goes After the Makers 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z Further tart assertions about her personality and habits quickly follow. Margaret Thatcher by Charles Moore; Not for Turning by Robin Harris – review 2013-04-24T12:57:02Z In 2017, the company said it was investigating assertions that slave labor was being used at plantations in Brazil that supplied the carnauba wax it used to keep gummies from sticking together. Sweet and Squishy as Ever, the Gummy Universe Keeps Expanding 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z Despite the oratorical flourish, mere assertion is not proof. Joyce, ‘Ulysses’ and obscenity viewed in page-turner style My paper, Melody Maker, subsequently became the recipient of several lengthy broadsides, usually disputing assertions made in interviews by Paul McCartney or George Martin. The legacy of John Lennon 2010-09-25T23:33:00Z First was referring to Frances’s assertion that the D.S.M.-5 would extend the reach of psychiatry into daily life. ArtsBeat: Q. and A.: Gary Greenberg Talks About 'The Book of Woe' 2013-05-29T17:00:01Z His message was eerily similar to assertions by governments in developing countries that environmental standards are less important than attracting jobs. When some US firms move production overseas, they also offshore their pollution 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z Just counter those assertions with a screengrab of a few choice paragraphs from that piece under the heading of "This you?" Tripping up the King's Jester: How is Hasan Minhaj still in the running to host "The Daily Show"? 2023-09-23T04:00:00Z And, of course, you can’t make those kinds of flat assertions about people – we all change and evolve and not just over long periods of time. Sarah Churchwell on Gatsby 2012-07-02T11:00:00Z Wherever there is scarcity now human rights are asserted; and the assertion of rights is reactive to a sense of scarcity deemed to be needless. Adam Phillips on the happiness myth 2010-09-03T23:06:00Z But the sequence is now also an assertion of the fullness, the sufficiency, of the community performing it. An 18th-Century Opera, Supercharged for Our Time 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z She explains, “That it is possible to hold this paradox as part of my daily reality points to the reductive and narrow-minded nature of Rick Santorum’s assertions that prenatal testing increases the number of abortions.” Motherlode Blog: Mother of Child With Down Syndrome: Prenatal Counseling, Not Prenatal Testing, Is the Issue 2012-03-02T17:06:47Z “For Colored Girls” is an assertion of the right to own all of the feelings and all of the colors of experience. Review: ‘For Colored Girls’ Returns, Leading With Joy 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z Greek Classical art is an embodiment of ideals to be admired, but it is also an assertion of ethnic exceptionalism in a barbaric, Other-filled world. Making Museums Moral Again 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z His work is both a rebellious assertion of clarity and a profound affirmation of the world in all its aspects. Jack Gilbert obituary 2012-11-20T14:17:57Z The liberating assertion that men were dispensable was undermined towards the end of the series when each lady traded in Mr. Right Now for Mr. Right. 21 TV Shows That Revolutionized Female Sexuality 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z He described himself as a “modest, humble person” — an assertion that, he acknowledged, his critics will never believe, given his many television appearances and cooperation with the filmmakers. Dr. Fauci, Movie Star 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z As far as feature movies are concerned, the romantic comedy, contrary to some assertions, is not dead: It’s just stuck on repeat. ‘A Perfect Pairing’ Review: Going Down Under for Wine and Romance 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z Hence his assertion that "traditional media companies are in trouble because they're not giving consumers what they want" does not ring true. Free Ride by Robert Levine ? review 2011-08-18T11:24:01Z Dr. Biba, for his part, said in an email that, while he believed that the work was genuine, he took issue with Sotheby’s assertion that he verified the piece for them. As Prices for Classical Scores Soar, One Beethoven Is in Question 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z But another area of concern for them is likely to be the defense’s assertions that Ms. Constand misled the court during the first trial when she said she did not know Ms. Jackson. Bill Cosby Returns to Court. Here’s Why His Retrial Is No Repeat. 2018-04-08T04:00:00Z To Trump’s great exasperation, O’Brien showed that there are good reasons to doubt Trump’s assertion that he was worth “five to six billion” dollars in 2005. What really gets under Trump’s skin? A reporter questioning his net worth 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z Some reject the council's assertion that the libraries it is closing, or handing over to community groups, are "under-used". Hands off our libraries 2011-02-03T21:00:03Z Kinsey's assertions that his so-far mythical novels are unimaginably good are made funny by the fact that we know he'll never write them. Mad Men: series one, episode five 2010-05-05T17:45:00Z The early success of The Dark Knight Rises has nevertheless led to talk of sequels and followups, despite Nolan's assertion that this will be his last Batman film. Dark Knight Rises: box office figures officially confirmed 2012-07-24T11:23:52Z All incorrect assertions yet thought of as "FACT". My Woody Allen Problem 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z Mashing together the fear-mongering of white supremacy with legitimate criticism of America’s wars makes for an awkward allegory that occasionally undermines the book’s core assertions. When a Sinister Enemy Attacks New York, the City Fights Back 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z In the light of de Man’s later theoretical assertions as to the slipperiness of language, one must acknowledge that he knew what he was talking about. How Paul de Man hid his past 2014-03-30T15:00:00Z But by the time she’s powering through the Middle East in the sequel, that ideological creed just looks like an assertion of power. ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Review: It’s Not About What We Deserve 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z While not clinching my case that the sex scene is flourishing, these films repudiate Douthat's assertion that there's "a cultural void where romance used to be." The sex scene isn’t disappearing — it’s simply shifting from clichéd fantasy to messy reality 2021-05-29T04:00:00Z Despite the recent popular assertion that movie releases are moving to a year-round schedule with fewer dead zones, August remains a predictably sleepy month for theaters. Box Office disaster: Lackluster releases, Mayweather-McGregor, Hurricane Harvey create slowest weekend in over 15 years 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z It is called A Guide for the Perplexed – a collection of his dialogues, adages, assertions. In conversation with Werner Herzog: 'Facts do not constitute truth' 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z “I knew it was the right choice,” Ms. Vaughn said, when she came upon his assertion that “had I lived in Germany at the time, I would have aided and comforted my Jewish brothers.” Spare Times Listings for Children for March 6-12 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Whether that assertion was true or not, the President’s confidence certainly seemed stronger. Fire and Water: A Lot of Words and a Few Indelible Images at the State of the Union 2013-02-13T12:38:10Z Here at Wine School, expressions of historical certainty about wine generally arouse suspicions, as do assertions of authenticity. Finding the Heart of Zinfandel 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z They learn to fight back against their fate with rebelliousness and, in a terrific scene, a bold assertion of Eka’s flowering spirit through a spontaneous folk dance. ‘In Bloom’: Coming-of-age tale unfolds during time of turmoil 2014-03-20T21:37:20Z One of the sharpest films I’ve seen about the immigrant experience in some time, “Exile” dramatizes Toni Morrison’s famous assertion: “The very serious function of racism … is distraction.” Five International Movies to Stream Now 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z The exhibition explains the handbill as part of the library’s mission of acquiring ephemera, but collecting also makes an assertion that objects will have a future value. A Library?s Treasures, From Gutenberg to Malcolm X 2011-05-17T12:00:00Z From such citizens’ assertions are constitutional cases born. Is the legalization of gay marriage inevitable? 2013-03-30T21:00:00Z This assertion prompted an angry letter from a reader. Robert Benchley’s Legacy in a Era of Fraught Comedy 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z It was only when they brought their individual sensations back to Second Avenue that they began the process of assertion, agreement and amalgamation that has resulted in their remarkable installation. Euphoric work at Suyama Space ‘Drawn from the Olympics’ 2013-12-05T20:44:26Z He's a respected, intellectually curious interviewer, which lends weight to his assertion that Smith's contrition is genuine. Tell Will Smith: "Ziwe" will recoup your reputation in her Barbie dream house interrogation chamber 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z I believe my art is fair use, but I don’t have a war chest to back up that assertion in a courtroom, so the wealthy bully wins by default. My Chuck Close problem 2012-07-10T14:03:00Z It wasn’t immediately clear what impact the Datig’s assertions might have on the contest. Claims against Elder: Will they harm him in Calif. recall? 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z But Dayspring stressed that the article was limited in its assertions. A New York Times reporter dug into Ukraine and the Democrats. Critics are still howling. 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z In an interview on Wednesday, Keeler rejected such assertions, saying she and volunteer researchers had reviewed records for hundreds of Littlefeather’s relatives. Sacheen Littlefeather and the Question of Native Identity 2022-10-29T04:00:00Z “That’s not a good article for us, and I disagree with the author’s assertion,” Mr. Dye said, “but it still goes to everyone thanks to your mom and Facebook.” The Accidental Celebrities of the Impeachment Inquiry 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z An argument that is often put forward is that a film would not have been made without a bankable star or director, but this assertion is often proved wrong. Isn't it time we let disabled actors and directors make their own films? 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z It’s an indignant assertion of what real oppression is, and what’s just selfishness masquerading as righteousness. Provincetown: Go for the Mask Compliance, Stay for a Show 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z It’s the way it all combines into a singular assertion of the importance, and artistic substance, of McNeely’s own lived experience. Independent 20th Century’s Artists in a Cozy New Fair Spinoff 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z Joseph Quinlan’s assertion was fairly straightforward: that he be appointed Karen’s guardian and subsequently be allowed to move forward and disconnect Karen from the ventilator and “allow her to die”. When life is a fate worse than death 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z No amount of assertion can make up for a person's absence of curiosity. Back in the game: dating in your 50s 2014-08-23T04:00:00Z Last year, Burke called gay relationships “profoundly disordered and harmful” and took issue with the pope’s assertion of “Who am I to judge?” gay men and women as “false praise.” Cardinal blames sex abuse on “feminized” Church 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z Unlike some other assertions that felt exaggerated by anywhere from 3 to 300 percent, this one rang completely true. Does Society Need Andrew Dice Clay? 2019-01-26T05:00:00Z Cutting “My Baby First Birthday” down to a typical 70-ish pages would work against its project, an assertion of the overflowing self and a denial of containment. For 3 Poets Who Embrace Excess, the Mess Is the Message 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z It is an assertion of power, an act of intimidation. End of the affairs: the dangers of internet dating 2012-02-10T22:59:54Z He resorts to name-calling and spreads gratuitous gossip about Fox personalities, at one point quoting an unnamed source’s assertion that a female anchor “knew how to use sex to get ahead.” The Incestuous Relationship Between Donald Trump and Fox News 2020-08-23T04:00:00Z He works with, but is temperamentally different from, Russia’s more combative culture minister, Vladimir Medinsky, who is known for aggressive assertions of Russian superiority and conservative values. In Putin’s Nationalist Russia, a Tolstoy as Cultural Diplomat 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z But of all Zak's claims, perhaps the one with the most profound social and economic implications, if true, is his assertion that oxytocin is the "essence of empathy". Oxytocin: could the 'trust hormone' rebond our troubled world? 2011-08-20T23:08:00Z The conversation that he has helped form is a much more contentious one, its facts and assertions more disputed, doubted and tussled over. Andrew Breitbart, 1969-2012 2012-03-01T16:24:15Z A question: What is the significance of the repeated assertions tonight that Carrie is not herself? 'Homeland' Recap: Carrie Discovers the Evil Within 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z Her assertions are particularly notable because Dr. Burchfield, the editor of a four-volume supplement of the dictionary completed in 1986, had cultivated the reputation as someone who was far more inclusive than his predecessors. Sarah Ogilvie on Deletions From the Oxford English Dictionary 2012-11-28T23:40:36Z Among her other assertions, she told reporters Thursday that the FBI’s rank-and-file employees had lost faith in Comey’s management of the agency. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is suddenly the star of the feel-bad story of the day 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z “Journalism is based not on assertion but on verification,” Mr. Heyward said. In ‘Truth,’ a News Team Tells Its Side of a ‘60 Minutes II’ Scandal 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z It's the character, not the author, speaking, but the play's action underscores this overheated assertion. Race 2013-05-30T14:34:03Z The next panel, on gut health, counters Sadeghi’s consciousness theory with the assertion that all human illnesses are caused by antibiotics, ibuprofen, caesarean sections and legumes. 'Gwyneth glows like a radioactive swan' – my day at the Goop festival 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z Wildly, fiercely affected, she turns both her songs and her dialogue into a seesaw between fierce assertion and painful flashes of self-awareness. Emma Stone Takes Over in ‘Cabaret’ 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z But this admission of unknowing — a disarmingly humble assertion from an artist who verges on the virtuosic — is a recognition of her subjects’ complex humanity that can never be contained by mere representation. Jennifer Packer: Painting as an Exercise in Tenderness 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z While I didn’t get that vibe, I was pretty surprised that one of the most thorough and sequential manuals on the market lacks references to studies and sources for many of its bold assertions. Why Most Pregnancy Guides Are a Total Turnoff 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z Each repetition is an assertion, drawing the audience’s attention to a figure or feature. Panic! at the Disco’s Flourishes Weren’t Just Dramatic. They Were Theater. 2020-09-27T04:00:00Z The Washington Post reports that, in her forthcoming book “Why Not Me,” Kaling writes a chapter called “I Love Sex Scenes!” which debunks her fellow celebs’ assertions that sex scenes are a pain to shoot. Mindy Kaling says actors lie about hating sex scenes: “We all have this tacit agreement to keep our traps shut about the world’s best job perk” 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Her comments remind me of Baratunde Thurston's assertion in his book, How to Be Black, that all white people need a "Good Black Friend" to help them through potentially problematic racial situations. Revealing Eden author needs some Good Black Friends 2012-08-27T13:00:01Z The government’s assertion that Sotheby’s knew the statue was stolen was based on e-mail exchanges between the scholar of Khmer art and a Sotheby’s officer. Ancient Cambodian Statue Is Seized From Sotheby?s 2012-04-04T22:34:17Z That aside, says Michael Jenkins, a University of Scranton community policing expert, the family’s assertion about race has merit. Police kill a white teen, and the silence raises questions 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z It is a statement of independence from connectedness itself, an assertion of radical allegiance to a group of one. Review | This visionary artist lives on an island. Does that make her insular? 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z Such a person would be sectioned yet, in electoral terms, similar assertions are mistaken for statesmanship and destiny. Ed Miliband looks as gormless as Wallace but in a totally different way 2012-12-16T00:06:04Z No more trembling assertions of newfound self-awareness lit by Heal's 10-watt floor lamps. Mistresses: series three, episode four 2010-08-26T21:00:00Z Part inchoate assertion of unique calligraphy, it’s also part forceful temper tantrum. Jimmie Durham's art throws some well-aimed stones 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z If you have seen the whole series, that’s quite some assertion. Critic?s Notebook: Charles Atlas Captures Merce Cunningham?s ?Ocean? on Film 2012-04-09T21:28:39Z He appears in regular skits as “The Angry Black Male” to mock activists who he and Gutfeld believe overuse and misuse assertions of racial inequities. Greg Gutfeld has risen to the top at Fox News — and that’s no joke 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z These are big assertions, and Lorr backs them up with endnotes and footnotes that at times span half a page and become their own stories. Review | Our food shopping habits have human and environmental costs. ‘The Secret Life of Groceries’ adds them up. 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z While the longstanding assertion that every fingerprint is unique may be true, that doesn’t mean the reading of those fingerprints or similar types of evidence is foolproof. Television Review: ‘Forensics on Trial,’ on PBS’s ‘Nova’ 2012-10-16T22:05:40Z You don’t say whether your boyfriend’s assertion that you’re also on your phone all the time is true. Can You Watch My Son? (And Your Husband’s Rifle?) 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z It also claims to be “100 percent undetectable,” an assertion that comes up frequently. Apps for the Lovelorn 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z He was of course poking fun at his brash assertion of questionable truth that would continue to make him perfect fodder for online critics. Stephen Colbert and Sean Spicer Just Pulled Off the Perfect Trump Joke at the Emmys 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z And the revolt he incites, an assertion of individual freedom, brings you into a recognition of common human suffering and of the common need to lessen it and to enliven the lives of all. My hero: Albert Camus by David Constantine 2013-07-05T15:00:03Z Trump’s assertion is in direct opposition to the lyrics of “The Greatest”: “Well, oh, I got stamina.” Sia Uses Her Song 'The Greatest to Endorse Hillary Clinton 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z I dispute Jay's assertion that he is the "best rapper alive" but there is no denying that he is the greatest. Poll: Who's best? Jay-Z or Kanye West 2012-05-18T11:35:20Z And there was his assertion that Ray Fisher's allegations of abuse amount to sour grapes from a "bad actor," which Fisher's critically acclaimed performance in "Women of the Movement" repudiates. Why we should be thanking Joss Whedon and Jeff Garlin for their candor about workplace misconduct 2022-01-22T05:00:00Z Figes's most surprising assertion is that monogamy is valued as never before, and that fidelity has "assumed more meaning as a marker of their commitment" in the current generation. Our Cheating Hearts: Love & Loyalty, Lust & Lies by Kate Figes – review 2013-05-16T07:01:01Z Providing evidence to back up that assertion — what about “Margin Call”? Film Technology Advances, Inspiring a Sense of Loss 2011-11-20T01:37:25Z Let me just say this on identity politics: I find that assertion incredibly offensive. Rep. Ayanna Pressley on the isolating experience of being ‘the first,’ plus recently confronting an alopecia diagnosis 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z What’s sadder though is that nearly 30 years later Wolf’s assertion that beauty is the standard by which women continue to be oppressed over and against the gains of feminist social progress still holds true. ‘I Feel Pretty’ and the Rise of Beauty-Standard Denialism 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z Just because I keep learning and waiting for something to challenge any of the assertions that I make, because I don't have 100% confidence that what I'm making is infallible. Meet "Internet Shaquille," the YouTube chef teaching a new generation to cook 2022-05-15T04:00:00Z At a time when any hint of heresy put individuals in danger, this assertion brought him into conflict with the church and led to his arrest by the Inquisition. This week's new theatre 2013-02-02T06:00:18Z It was also a key period for the assertion of feminist power and female liberation. ‘Suspiria’ Then and Now: Finding Darkness in an All-Female World 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z As the exhibition description says, “Ever suspicious of assertions of absolute truth, Arceneaux suggests that there is no empirical way to establish a single reading as the definitive one.” Edgar Arceneaux’s labyrinthine ‘Library of Black Lies’ invites endless interpretation 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z To me, this explained the source of their strong and unsubstantiated assertions about our research. Your cellphone is killing you: What people don’t want you to know about electromagnetic fields 2014-04-12T13:45:00Z They said he apparently made the new assertions in conversation with two doctors who will testify on his behalf in the case. Prosecutors say Jackson's doctor changed story 2011-04-19T00:11:09Z Like all ideas that become social imperatives, the "breast is best" mandate of recent decades — the assertion that breast-feeding is superior to the bottle — isn't true for everyone. 'Breastmilk' an intimate chronicle of women's, experts' views 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z As an aside, that’s a fascinating assertion from a person who spent years working for a news organization whose claim to fame was doing what Jones professes to be doing, albeit a tick less outrageously. When Megyn met Alex: Megyn Kelly’s “Sunday Night” interview yielded more for its subject than its host 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z Joshua's sensual Queen of Sheba preceded Theodora's When Sunk in Anguish and Despair, a powerful expression of faith, sung with huge dignity and assertion. Joshua/Connolly/Bicket 2010-04-05T21:30:00Z Ms. Hecht’s air of being chronically addled — even her strongest assertions seem to come with a question mark — perfectly expresses the dilemma of a character who has trouble cleanly differentiating her art and her life. Theater Review: ‘Stage Kiss,’ a Sarah Ruhl Comedy, at Playwrights Horizons 2014-03-03T03:00:19Z Clinton said he took issue with the question because the assertion was that he never apologized or never tried to reckon with his actions and was not held accountable. Stephen Colbert presses Clinton on "tone-deaf" response to Lewinsky and #MeToo 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z Levine asked his contributors to explore the idea of "secular enchantment", a phrase that plays on sociologist Max Weber's assertion that modernity was characterised by Entzauberung, or disenchantment. The Joy of Secularism edited by George Levine – review 2013-03-15T17:17:01Z The Catholic encyclopaedia claims there is little doubt of his being a real person, but forgive me if I take their assertions of what is true with a sprinkle of seasoning. Doctor Who slays St George 2010-04-21T16:00:00Z In a February press briefing, she spent her time trying to defend her boss's bizarre assertion that the FBI failed to stop the Parkland shooter because it was focused on the Russia investigation. Don’t cry for me, Sarah Huckabee Sanders 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z Questions that remain unanswered include whether the museum is looking into the accuracy of Ms. Colón’s assertions and whether the incoming director, Mr. Charpenel, was involved in the decision to fire her. El Museo del Barrio Fires Executive as New Director Faces More Challenges 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z The tattoo on his arm of a Hebrew verse from the Song of Solomon as well as his assertions that he is half Jewish. Jewish Museum asks questions about living history 2013-03-27T22:37:14Z It’s churlish to linger over what’s not covered here, but given that official documentaries can tend toward the hagiographic, there’s perilously little analysis or appreciation of Jackson’s music or videos, just assertions of their greatness. In a New Documentary, Janet Jackson Is Hiding in Plain Sight 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z A new study to be released on Wednesday challenges that assertion, however, and concludes that federally supported arts programs attract people across the income spectrum; the wealthy, yes, but also many below the poverty line. N.E.A. Funds Benefit Both Rich and Poor, Study Finds 2014-02-04T23:00:01Z For instance, he betrays a particular fondness for the vast generalization and the unsupported assertion—unsupported, that is to say, but for the magisterial tone and sonorous sweep of his prose. A Hundred Years of T. S. Eliot’s “Tradition and the Individual Talent” 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z Worse, Mr. Taleb undermines his more persuasive ideas by scattering them about in a book that is also filled with gross generalizations and rash assertions, all indiscriminately lobbed at the reader. Books Of the Times: ‘Antifragile,’ by Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2012-12-17T05:15:19Z Rene Tomisser, senior counsel for the state Attorney General, vehemently disputed the judge's assertion that the regulation was being applied selectively or that it targeted Christian pharmacists in particular. Judge strikes down law mandating sale of contraception 2012-02-23T05:35:08Z Regardless of his assertion that “this is not a book about Parkinson’s disease,” that condition remains a central preoccupation in the text, the other one being the hopes and worries of the boomer generation. Michael Kinsley’s ‘Old Age: A Beginner’s Guide’ 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z In the nightmarish context of a Nazi concentration camp, a character's courageous assertion of his identity became an act of tragic defiance and searing moral beauty. In L.A. theater, Martin Luther King and privileged white men helped drive points home 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z Arnold made the same assertions in a passionate rant in a press conference held recently as part of the Television Critics Association’s summer press tour. Omarosa won’t save us from Trump: Stop hitching your hope to the stars 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z Despite her assertion that she has tragically “never struggled with addiction and I was never molested,” there is a darkness to her adolescent memories. Books of The Times: In ?The Bedwetter,? How Sarah Silverman Found Her Vulgar Voice 2010-05-03T20:45:00Z Lest we enjoy all this flesh without an ennobling context, the movie kicks off with Wilhelm Reich’s assertion of the link between sexual repression and violence. | 'Now & Later': ?Now & Later? Explores Sex and Politics 2011-02-18T01:35:18Z Journalists are paid to be skeptical and to distinguish facts from assertions: Don’t get too close to your sources and check what they tell you. How Rolling Stone failed in its story of alleged rape at the University of Virginia His shedding of the trappings of the papacy and adoption of relative austerity — extending to the use of a very small car as his designated “popemobile” — buttress the assertion of the movie’s title. Review: In ‘Pope Francis: A Man of His Word,’ a Religious Leader Speaks at Length 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z Both are valuable additions to the Watergate literature, though the 2005 revelation that “Deep Throat” was the F.B.I.’s W. Mark Felt refutes Mr. Dean’s assertion that Alexander M. Haig Jr. was the leaker. In ‘The Nixon Defense,’ John W. Dean Returns to Watergate 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z The painting is a silken assertion of ruling-class hauteur; these young men in their lace and long hair seem born to rule. I depict a riot 2011-08-09T13:28:10Z Art wasn’t an escape from life, or politics or conflict, but rather the assertion of an aesthetic ideal — that finding, elevating, preserving and disseminating beauty is essential to our survival. Review | For beloved D.C. artist Alma Thomas, beauty wasn’t just about art. It was essential to life, too. 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z It’s an impressive tribal gathering that is also an assertion of corporate ownership. Review | Peacock arrives with a big archive and a few new shows (‘Brave New World’) that aren’t much to strut about 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z Mr. Blauner would not address the criticism of the book’s assertions but said he thought that, details aside, Mr. Rosenthal’s work was about humanity and thus more relevant than ever. Releasing Old Nonfiction Books When Facts Have Changed 2013-01-30T21:12:24Z Ms. Hupfield said that for her, performance art was also an assertion of authority. Strong Women on the March at Seattle Art Fair 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z The evidence generally seems to undermine Sanders’s assertion, but there are some gray areas. The fact-checkers venture into Red America to try to win over skeptics 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z “He’ll make an assertion,” White said, “then question it and turn it over and massage it.” Garth Greenwell Comes Clean 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z Let’s set aside the validity of Melisandre’s assertion for a moment and consider the strengths of “Hush Hush.” Review: ‘Hush Hush’ by Laura Lippman 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z Sometimes Muslim precedence is suggested with even vaguer assertions. Exhibition Review: A Golden Age in Science, Full of Light and Shadow 2010-12-09T23:34:00Z Imagine if conservatives were making similar assertions about a novel or a painting. Violence in art: The burden of 'truth' 2011-01-14T22:02:00Z During the interview, Stephanopoulos expressed skepticism about the book’s assertions that Hillary Clinton may have tied her actions as secretary of state to donations from foreign governments. ABC News’s Stephanopoulos donated $75,000 to Clinton Foundation 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z Imperialism is difficult to justify without assertions of racial supremacy. What is “white supremacy”? A brief history of a term, and a movement, that continues to haunt America 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z A&E called the lawsuit meritless and the assertion that the documentary was suppressed “absurd,” saying its decision to not rebroadcast it additional times was based on lower than expected ratings. Filmmaker’s Suit Says A&E Networks Suppressed ‘Watergate’ Series 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z Mr. Mack also contested assertions that Mr. Martins’s cast changes were punitive. Peter Martins Left City Ballet a Year Ago. But He’s Not Entirely Gone. 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z An interesting discussion on Nicky Campbell's Your Call phone-in show on Thursday last week kicked off with actor Halle Berry's assertion that her daughter is black. Rewind radio: Nicky Campbell; The Truth About the Roma; The Call; Song Stories: Without You ? review 2011-02-13T00:05:40Z Sex is an assertion of that freedom, but the key that unlocks their cages isn’t so much sex as the refusal of shame. ‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’ Review: When Connie Met Ollie 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z Even a full acceptance of its assertions doesn’t do much to illuminate Hammarskjold’s death. ‘Cold Case Hammarskjold’ Review: An Excavation of International Intrigue 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z After claiming in four tweets without any proof that President Obama wiretapped him in Trump Tower, Trump maintained his assertion in the face of mounting evidence to the contrary. Masters of their medium: JFK on TV, Trump on Twitter 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z He said one of Holmes' "assertions" for the divorce was that she wanted to protect Suri from Scientology. Tom Cruise denies in defamation lawsuit he 'abandoned' daughter Suri 2013-11-09T00:26:19Z “But the moment that everyone is talking about is not a dirty comment but a dirty look,” Wilmore said before playing a clip of Hillary Clinton’s weird assertion that Bernie Sanders insulted President Obama. Hillary Clinton “black friends” Obama: Larry Wilmore explains the Democratic debate strategy 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z They endured sociologist Edward Franklin Frazier’s assertion that Black women in the 1930s resisted subordination and male authority, “emasculating their husbands and failing to fulfill their womanly duties.” Review | ‘The Three Mothers’ honors the women who made Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X and James Baldwin 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z So, please, let’s reopen the topic you closed with your assertion that your childhood wasn’t abusive. Carolyn Hax: Caught between manipulative father and brother 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z According to Taylor, it’s not uncommon for toddlers to use clothing as their first declaration of independence and first assertion of their own unique personalities. Motherlode: Preschool Wardrobe Wars 2011-02-28T18:37:55Z When Chirac was president of France, though his English is perfectly serviceable, he always insisted on using the French language, as an assertion of his Frenchness. Globish is coming 2010-04-26T15:30:00Z But the fact that we react so differently to a teacher's pay approaching that level gives the lie to our vociferous assertions that we think teaching is an important job. Why shouldn't a teacher earn more than Dave? After all, he's a class act 2010-07-17T23:05:00Z Mr. Williams didn’t ask those questions, and he also didn’t follow up on some contestable assertions – at least not on the edited version shown Wednesday night. What Brian Williams Should Have Asked Snowden 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z “We deserve a better world,” Ani said, an inversion of Ray’s weary assertion in Episode 2: “We get the world we deserve.” 'True Detective' Season 2 Finale Recap: In Search of a Better World 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z But here he returns to his frequent and rather tired assertion that most men are brutes, and most women are witches. Review: Three-Ring Dread in La MaMa’s One-Act Series 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z On most issues, however, Obama has governed from the political right, including assertions of executive power – including a penchant for secrecy and antipathy to civil liberties – that are even more extreme than Bush's. Can Roseanne Barr help the Green party break out? 2012-02-09T20:44:00Z A judge overseeing the case in Britain agreed that the assertions by Mr. Jacobs’s estate are “improbable” but refused to dismiss the suit. ArtsBeat: British Judge Refuses to Throw Out Suit Accusing Rowling of Plagiarism 2010-10-14T17:14:00Z But Mr. Vetter fails to bring in outside voices that might explicate or evaluate them, and the well-appointed look of the sit-down interviews can’t conceal their reliance on one-sided assertions and insinuations. Review: ‘The Forecaster’ Traces the Downfall of an Investment Manager 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z He detested what the philosopher Bernard Williams called the "fetish of assertion" on a speaker's part. All together now: Montaigne and the art of co-operation 2012-02-10T22:55:14Z Rachid el-Belghiti, who heads a national anti-Mawazine campaign, also contests the government's assertion that it's supporting culture in Morocco with this festival, countering that it's really just about making the country look good abroad. Morocco hosts world's artists, imprisons its own 2012-05-26T09:31:03Z But as time went on, she stopped short of endorsing many of Trump’s most outrageous and unsupported assertions and has since accepted that he was defeated at the polls. RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel is trying to hold together a party that Donald Trump might want to tear up 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z Efforts conceived under this philosophy make the utterly true assertion that close dissection of anyone would expose real contradiction, ugliness and frailty. Hollywood needs to stop letting stars author their own biopics | Charles Bramesco 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z The tacit assertion that “journey” has not been overexposed as a result of the “Don’t Stop Believin’” glut. I’m Not O.K. Neither Are You. Who Cares? 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z This was the assertion of software engineer James Damore to his colleagues at Google, in an internal memo that has since led to his sacking. Why are there so few women in tech? The truth behind the Google memo 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z There was the viral assertion from the blogger known as Food Babe that Subway bread contained a "yoga mat chemical." As Americans' views on wellness evolve, Subway is suffering an identity crisis 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z He established himself as an annoyance to Trump early in the pandemic, when he was forced to publicly correct the president’s many dangerous assertions about the disease. Perspective | Only in our anti-truth hellscape could Anthony Fauci become a supervillain 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z Hussman, who is White, said he objected to Hannah-Jones’s assertion in her 1619 Project essay that American colonists waged the Revolutionary War to preserve slavery, a statement that the Times later clarified. One of the voices objecting to Nikole Hannah-Jones’s hiring at UNC: A newspaper baron — and major donor 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z Casting Bale, one of Hollywood's most sought-after stars, is also a striking assertion of the Chinese film industry's aspiration for equal status with its American competitors. The Flowers of War fails to bloom for Chinese film industry 2012-08-02T19:00:07Z “The recently printed assertion that ‘The House of Mirth,’ like most ‘society’ novels, promised to reach no logical or dramatic conclusion, seems to be sufficiently disproven in the latest installment,” the Book Review editors noted. When Edith Wharton Graced the Cover of the Book Review 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z It doesn’t specify the basis for that assertion. Authorities: Trucker in Morgan crash hadn’t slept 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z In this sort of aphorism, assertion is all: in place of argument or proof, the implacable “is.” The Sharp Force and Disgraceful State of the Modern Aphorism 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z But he repeated a past assertion that the program is a "monstrous lie," because, he said, the fund will not remain solvent for future generations. Perry, Romney clash over job creation records 2011-09-08T02:47:00Z Mr. Todd was respectful, not fawning or fake-fierce, and he challenged some of the president’s assertions. Chuck Todd Begins as Host of NBC’s ‘Meet the Press’ 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z Like Myers, the passion Hampton showed when speaking of the minutiae of his work lends credibility to his assertion that he spared no effort to be as effective and fair an investigator as possible. The wage theft epidemic 2013-02-20T16:00:00Z As in the first movie, the guiding comic principle here remains the appearance of ironic detachment followed by an assertion of sincerity that’s as appealing as it is disingenuous. ’22 Jump Street’ Puts Cops on Campus 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z Ultimately, as one goes through one dogmatic assertion after another, one begins to get the impression that it's not mainly about European history at all; it's a tract for the times. Europe: The Struggle for Supremacy by Brendan Simms – review 2013-05-23T08:00:03Z The prose is no longer a formal disquisition of the self but becomes a forceful assertion of control: a chef in her own kitchen, a woman who knows how to find the answers. “Burn the Place” Is a Thrilling, Disquieting Memoir of Addiction and Coming of Age 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z DeTiberus, in “The Artist Signs Her Masterpiece, Immodestly,” sees in Gentileschi’s depiction of a revenge killing the assertion of her agency. A Giant of Painting Sheds New Light on Darkness 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z Fierce assertion directly suppresses the listener, Montaigne says; the debater demands only assent. All together now: Montaigne and the art of co-operation 2012-02-10T22:55:14Z He is not that interested in piling up evidence for his assertions. Margaret Thatcher by Charles Moore; Not for Turning by Robin Harris – review 2013-04-24T12:57:02Z Styron's assertion that "the gray drizzle of horror induced by depression takes on the quality of physical pain" is acutely well-observed. Illuminating depression 2011-03-07T12:10:36Z It was impossible not to read the programming of this movie, with its assertion of French values, as the festival’s response to the Charlie Hebdo massacre. The Year of la Femme at the Cannes Film Festival 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z It’s an assertion of who from the past can speak to the present, and its shape is always up for negotiation. ‘Valentin de Boulogne,’ Bright Star in Caravaggio’s Orbit 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z The later assertion references a political state and the former is directed at a religion. How to Be a Jew in the Age of Trump? 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z The book is bolstered by an assertion from the famed forensic pathologist Michael Baden that it “solves” the Hoffa mystery. ‘The Irishman’ tells us who killed Jimmy Hoffa. A lawyer with a secret trove of documents says the movie got it wrong. 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z It is an odd pairing, built on Mr. Welser-Möst’s interesting assertion that Bruckner is “the grandfather of Minimalism.” Music Review: A Concept Is Minimal. The Works Sure Aren?t. 2011-07-16T00:02:19Z Penn is not alone in his assertion that the Hollywood studio system increasingly steers clear of films it deems unlikely to achieve spectacular blockbuster success. Sean Penn blasts fellow actors for putting money before art 2012-12-14T15:38:21Z You’re also watching two actors settled into a groove that works partly because it’s an assertion of life, a passing refuge from inexorable death. Movie Review: ‘Deadfall’ Stars Eric Bana and Olivia Wilde 2012-12-07T00:31:59Z Instead of dismissing his assertion, judge Mark Wolf held a 10-month hearing, and produced a 661-page opinion, according to the New York Times. Black Mass: the glamorization of Whitey Bulger muddles an already murky story 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z During the Trump administration, he criticized its attempt to eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts, citing former President John F. Kennedy’s assertion that artistic freedom was essential to nourish American culture. A Music Historian Takes a Top Job at the New York Public Library 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z And the traumatic assertions that you’re having pelvic pain because you have an STD – the whole thing is bizarre. Endometriosis: hidden suffering of millions of women revealed 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z The quietly defiant story “Stepping Back” begins with the assertion “I’m not trying to flatter myself, but I was the first colored woman he ever seriously considered loving.” “Whatever Happened to Interracial Love?”: Kathleen Collins’s Revelatory Short Stories 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z It’s a little aside in the case, a three year-old assertion within the court documents purporting to downplay the lactation aspect of the story. Sorry, guys, you can’t breastfeed too 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z The simplest everyday movements became an assertion of will over the tidal pull of both terrifying memory and an abused body. No Matter the Role, Antony Sher Made Soaring Seem Possible 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z Quoting Scripture, he pushes back against this startling assertion, which contradicts what these good Christians, under Paul’s ministry, have long been taught. Review: In ‘The Christians,’ a Schism Over Fire and Brimstone 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z Tension builds as we see the bully get increasingly het up as he tries to prove his strength in the face of Finlay's assertions. The Really, Really, Really Big Dinosaur by Richard Byrne - review 2012-07-10T11:00:00Z And slowly at first, the poll- defying assertions began to seem like prescience as the evening wore on. Only a few conservative outlets thought Trump had a chance. Then the night wore on. 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z This handsome book does not, despite its publisher’s assertion on the dust flap, “amount to a volume as penetrating as the autobiography he would never write.” Books of The Times: ‘Diaries,’ by George Orwell, Edited by Peter Davison 2012-08-16T17:23:53Z King's assertion on "Fox & Friends" moved Collinsworth to detail his reasons for his departure from the film in a thread on Twitter. Why one crew member quit the anti-abortion “Roe V. Wade” film, featuring Jon Voight and Stace... 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z It’s an odd conclusion, this assertion of the written word’s supremacy, since the picture book is an art form that brooks no hierarchy between text and image. Mac Barnett Reviews Picture Books About Time and Space 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z Peele himself has backed up Due’s assertions, particularly with reference to black prison numbers; he has spoken at two of her classes, and remains quite willing to offer personal interpretations of his work. Trapped in the Sunken Place: how Get Out’s purgatory engulfed pop culture 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z I didn't want to hear the pseudo-intellectual assertion that you must "separate the art from the artist" in response, a claim rooted in half-remembered English lit classes. Loretta Lynn's music: That's how the Republican women I grew up with talked (behind men's backs) 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z As Mantel tells it — she describes the novel as “a proposal, an offer,” rather than an assertion of historical truth — Cromwell represents the vanguard of a new era, one in which ability trumps noble birth. “Tubes”: What the Internet is made of 2012-05-28T00:30:00Z My name is not Dave, and nor am I – contrary to her assertion – a hitman. A Game of You – review 2013-03-13T09:37:46Z Drake has done a full-length collaborative project before; “What a Time to Be Alive,” with Future, released in 2015, was an assertion of grimy gloss, adding fresh texture to Drake’s already formidable arsenal. ‘Her Loss’ Is Playtime for Drake and 21 Savage 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z The Beatles’ “And I Love Him” was taken so slowly that its breezy assertion of love became a solemn vow. 2010-02-12T00:36:00Z Yet somehow this year, the biennial felt tamer than past efforts, despite the co-curator Gary Carrion-Murayari’s assertion that they had gone looking “for work with active political and social content” to shake up the museum. At the Whitney, Busting Out Quietly 2010-02-26T23:38:00Z China’s recent spectacular land grab in the South China Sea is a fait accompli, given China’s superior power in the area and its assertion that the region is a core national interest. America’s Collision Course With China 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z Yes, there have been concessions to popularity, to the news media and to the Oscar race, and special showings of commercially thirsty releases, but the festival stands on the confident assertion that film is art. The New York Film Festival: Movies for Art’s Sake 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z As the Lib Dem shadow lord chancellor, he was steadfast in his assertion that the war in Iraq was illegal, just as he was unequivocal that there was never any justification for torture. How Alzheimer’s took my brilliant dad, Lord Goodhart, in increments 2017-05-20T04:00:00Z On The Daily Show, Trevor Noah joked about Flynn’s assertion that he wasn’t aware that his calls with Russia would have been recorded. Late-night TV hosts skewer Michael Flynn: 'It's funny 'cause it's treason' 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z Quell the voice inside of you that asks why she rejected you and replace it with an assertion of your rejection of her. I Lost a Boyfriend. Then I Lost a Friend. Now I’m Angry. 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z This applies especially to his jaw-dropping assertion that the cosmetic surgery he underwent was forced on him by his famous lover, specifically to make him look like a younger Liberace. Behind the Candelabra – review 2013-06-06T14:29:02Z Mr. Gardner challenged Mr. Blight’s assertion that “while mourning, people are not easily capable of seeking historical understanding, of taking a long view.” Sept. 11 Memorial Museum Conversation 2012-06-05T16:40:23Z He also took several prominent writing assignments, publishing a 3,473-word essay that summer rebutting Trump’s assertion that special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s Russia investigation was “unconstitutional.” Kellyanne Conway and George Conway confirm they are divorcing 2023-03-04T05:00:00Z Some of her assertions seem disproportionate, as when she claims: “We tell ourselves games in order to live.” Here’s Looking at You, Grid: A History of Crosswords and Their Fans 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z Such sweeping assertions of American narrow-minded venality almost seem aimed at contemporary political debates; this would certainly be in keeping with the museum’s declared ambitions. ‘Americans and the Holocaust’ Review: What We Could Have Done 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z While the corollary of Ms. Rivers’s assertion is golden — i.e., Circa Now: Avoiding Jokers’ Remorse 2013-05-31T18:44:10Z Far from challenging Trump on these assertions, Bartiromo backed him up: “Then they did dumps,” she said, in the parlance of election conspiracy theorists. What happened to Maria Bartiromo? 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z The change in the picture’s meaning — from a celebration of gay desire to a defiant assertion of civil rights — reflects a shift in Tillmans’s work. Wolfgang Tillmans: Older, Wiser, Cooler 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z For all its bickering and hyperbolic assertions, this jury, in the end, performs its sworn duty. Review | Government shutdown aside, Ford’s Theatre stays open and percolates with a multiethnic ‘Twelve Angry Men’ 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z In his assertion of a distinctive American mythos, Johnson’s only rivals in the short story are Ernest Hemingway, Flannery O’Connor and Raymond Carver. Review | Denis Johnson is gone, but he left us one last sublime collection of stories 2018-01-21T05:00:00Z Too bad Einstein was not around to see this assertion proved in “Sleep No More,” Punchdrunk’s beautiful and mysterious version of “Macbeth.” Possessed: Mystery Worker 2011-04-29T23:33:25Z To understand why this unexceptional, common sense assertion is regarded as revolutionary, one must, to some extent at least, understand how the world looks to modern physicists. Time Reborn by Lee Smolin – review 2013-06-06T06:30:01Z His assertion is backed up by some studies showing that childless adults volunteer more for their community. No Kids for Me, Thanks 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z The validity of her assertion was easy enough to gauge from the backstage mob scene that included producers, makeup artists, hairdressers, dressers, publicists, caterers, manicurists, sound and lighting engineers and assorted hangers-on. Zendaya Can Change the World 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z Carnival has always been associated with self-affirmation, assertion of cultural identity and African origins and a parodying of the habits, dress, mores and lifestyle of the oppressor class. The importance of the Notting Hill carnival 2011-08-25T18:59:03Z Although it is common journalistic practice to check factual assertions and question any that could be defamatory, Ms. Argento said she was not given the chance to counter Ms. Albert. Asia Argento and Others Are Angry About Being in JT LeRoy Documentary 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z I disagree with your assertion of what men and women in their first year of university “should” be doing. Ask Amy: Teacher stressed by comparison with ‘Mom’ colleague 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z What I love most is the concentrated, multivocal assertion that Black women and gender nonconforming folks are so multifaceted that they are, in fact, infinite. 6 Great Y.A. Fantasy Novels 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z As C.I.A. analysts well knew, this assertion was false; in retrospect, it would also have the perverse effect of turning Mr. Zarqawi into “an international celebrity and the toast of the Islamist movement.” Review: ‘Black Flags,’ Tracing the Birth of ISIS 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z She treats her potential and actual lovers with sometimes brutal contempt, an assertion of her own power that is also an acknowledgment of their power to hurt her feelings. Movie Review: ‘Paradise: Love,’ First in a Trilogy Directed by Ulrich Seidl 2013-04-25T23:55:47Z Moreover, in their embrace of lawlessness and in their assertion of power over life and death, mobsters could seem masters of the very forces of chance to which gamblers here are in thrall. Museum Review: Mob Museum Opens in Las Vegas 2012-02-14T00:58:51Z The only national fraternity that would back the nerds were the Tri-Lambs, a black fraternity, and the movie clumsily, but earnestly, links the assertion of nerd rights to the larger idea of civil rights. “Revenge of the Nerds” Enters the Brett Kavanaugh Culture War 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z But Mr. Stephani cautioned that, despite assertions by some analysts, the extent of the problem was unknown. After a Year of ‘Rampant’ Cheating, Elite Bridge Tries to Clean Up 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z He was, moreover, witty, skeptical and an active presence on the page, questioning and probing each of the Frankfurt School’s various hypotheses, assertions and insights. ‘Grand Hotel Abyss’: Life among the original anti-consumerists 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z In “I’ll Get You Back Again,” the Famous Artist Problem is rooted in the assertion that the play’s aging musicians, who went by the name the Pisces, are borderline rock legends. Review | Sex, drugs and rock-and-roll: Sounds good? Turns out the formula’s not foolproof. 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z "As you were notified in advance, your current issue of National Enquirer makes numerous false and defamatory assertions about our client Tom Cruise," the three-page letter begins. Tom Cruise attorney threatens National Enquirer with lawsuit 2012-07-12T03:44:01Z The moderators seemed to have no notion that questioning a pack of Republican candidates would be difficult; repeatedly, they lacked material to back up their assertions. CNBC’s GOP debate dumpster fire: The moderators were no match for the lying liars on stage 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z In an article headlined “Russians Balk Film Showings,” The Times reported the assertion that “the Russians were operating a campaign against American movies.” Recalling the First Cannes Film Festival, as a Cold War Brewed in 1946 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z We end with a look at Mad Men's Don Draper and Breaking Bad's Walter White: two sides of the same misery coin and the perfect demonstration of Ron Howard's assertion that "TV is becoming literature". America In Primetime, an engrossing squint at US television 2013-04-20T05:00:00Z Nixon never publicly admitted to being involved in a cover-up, Drew points out, despite the assertion otherwise in the popular play and subsequent movie “Frost/Nixon.” Book review: ‘Washington Journal,’ reporting Watergate, by Elizabeth Drew The assertions by Hitt Contracting, which were first reported on Thursday by the Washington Business Journal, may not overshadow the opening of the renovated museum, which is set for Oct. Contractor Sues Glenstone Museum Foundation for $24 Million 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z Their elaborate primping represents a courageous assertion of identity. In 'Casa Valentina,' cross-dressing men show their feminine side 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z The fact is that these assertions are typically not supported by studies on recidivism rates. The Supreme Court made it harder for states to ban sex offenders from social media. Here’s why 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z And it’s a somewhat off-putting assertion of hipness and exclusivity, what with only 50 of the city’s several hundred galleries invited to participate. Art: Gallery Week, With Zwirner, Nolan, Petzel and More 2010-05-06T22:23:00Z He follows this with a series of questionable assumptions and assertions. World War II Seen by a Classicist, and Other New Books About Conflict 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z Jezebel’s assertion that “The Daily Show” hires few female correspondents was not addressed in the letter. ?Daily Show? Women Defend Jon Stewart in Writing 2010-07-06T22:23:00Z Addie visits Rockport several times, and each visit, though straightforward on its surface, is an assertion of her independence in an era when women's suffrage was a contentious issue. 'The Boston Girl' by Anita Diamant is pleasant but lacks bite 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z Despite what Kristen encourages her daughter to do, her actions don't square with her assertion about trying to find the person underneath the monster. The power of "Evil" compels us to celebrate the monstrous reasons it speaks to us right now 2021-07-25T04:00:00Z He makes assertions with the scantiest of proof, but delivered with utter certainty. How Alex Jones, conspiracy theorist extraordinaire, got Donald Trump’s ear 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z Museums typically prefer to rely on their institutional authority in making assertions about attributions, rarely offering a justification. ‘Leonardo: Discoveries From Verrocchio’s Studio’ Review: Searching for a Master’s Hand 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z Her work is equal parts assertion and denial, an irrefutable proclamation of presence born of resistance and defiance. Mariah Robertson's vigorous tussle with photography 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z And it remains forthright in Hall's assertion that God does exist, and that she is black. The Mountaintop ? review 2011-03-23T17:42:45Z Mr Shenk, once a writer for this newspaper, backs up his assertion with reference to three archetypal creative duos: “the liquid and the container”, “the star and the director” and “the dreamer and the doer”. It takes two 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z “Shrill’s” first declaration, then, is a level-headed assertion of legal fact — when a woman decides she needs an abortion, she should have one, unimpeded. Review | ‘Shrill’ and ‘Turn Up Charlie’ are passably cool TV shows that try too hard to be passably cool TV shows 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z That the statement is addressed to Knausgaard’s living fourth child undercuts the drama of this assertion, but its poignancy remains. In Knausgaard’s ‘Spring,’ a Man Considers How Best to Help His Sick Wife 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z Since Obama's first presidential run in 2008, fringe groups and some opponents have espoused rumours that he is secretly a Muslim, alongside other unfounded assertions that he was born outside the US. Madonna defends 'black Muslim' Obama endorsement 2012-09-26T06:22:46Z From there, the evidence D'Souza uses to support his assertion starts to grow thin. FACT CHECK: Anti-Obama film muddy on facts 2012-08-28T12:22:16Z His assertion that well-known entities are toys to be played with, and not fragile, has set the terms for a generation of creative thinkers. Louis Vuitton Meets Nike in Virgil Abloh’s Dream Sneaker 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z Majmudar uses this space to discuss his faith and his translation decisions, as well as to make a curious assertion: “I prefer to let my Gita float free of history or geography,” he writes. In ‘Godsong,’ a New Poem That’s 2,000 Years Old 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z I couldn't agree more with the assertion that today's travellers want real interactions. Hotels vs. Airbnb: Let the Battle Begin 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z Harris also weighed in on former Vice President Mike Pence’s assertion that he should not have to answer a federal grand jury subpoena to testify about Jan. 6. Kamala Harris Stops By to Chat With Stephen Colbert 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z She blithely accepts her husband’s assertions because he’s a surgeon, after all. ‘Prudence,’ by David Treuer 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z “I don’t know of any research that supports this assertion or the efficacy of this teaching point,” he said. The fake war on grandma kisses 2014-01-12T00:00:00Z Best of all, she rebuffed Kirsty Young's cheeky assertion that to prefer to be single is to have written herself off, and that she could "enrich" someone else's life. Radio head: Desert Island Discs 2010-08-18T06:29:00Z The celebration of simulacra of old-style craft and the assertion of cinema’s crucial value to the commonweal are at the same time assertions of the importance of critics. The Best Movies of 2014 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z "This is an unprecedented use of congressional power," Clement said in an interview, insisting the government's assertion of authority on health insurance opened the door to extraordinary control over other areas. Obama healthcare law faces high court hearing 2012-03-23T11:20:00Z “Miller was elaborating on the president’s own assertion,” he said. Lying took down Flynn, but it seems to be just fine on the Sunday talk shows 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z “But there are many assertions in the report that go contrary to the facts.” Famed directors denounce sexual abuse in Japanese filmmaking 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z Most Americans know Thoreau from reading “Walden,” with its simple assertion, “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately.” Thoreau’s Wilderness Legacy, Beyond the Shores of Walden Pond 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z Second, our weak economy has probably raised the bar for displays of competitiveness and semi-bald assertions of self-worth. Circa Now: Bah, Humblebrag: The (Unfortunate) Rise of False Humility 2012-11-30T20:49:55Z Should such assertions just hang in the air like a bad stench? ‘Ranger Games’ Investigates a Crime and a Soldier’s Mind 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z Despite the recent popular assertion that movie releases are moving to a year-round schedule with fewer dead zones, August remains a predictably sleepy month for theaters. Box Office disaster: Lackluster releases, Mayweather-McGregor, Hurricane Harvey create slowest weekend in over 15 years 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z It is ever present in the corners of one's field of vision, apparently motiveless and meaningless beyond it's own assertion of presence. The culture of tube graffiti is dying 2012-07-09T12:50:00Z The Birdsong family rejected Lander’s assertion that they had never been there to help or offer financial assistance. The Family of a Former Supreme Battles for Control of Her Life 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z He realizes intentions and assertions rather than experiences. Pedro Almodóvar’s Stifled “Pain and Glory” 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z But there is a significance to this comically grandiose assertion of identity that the casual visitor might miss. Art Review: ‘Judith Bernstein: HARD’ at the New Museum 2012-12-20T23:01:31Z It's Stein's assertion that Spain has not been given its proper due in cookery circles until quite recently. TV highlights 14/07/2011: Rick Stein's Spain 2011-07-13T20:59:01Z An echo of the famous assertion of paternity in the “Star Wars” saga. Carrie Fisher, a Princess, a Rebel and a Brave Comic Voice 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z Her main assertion, the core of her anxiety, is that the acknowledgment of transgenderism somehow erases her own experiences. Perspective | J.K. Rowling’s Twitter comments about transgender women treat equality like it’s a zero-sum game 2020-06-07T04:00:00Z In short, the tech platforms responded to challenges of user moderation with performances of helplessness hiding assertions of power. What Was Donald Trump’s Twitter? 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z Special agent Doug Matthews, who is still very much the secret sauce of the series, finds this assertion laughable. HBO's true crime series finale reveals the FBI informant in a real-life twist that is truly stranger 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z Apple declined to comment on the rapper’s assertion. Chance the Rapper Says His Apple Music Deal Was Worth $500,000 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z The film is shy when it comes to making assertions about Churchill's character, presenting him without flaws, as nothing but a fount of perpetual derring-do. Young Winston: close, but no cigar | Reel history 2010-03-25T08:00:00Z Coetzee unpacks the “why?” he has David ask in response to Simón’s assertion that fantasy is unreal and the unreal is dangerous. J.M. Coetzee’s Jesus Sees the World as Don Quixote Does 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z It is, instead, a heroic feat of counterprogramming, an assertion of the wonderfulness of movies in the face of a reality determined with each day to find new ways to be awful. Wonders in a Grim World: The New York Film Festival’s Best Trick 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z IBM, for example, disputes that he invented the floppy disk, and I daresay there are alternative versions of his assertion that he invented karaoke. Kids in care and The Invention of Dr Nakamats 2010-10-06T07:00:00Z Other news outlets, including CBS, took the additional step of fact-checking the content of the online version’s assertions, specifically the video’s declarations that Democrats let Bracamontes into the country and "Democrats let him stay." NBC just can’t quit Trump: Anti-immigrant ad flouted the network’s “respect and dignity”... 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z Offering a robust defence of this assertion, the barrister and ex-prison chaplain's first TV series explores how our legal system has developed down the centuries. TV highlights 20/06/2012 2012-06-19T18:59:01Z On this last point, the auction statistics suggest it is still all-male at the top, as does the assertion by the feminist artist Judy Chicago that only 2.7% of art books concern female artists. Women in art: why are all the 'great' artists men? 2013-05-24T12:09:09Z Greenfield doesn’t overtly challenge this assertion, perhaps because it’s so ridiculous. ‘The Kingmaker’ Review: The Power and Vainglory of Imelda Marcos 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z For a brief, bleak period in the early 2000s, it was acceptable for straight men to punctuate gestures of perceived male-male intimacy with the assertion “no homo.” New Fiction Traces the Anguish of Lost Young Men 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z An investigation at the time found that McChrystal was "accountable for the inaccurate and misleading assertions" contained in papers recommending that Tillman get a Silver Star award. White House summons US general to explain himself 2010-06-22T12:12:00Z The most charged assertions come from Ms. Houston’s former bodyguard David Roberts, who says his warnings about the singer’s need for help went unheeded. Review: A Whitney Houston Documentary, Dutifully Respectful 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z Nor does he make such assertions to Sanders, with whom he debates the merits of a universal healthcare plan. Sacha Baron Cohen reveals “Who Is America?” and the answer is terrifying 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z But it seems to me an assertion of what is constant in human experience, the petty losses and sorrows of the personal life pitched against the enormous horror of the camps. Why Vittorio de Sica is one of Europe’s greatest tragic film-makers 2015-08-08T04:00:00Z Each item signifies an indulgence of freedom, a novel assertion of ownership. Life After Prison for Women Who Are Convicted of Murder 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z But Trump’s brazenness and his insistent “assertion of prerogative,” the authors write, could teach us something by shining a klieg light on the shadowy corners of executive power. How Trump Is Remaking the Highest Office in His Own Image 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z The idea of nationalism that Mr. Parker embraces is a decidedly old-fashioned one, based above all on the assertion of manhood. Review: In Nate Parker’s ‘The Birth of a Nation,’ Must-See and Won’t-See Collide 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z Interesting idea, though the piece contains all the New Yorkers-writing-about-California doozies, including the obligatory reference to Botox, as well as the incorrect assertion that the O.C. is the only Republican stronghold in the entire state. Roundup: Da Vinci developer speaks, Gurlitt's hoard, Le Corbusier's past 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z “And by the way, I will stand by every word and assertion in the script.” Stop defending an irresponsible movie and start apologising | Benjamin Lee 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z Most importantly, the conductor paid apt attention to the emotional complexity of the Second Symphony, a mature masterpiece too often diminished by blithe assertions of its allegedly “sunny” disposition. Thomas Dausgaard leads Seattle Symphony in a deeply satisfying Brahms program 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z Rushdie also took issue with Mishra's assertion that "violence and exploitation underpin all nation states, democratic or not", calling it a " satanic view of human society". Salman Rushdie defends his right to call Mo Yan a 'patsy' 2012-12-17T13:20:34Z Remove the claim that he was thinking without a brain, and we’re left with the assertion that his vision was all too incredibly incredible to be the product of stodgy old gray matter alone. Dr. Eben Alexander’s so-called after-life 2012-11-26T16:00:00Z The lawyer produced an affidavit from Madonna, the actor’s ex-wife, that refuted the director’s assertions. Prominent Lawyer in Discussions to Represent Britney Spears 2021-07-11T04:00:00Z And the festival’s very existence has always been a rejection of President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia’s assertion that there is no real Ukrainian culture. Planned Before War, a Festival Embraces New Ukrainian Music 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z As for the assertion about Sue, at his institution, having the blues over losing her primacy, “I'm not gonna put her on Prozac just yet,” Makovicky said. Spinosaurus aegyptiacus revealed to be first semiaquatic dinosaur 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z I question the assertion that "Girl" was not considered a major work until the 1995 exhibition of Vermeer's work at the National Gallery of Art here in Washington. Uncovering the Secrets of the ‘Girl With a Pearl Earring’ 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z His "Träumerei" — his entire recital, for that matter — was a marvel, not of assertion, but of delicate suggestion. Review: Hersh recital opens Olympic Music Festival season 2010-07-04T18:03:00Z But the assertion that men “deserve” or should be allowed to expect this is something else altogether. No, Catcalling Is Not a Form of Empowerment 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z However, Catton said she was glad that the changes removed the artificial restrictions of nationality from the prize, echoing assertions from Man Booker organizers that the award will become the world's biggest English-language fiction award. New Zealand's Eleanor Catton wins 2013 Man Booker prize 2013-10-16T00:15:22Z However much those assertions rankle historians, we can't, as the illuminating classicist Mary Beard likes to say, get rid of ancient Rome. 'Norma' and 'La Clemenza di Tito' make for a Roman feast 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z For starters, there’s an active debate in some newsrooms, ongoing since the campaign, about how to describe the Trump administration’s more outrageous statements and assertions. Trump’s ‘war’ with the media (and the facts) forces journalists to question their role 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z The girl claims she “said it was fact or opinion… Based on my religion and based on what I think and believe, I do not think it was a commonplace assertion.” Keep God out of public schools: There are no heroes in Texas student’s “is God real?” assignment controversy 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z This is an assertion utterly continuous with those Joyce made inside its covers. 'Ulysses' and the Moral Right to Pleasure 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z But the play does show Hewitt admitting he knew Diana more than a year before Harry's birth in 1984, contradicting his earlier assertions that he met her when Harry was a toddler. Diana play 'clunky' and 'clueless' 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z “If somebody did the research and put it in a book, then maybe it must be true. And I never forgot that assertion was made.” Kerry James Marshall’s Black Birds Take Flight in a New Series 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z "My top-note is frivolity/But beneath, dark passions guide me" – coming from a poem, this is not an assertion we should take purely at face value, but it's something we should consider. Selected Poems by Sophie Hannah – review 2013-05-21T13:02:48Z Well, that along with the bold assertion that what happened next would never be forgotten. The Mystery of Magic’s Greatest Card Trick 2021-05-23T04:00:00Z That reasonable assertion helped set the terms for “Very Very Threadgill,” an ambitious two-day festival of his music, and a celebration of his legacy and influence in the American avant-garde. Henry Threadgill Festival at Harlem Stage 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z This week, Lydia took issue with SophieScribe's assertion that the novel was a 'story of real life'. Reader reviews roundup 2013-04-12T07:00:00Z It is difficult to sort out the peculiarities of that eccentric relationship, along with several others in which Lazarus combined an acolyte’s submission with prideful assertion. Exhibition Review: ?Emma Lazarus? at Museum of Jewish Heritage - Review 2012-01-03T22:12:56Z Finally, an astounding volume of passionate assertion, opinion, rhetoric, rumor and spin — on all sides — is going to be subject to courtroom standards of fact and evidence. What you need to know as the fate of the Corcoran Gallery is argued in court But we are meant to take him with a grain, or a bigger grain — a block, even — of salt, as for all the assertions of his genius, most of which come from his own mouth. Dennis Leary's 'Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll' shows some promise 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z I remember even as a pre-teen being a little exasperated by the assertion that a multi-course Thanksgiving dinner comes together through the power of some kind of intangible holiday magic. If entertaining is a domestic performance, let Thanksgiving be camp 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z Beyond any other image concerns, though, is the series' assertion that these problems aren't expressly of this administration's making. "Where are the good Americans?": "Immigration Nation" brings systemic exploitation to our TVs 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z Mr. Russell’s assertion that he was pulling a prank seems implausible. ‘Daily Show’ Successor Trevor Noah Finds Himself Catching Criticism, Not Dealing It Out 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z Tarantino supported Thurman’s assertions that he had asked her to drive at a particular speed so that her hair would be blowing. Tarantino responds to Uma Thurman crash claim: 'The biggest regret of my life' 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z The statement called Gibney’s sources “obsessive, disgruntled former church members” and said the filmmaker refused to speak to 25 people with “firsthand knowledge regarding assertions made in Mr. Wright’s book.” Sundance 2015: Scientology, Cruise, Travolta and a hot premiere 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z The “clear essence” of the text was the assertion of “friendship between our Brotherly Nations,” which have “common historical and cultural roots and destiny,” he argues, pointing out that his own mother hails from Kiev. Pacific Day marks the Maori New Year Groups, on the other hand, are assertions of opinion. Mohsin Hamid: 'Islam is not a monolith' 2013-05-19T19:00:07Z Shelden’s assertion, for example, that the birth of Morewood’s son was accompanied by “the knowing glances of astute observers” is highly speculative, to put it mildly. Do you know the truth behind Herman Melville’s ‘Moby-Dick’? 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z And her assertion that her class in “Renaissance polyphony” is “nothing sexual” elicits a chorus of “Neither are you!” Film: Attitude Adjustment: How Harvard Views ?Love Story? 2010-08-22T01:13:00Z Mr. Noah also criticized Mr. Trump for going out of his way to claim that President Obama often failed to contact the families of fallen soldiers, an unsubstantiated assertion that added a layer of controversy. Trevor Noah Isn’t Surprised That Trump Offended a Fallen Soldier’s Widow 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z Geragos later repeated the assertions to TMZ, according to the website, saying he made those comments on Twitter "because it's true." Dr. Luke sues Kesha's attorney, saying he linked Luke to Lady Gaga rape 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z The story of a bandaged woman worried about her surgery ends with one of the show’s most essential big reveals, representative of Serling’s assertion that perception can be fluid and subjective. ‘The Twilight Zone’: Here’s Why We Still Care 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z The bluntness of these assertions is tempered by the easygoing melodiousness of Ms. Crow’s score. Review: Adding the Women’s Side to the ‘Diner’ Menu 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z The Echo refuted those assertions Tuesday in a statement from artistic director Chris Fields. Echo Theater's feud with playwright takes some strange twists 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z In foreign affairs, furthermore, endings often tend toward the messy and unhappy — a condition, as Greene understood, that no wishful thinking or assertions of innocence are likely to alter. When America’s Cold War Strategy Turned Corrupt 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z Shakespeare’s assertion that the “devil hath power t’assume a pleasing shape” is confirmed many times over. Review: The Devil Went Down to Chelsea to See ‘Prudencia Hart’ 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z And the unnerving part is that, by your account, your husband is using manipulation tactics and outright assertion of control to get more of his needs met. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: He’s painfully shy — until it comes to manipulating his wife 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z “This is one of the coolest things I’ve ever worn?” she says, her inflection rising at the end, as it often does, lending even her most confident assertions an equivocal note. Booksmart star Beanie Feldstein: ‘Everyone said we didn’t belong in LA’ 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z Mr. St. Lawrence wrote in response, “Your continued assertion that ‘nothing has been done’ has no basis in fact,” and offered to store the house’s contents free at a town facility. Efforts to Preserve Henry Varnum Poor’s House and Its History Have Stalled 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z But to judge by much of the literature, it’s precisely the more categorical assertions of rationality that have endowed the movement with its intellectual cachet. Effective Altruism Warned of Risks. Did It Also Incentivize Them? 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z Few 20th-century artists corroborated as insistently Schiller’s assertion that “all art is dedicated to joy.” An Appraisal: An Artist of Selective Abandon 2011-07-06T18:34:22Z Rankine's reliance on second-person point of view is grounded in Toni Morrison's assertion that the focus on the Black body as a racialized subject must be shifted toward a critique of whiteness. Best of 2020: George Floyd and the white gaze 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z Dances, choreographed by Faye Driscoll, become cathartic exercises in frustration, as well as defiant assertions of strength by a woman who has watched both of her parents lose their mobility. | 'The Truth: A Tragedy': Cynthia Hopkins Excavates Her Father?s Life 2010-05-14T04:08:00Z But the main thing here is that these people are in conversation, which is in itself an assertion of human life, of community, of our ability to reciprocally confirm one another’s identities. Review: Same Apple Family, New Kind of Theater 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z Like Toller’s diary, his film is an assertion of order in the face of chaos, an effort to organize something that is by its very nature an unholy mess: one person’s life. Review: ‘First Reformed’ Is an Epiphany. Ethan Hawke Is, Too. 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z She added that the assertion that she could be fired over listening to Swift in the White House was “astonishing.” Former Trump aide said she was told not to play Taylor Swift at the White House 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z If you scythe away the thickets of Hendrickson’s alluringly presented prevarications, his assertion comes down to this: In his “Autobiography,” Wright confessed “shame” and “remorse” at some of his more egregious conduct. Architecture’s Most Irredeemable Cad 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z Multiple former staffers have said Mr. Edelstein’s behavior was known to administrators and board members at the theater, but Ms. Pappano has called such an assertion “misleading.” Long Wharf Theater’s Artistic Director Fired Over Sexual Misconduct Accusations 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z "The quote is an assertion of rights to land by the people who work it," notes Esparza. Artist Rafa Esparza is using 5,000 adobe bricks to make a building-inside-a-building in Hollywood 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z As the president’s assertion that “no human” would want to live in the majority-black city drew national condemnation as racist, the post also gained attention. A Baltimore shop put Trump’s tweets on a best-selling mug. Some profits will go to help the city. 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z A Church of Scientology spokeswoman called the assertions in the film “entirely false.” Sundance 2015: Scientology, Cruise, Travolta and a hot premiere 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z They also are seeking an assertion of manhood and feeling like strong and powerful men with missions. After Charlottesville, solving the problem of angry men: What does healthy masculinity look like? 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z A few weeks later, Mendelsohn read conservative commentator Tomi Lahren’s assertion that the country needed to punish the “illegal behavior” of undocumented immigrants. She saw anti-immigration politicians as hypocrites. So she launched ‘resistance genealogy.’ 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z There is no credible evidence for any of the assertions made in support of unusual events taking place in December 2012,” the government agency said in a blog post. 5 craziest responses to the approaching Mayan apocalypse 2012-12-11T18:23:00Z This is the novel's grace note, Egan's assertion that the authentic can still spark and flare even when the entire apparatus surrounding it is calculated and artificial. How novels came to terms with the internet 2011-01-15T00:06:06Z He hopes to defuse the prevailing “hysteria” by establishing that both sides are correct in at least one fundamental assertion. Books Of the Times: Craig R. Whitney’s ‘Living With Guns’ Nods to Both Sides 2012-12-25T22:41:52Z Some viewers criticized the Frankes for this, as well as their repeated assertions that children do not deserve privacy. What the Ruby Franke story says about the Christian right 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z Being on top simply requires the application of confidence and assertion and a willingness to perform masculinity according to what is normative. Why men have so much trouble making friends 2014-04-12T16:00:00Z These qualities obscure what connects the crimes: not sex, as many assume, but power — more specifically, men’s assertion of power over women. A Sister’s Murder and the Language of Violence 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z Because David Kaczynski doesn’t provide a basic timeline of the family’s life, even the fascinating cache of family photos doesn’t reinforce the book’s assertions but rather adds to its mysteries. ‘Every Last Tie’ by David Kaczynski: a long-awaited look at the Unabomber 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z Green Pearl, the company that organized the real estate conference, did not immediately respond to an email asking for a comment on Ms. Quinter’s assertions and for details of the arrangement to rent the museum. Art and Real Estate Collide at Events in the Bronx and at the Brooklyn Museum 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z It informs intelligently, and ends with a powerful assertion of the children's rights that are enshrined, thanks to Dr Korczak's example, in the UN charter. Dr Korczak's Example – review 2012-09-28T17:15:44Z News Corporation officials insisted it was an isolated incident spawned by a rogue reporter, an assertion that turned Davies into something of a rogue himself because he knew better. ‘Hack Attack,’ About a Rupert Murdoch Paper’s Trials, by Nick Davies 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z In "A Book of One's Own," his 1984 study of diaries, Thomas Mallon made the debatable assertion that "no one ever kept a diary just for himself." 'The Folded Clock' an engaging portrait of a woman's sense of identity 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z He was less persistent with Ms. Deen, and instead of following up her assertion, wrapped up the interview. The TV Watch: Cooking Up Redemption, With a Dollop of Denial 2013-06-26T22:10:13Z In opening-night speeches broadcast live on German television, the country’s culture minister and the mayor of Berlin spoke of the importance of culture as an assertion of free expression in the face of repression. ‘Queen of the Desert’ Debuts in Berlin 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z That assertion is a celebration of his creativity, but also a proxy for his burden. Review: The Only Big Name Here Is Still J. Cole’s 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z All of this is happening while Carlson promoted Musk's assortment of unsubstantiated assertions ranging from the ludicrous to the outright alarmist. Elon Musk and "Tucker Carlson Tonight": A distracting match made in misinformation paradise 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z But the only way to respond to an assertion like Guralnick’s is to say: No, it couldn’t. The Music Biographer Peter Guralnick’s New Book Covers Many Subjects — Including Himself 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z From the late 20s until the late 50s, when TV dimmed its light, the film musical became a thing of wonder, a refuge in time of recession and war, an assertion of the human spirit. Can Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone’s La La Land help us handle the Trump era? 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z The Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office, which is prosecuting the case, objected to the request for recusal in court papers in which it referred to the assertions of partiality as “unfounded and malicious allegations.” Bill Cosby Wants to Replace Judge in His New Assault Trial 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z Its assertion that "a work of art is a gift not a commodity" raises some profound, and important questions about the nature of the literary transaction. The great book giveaway 2011-01-17T15:00:01Z A tape of the proceeding reveals that CDC officials did, indeed, let Kennedy’s and Hyman’s assertions about thimersol’s toxicity stand mostly unchallenged. Robert Kennedy Jr.’s belief in autism-vaccine connection, and its political peril As if to emphasized that assertion, a reporter combing through the new set of Gaymoji in search of something that would symbolize a person of Mr. Simkhai’s vintage could find only one. Gaymoji: A New Language for That Search 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z “It shows conviction,” he said, “and that they believe in what they’re saying. It’s an assertion that ‘I am here. A video of Beto O’Rourke’s wild hand gestures went viral. Does distinctive body language help or hurt a candidate? 2019-03-16T04:00:00Z But more than any of that, there’s an assertion that the roughness itself is the beauty. For David Smith, Sculptor and Painter, a Happy Equilibrium in White 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z And when Segismundo is told that his previous experience was a dream, might this assertion contain truth? Review | In GALA’s ‘Life Is a Dream,’ freewheeling ideas but stiff storytelling 2019-09-15T04:00:00Z It uses vintage film clips and other archival material to flesh out the assertion, describing the world of the first half of the 1900s through teenage eyes. Movie Listings for March 21-27 2014-03-20T22:36:36Z The case for segregation itself rested heavily on the assertion that animal origins made Negroes feebleminded, smelly and intolerably offensive to white sensibilities. Roseanne and America’s white victim complex: Why canceling her show isn’t enough 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z The very question is an assertion that mindfulness is an attribute of God, as well as of man, a statement of the sense of deep meaning inhering in mindfulness. Marilynne Robinson: Can science solve life's mysteries? 2010-06-04T23:06:00Z Guests soon learned the truth of this assertion. Marina Abramovic?s Crossover Moment 2011-11-18T23:58:05Z Necessarily contingent and backward glancing, taking both their time and the long view, these essays now read like antidotes to hot takes and imperious, conversation-halting assertions. The Rock Critic Robert Christgau’s Big-Hearted Theory of Pop 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z "I don't know why they made the decision to say or do certain things – what I say is true," she said, referring to her assertion that she took only "the clear," and without knowing it. Marion Jones: 'I'm a sucker for a challenge' 2010-05-29T23:05:00Z He supports Russia’s view that the Ukrainian revolution of 2014 was a CIA plot aimed at driving a wedge between Russia and Ukraine, and rejects the assertion that Russia hacked the US presidential election. Stone/Putin: will their TV debate rival Frost/Nixon? 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z Reflecting the onscreen heroism portrayed by men like Gibson and Wayne, this masculine ideal condoned violence in the pursuit of righteousness and justified a vigorous, even ruthless assertion of power. From Donald Trump to John Wayne: How to become a hero of the Christian Right 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z But when the phrase is used, it’s often as a shorthand for extreme assertion and overconfidence. Perspective | I walked ‘like a man’ for a week, and here’s what I realized. 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z But it’s an assertion of independence, more so when you remember that in the first season she was confiding in a therapist who was secretly reporting to Don. Why Mad Men Needed Betty 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z Last month, he reacted to the president's assertion that the 2020 election would likely be rigged in the event that he loses. Former Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley: "I am a Trump supporter" 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z From the blues to the experimental fringe, the guitar usually represents some promise of self-possession, assertion, independence. Alternative Guitar Summit: Don’t Expect Three Chords and the Truth 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z Bradlee was naturally suspicious of assertions — by presidents, especially — that stories should be withheld on national security grounds, as demonstrated time and again by spurious claims, including in the Pentagon Papers case. The Ben Bradlee we knew: Friend, fierce editor and a truth-seeker above all Lerner’s argument is founded upon his assertion that “the poet is a tragic figure. The poem is always a record of failure.” Ben Lerner considers the hatred of poetry; Marie Ponsot celebrates its joys 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z The most prominent early adopters of “lie” were the New York Times and the Associated Press, both of which slapped a big L on Trump’s “birtherism” assertions during the presidential campaign. Lies? The news media is starting to describe Trump’s ‘falsehoods’ that way. 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z Patricia comes to him with assertions—and a diary—in which she sets out the connection between the group’s political terrorism, witchcraft, and the Markos Dance Company. Review: Luca Guadagnino’s “Suspiria” Is the Cinematic Equivalent of a Designer Che T-shirt 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z Modernity is seen only as wearing skimpy clothes, not plurality and the assertion of the individual's rights. India gang rape outcry provokes fierce debate on attitudes to women 2013-01-15T12:45:18Z More than a few people questioned my assertion. Analyzing the White Stripes' iconic break up 2011-02-03T19:08:35Z He is particularly annoyed by his assertion that high ticket prices are not the problem everyone seems to think they are. Noises off: The worst of times, or the best of times? 2011-04-07T16:59:28Z What’s curious, then, is not so much the careful avoidance of politics — politicians are really good at this — but Sasse’s repeated assertions that political solutions are meaningless. In Two New Books, Unhappy Conservatives Ask: What Now? 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z However witnesses dispute the assertion that the shooter was with the protesters. Police and witnesses have conflicting accounts of Ferguson shooting 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z All of these bring us to a rebuttal to that producer’s assertion that “Bird Box” is “not a watch for the faint of heart.” Why "Bird Box" is smashing Netflix records: We're so close to apocalypse ourselves 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z The British Sugar Bureau dismissed Yudkin’s claims about sugar as “emotional assertions”; the World Sugar Research Organisation called his book “science fiction”. The sugar conspiracy | Ian Leslie 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z Reading up recently on the playwright Tina Howe, I was struck by an assertion she made several years ago: that male and female playwrights have different notions of what is stageworthy. When Women Won’t Accept Theatrical Manspreading 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z A: I think that the assertion that the reporting of these events will incite more violence and copycat behavior is an assertion. ‘Pachinko’ author Min Jin Lee on wrapping up trilogy about Korean life 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z There are good things and they are good, even though the bad things are bad. The mentioning of something good does not require the automatic assertion of a bad thing. Hey, left wing: Quit griping! 2012-09-27T14:00:00Z In egalitarian Sweden, the family is seen as a model of how to expand a company through generations without squabbles and the appointment will be made according to experience rather than assertions of birthright. Sweden's Wallenberg dynasty prepares for sixth generation 2014-11-23T05:00:00Z The novel’s conceits — including the assertion that its hero, Billy Pilgrim, is “unstuck in time,” bouncing around his own life like a pinball — were conveyed in a deceptively relaxed, accessible style. ‘Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time’ Review: An Idol Shares the Camera 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z They dismissed Minimalism’s premise that art had to be abstract, laughed at the post-Minimalist belief that painting was dead and largely ignored the Pictures Generation assertion that the only good image was a photo-based one. ‘Chris Ofili: Night and Day,’ a Survey at the New Museum 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z Why can't you Allen haters admit you have a bias against him based on phony allegations, assertions, claims and propaganda. My Woody Allen Problem 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z Krieps once commented in an interview that she believed in “chaos” – a startling assertion. Actor Vicky Krieps: ‘I spent a whole day staring into greenery to avoid Daniel Day-Lewis’ 2018-01-21T05:00:00Z Front and centre is Donald Trump’s assertion that “in the old days, deserters were shot”. Serial recap – season two episode one: DUSTWUN 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z The Montgomery County district attorney, Kevin R. Steele, described the interview and chapter in court papers as “powerful and damaging admissions,” that buttress the assertion that Mr. Cosby was comfortable using drugs to overcome women. Prosecutors Want Cosby ‘Spanish Fly’ Comments as Evidence at Trial 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z That assertion is not entirely accurate, since the kids never would have been kicking one another into walls if they weren't acting as proxies in Johnny and Daniel's ceaseless rivalry. In its third season, "Cobra Kai's" one-note villain knocks it off its game 2021-01-01T05:00:00Z As with almost any encounter with Mr. Breitbart, the next 90 minutes between the former strangers was punctuated by laughs, some outrageous political assertions and repeated interruptions as Mr. Breitbart checked his smartphone. The Life and Death of Andrew Breitbart 2012-04-13T23:02:42Z Cohen’s guilty plea challenges Howard’s assertion earlier this year that Trump had no influence over the Enquirer’s coverage. Publisher of the National Enquirer admits to hush-money payments made on Trump’s behalf 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z I turned to gauge Kelly’s reaction to her friend’s ridiculous assertion. “Do we know any poor people?” 2017-05-14T04:00:00Z Or that it was widely viewed within black cultural circles as an insult, a blunt assertion by the white establishment that African-American art wasn’t good enough to show. What I Learned From a Disgraced Art Show on Harlem 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z “He didn’t particularly believe in folk melody or folk rhythm as an inspiration. Rubinstein would have been more attracted to an international language of culture and audience that wasn’t simply an instrument of national assertion.” It Was Russia’s Most Popular Opera. Then It Disappeared. 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z In that space, two and two do not have to equal four, and the most recent assertion need not remember the contradictory assertion that was made a few seconds earlier.” What Would Shakespeare Have Made of Donald Trump? 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z It’s an anachronistic assertion of divine right retooled to recognize that even hereditary rulers have to argue their relevance. Charles III Was Crowned King. But Can He Ever Be the Star? 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z But it offers no reporting to back up that assertion. A tip from a ‘concerned citizen’ helps a reporter land the scoop of a lifetime about Northam 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z It’s an assertion he’s fond of repeating, but whether he means it as a boast, a guilty confession or a license to break the law depends on a shifting moral perspective that remains frustratingly ambiguous. Journey on race relations takes some wrongs turns in 'White Guy on the Bus' 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z You overlook not only its extraordinary visual dynamism, but its value as a moving assertion of spiritual vitality, individual brilliance and collective tradition. Introducing the greatest aboriginal artist unknown in America 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z The item contained so many goofy assertions that, the following month, when Drudge broke the story about Bill Clinton’s dalliance with Monica Lewinsky, I dismissed it, thinking, That guy doesn’t get anything right. Titanic, TIME and Me 2012-04-04T20:24:41Z Early on, there are clear indications that the monks’ gentle assertions about the boy’s spiritual destiny are backed up by solid evidence that only a dogged skeptic, or blatant idiot, could ignore. ‘The Oldest Boy,’ by Sarah Ruhl, Opens at Lincoln Center 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z However, the professor’s central assertion remains strong: that the solidarity of kinship is a stacked deck. In-work dining at Silicon Valley companies like Google and Facebook causes spike in divorce rate 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z My opinion about people's assertion that it's never going to change, and that it's always going to be like this, is that's just not evidence based. A former advice columnist on the pain problem that persists and his enduring answer, 15 years later 2021-07-24T04:00:00Z It takes a healthy ego to make such an assertion, especially since a crusader’s lot is not always a popular one. A playwright who wants to change society, not merely observe it 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z That de Man himself was uneasy about the assertion is evident from the fact that he struck it out, and it did not appear in the typescript or printed versions of this letter. How Paul de Man hid his past 2014-03-30T15:00:00Z Most notably, the detective wrote that Arden did not want to press charges against Epstein but wanted him warned about his behavior, an assertion that she strongly denies. Early Epstein accuser: Police could have stopped him in 1997 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z In the tradition of Theodor Adorno’s assertion that “writing poetry after Auschwitz is barbaric,” Calderon is dubious about the possibility of commemorating human suffering. 'Mateluna' at REDCAT: Part high-concept political drama, part true-crime mystery 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z Bolster derives the title and its assertion from an extended history of the fisheries in the North American Atlantic between Cape Cod and Newfoundland. I lost my virginity in a waterfront brothel 2013-06-03T15:32:00Z Part of the response was urgent and earnest—another assertion of cosmopolitan values during a time of ascendant reactionary politics. This Is the Joke That Liberals Need 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z She repeated her assertion that Mr. Mueller put his hand up her dress and grabbed her bottom as he posed for a photograph with her before a concert in Denver on June 2, 2013. Taylor Swift Says Man Groped Her in ‘Devious and Sneaky Act’ 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z The media world was blown off its axis as President Trump fired FBI Director James B. Comey on Tuesday, unleashing a hurricane of assertions, counterclaims, obfuscations and threats. Perspective | ‘Dude fires people’: How the chaotic Trump news cycle confuses and misinforms the public 2017-05-14T04:00:00Z Their minaret-like shape is a defiant Islamic claim upon the modern world and an assertion of Malaysia’s place in the comity of nations. T Magazine: Beyond the Melting Pot 2011-05-16T19:45:36Z Karol Szymanowski’s Symphony No. 3, though written against the backdrop of Polish cultural assertion, sounds like an unworldly hallucination fueled by readings of Persian poetry. Composers Struck by Homeland Fever 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z This is not a criticism but a gratuitous assertion that the argument’s conclusion is false. Can we prove that God exists? Richard Dawkins and the limits of faith and atheism 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z A spokesman for the U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan did not immediately comment on Bezos’s assertion that AMI had committed extortion. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos accuses National Enquirer of extortion over intimate photos 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z But in order to sustain his assertion that cholesterol causes heart attacks, he needed to identify an agent that raises its levels in the blood – he landed on saturated fats. The sugar conspiracy | Ian Leslie 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which organizes the awards show, earlier in the day denied Gervais' initial assertion in a blog that "organizers asked me to consider a third year." Gervais says NBC wants him to host Globes again 2011-02-02T03:42:49Z In my study, some participants who identify as polyamorous – all of whom I refer to with pseudonyms – seemed to agree with Savage's assertion. Polyamorous relationships under severe strain during the pandemic 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z Later, if they were to look up the documentary in question, they would find that it has been widely criticized by scientists, and many of its inflammatory assertions have been debunked. ‘These are all fake news,’ said the honor student. He was wrong. 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z And her revenge, vicious as it is, is her ultimate assertion of self. Sansa Stark has always been a warrior: She’s been fierce all along — and it kept her alive 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z A lawsuit against the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum followed, based on Davis' assertion that East Bay officials did not deliver on promises when the team returned in 1995. Raiders owner Al Davis dies at 82 2011-10-08T16:27:00Z Thus many interesting quotations are cloaked in anonymity, and many interesting statements are unsupported assertions. Circulation: William Harvey's Revolutionary Idea by Thomas Wright – review 2012-06-06T09:50:01Z It turned testy as he was challenged on his assertion that Islam was a "religion of war" compared to other major faiths, and his defense of contentious Israeli policies. Hamas scion turned Israel spy making film on Islam 2012-06-19T17:56:05Z Contrary to Farrow’s assertions, “there is no evidence of a pattern” of earlier claims, said the executive, who spoke with NBC’s approval but would not be identified. Ronan Farrow overcame spies and intimidation to break some of the biggest stories of the #MeToo era 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z No one has a right to make unsubstantiated assertions, or vouch for the truthfulness of unsubstantiated assertions on the basis of “sacred” texts, without expecting objections from thinking folk. 15 ways atheists can stand up for rationality 2014-01-11T15:00:00Z But executive producer Al Jean told Entertainment Weekly on Monday he was in "shock and awe" at the latest assertion, adding that the Simpsons attend the "Presbylutheran" First Church of Springfield. Homer Simpson is Catholic, Vatican paper declares 2010-10-18T23:38:00Z Fundamentally, they are about the spread of knowledge and the assertion, through display, of power. Review | The Met is the world’s greatest art museum. Three under-the-radar shows confirm it — again. 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z Implicit in Amis’s assertion is the assumption that capitalism works because it conforms to human nature. Letters to the Editor 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z These are meaningless assertions, exposing the relativity of the adjective on which they depend. Dante in Love by AN Wilson ? review 2011-07-15T08:00:01Z The series goes much further than most American shows in fleshing out the lives and motivations of the non-American characters, not falling back on the usual assertions of religious fanaticism. Review: Meet the New Jack Ryan, Same as the Old Jack Ryan 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z He insists that tech companies repress conservative voices, though that assertion has been questioned by recent academic research. Dan Bongino isn’t just taking over where Rush Limbaugh left off — he’s building a conservative media universe 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z It was a kind of piggybacking, a leveraging of an assertion that rested on a narrow and plausible but unsupported claim into a ringing defense. How Paul de Man hid his past 2014-03-30T15:00:00Z There are reasons for that, but the lack of ingredient transparency leaves wine open to questionable assertions and marketing of “clean” wines. Wine labels can be vague, and drinkers are thirsty for clarity 2020-08-14T04:00:00Z The experts here do no better than any others at pinpointing what leads to radicalization, beyond the usual vague assertions about a search for identity and sense of belonging. Review: ‘American Jihad’ and the Problem With the Internet 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z Aslam makes the startling assertion that he has "11 more novels to write" – all already mapped out. Nadeem Aslam: a life in writing 2013-01-26T10:00:03Z The first two assertions are true; I can hardly imagine how things could be otherwise. What Bill Cosby’s Accusers Have to Endure on the Stand 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z They are a balm to me, even though his masculine assertion has vanished, his legs are evidence of the athlete and lover he was. How my husband forgot sex 2014-02-13T00:00:00Z And here to prove it is a shiny Queen-approved trailer, which would appear to belie Freddie Mercury’s assertion that there’s “no escape from reality”. Freddie Mercury biopic trailer: killer Queen or queerwashed cop-out? 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z Rorty begins with the assertion that "National pride is to countries what self-respect is to individuals: a necessary condition for self-improvement." How Bruce Springsteen – and the left – can reclaim and cultivate a vocabulary of patriotism 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z But the Stone Roses' anthem is also an expression of independence over the irritant who's the subject of the song, and an ecstasy-fuelled but not unreasonable assertion of superiority over their largely drab indie contemporaries. Readers recommend: songs about showing off ? the results 2011-02-24T16:38:51Z I was reminded, then, of my mother’s assertion that you must work for love. Fiction: The Autobiography of Allegra Byron 2012-07-21T16:00:00Z Despite his assertions, those revelations did not constitute any vindication of Trump’s claim against Obama. Masters of their medium: JFK on TV, Trump on Twitter 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z But the busyness also felt like a knowing, celebratory assertion: “Here I am.” The Best Dance of 2018 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z Their integration remains a challenge, with many on Ms. Merkel’s center-right side of the political spectrum calling for greater insistence on Leitkultur, or lead culture: the assertion of core German values. At G-20, Beethoven Sends a Mixed Message to Trump 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z A doctrinal prologue presents the purpose of marriage for men as the assertion of virility rather than the consecration of devotion. Race and the romcom: is Think Like a Man realistic or racist? 2012-06-25T09:44:31Z By the production’s end you are almost guaranteed to agree with the writer Lorrie Moore’s assertion “I sometimes think of female adolescence as the most powerful life force that human nature has to offer.” Review: ‘Dance Nation,’ the Power and the Terror of Girls at 13 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z Ms. Brown, however, said she saw even such centuries-old art as being part of the present, its continuing existence an assertion of vitality. At These Exhibitions, Death Is a Lively Subject 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z Stanza four works with the logic of the turn, beginning with the evocation of Odysseus's supposed death at sea, and contrasting it with the assertion that "I hold the living near to me, saved". Poem of the week: The Bed That Is a Tree by Kim Lasky 2012-05-28T10:54:50Z What looks as if it might prove an affectionate treatment of female empowerment turns into a ferocious assertion of romantic, familial and genetic traditional correctness. The Switch betrays women with an eye on their biological clock 2010-09-06T11:07:00Z As part of the exhibition, Higgy will create a new mural that’s both an assertion of his own style and a tribute to his father’s work. The godfather of Chicano art — and the son who's keeping his memory alive 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z On the down side, some have noted a certain humorlessness and lack of assertion as a local cultural figure. On Deck,The Met?s Pinch-Hitter 2011-04-21T13:39:32Z Sex should never be an assertion of power over another person, and young people should know that it’s not their fault if a trusted adult acts inappropriately. Planned Parenthood: Teach Your Kids About Sex Abuse 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z Portnow also took issue with Sanabria's assertion that the changes were conducted arbitrarily and in secret, saying the changes were implemented by representatives of the members. Group continues to protest Grammy category changes 2011-05-26T11:09:11Z The Whitney Museum said it had looked into Ms. Levin’s assertions years ago and found “insufficient grounds to pursue the matter.” Gail Levin, Hopper Expert, Questions Sanborn Holdings Source 2012-11-20T23:02:48Z On his HBO show Last Week Tonight, he discussed the past week in the Trump administration and the preisdent’s assertions on Twitter that he might possess recordings that would further jeopardize the reputation of Comey. John Oliver: 'It is too easy to point at Trump being crazy' 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z Does research back up Wordsworth’s assertion about the impact of kids on fathers? Kyle Pruett on Fatherhood 2012-07-23T11:00:00Z Contrary to Mark Ravenhill's assertion in the Guardian this week, more new plays are put on now than ever – 45% of all productions. Arts for everyone is cheap considering its rich returns 2010-07-27T19:36:00Z La Toya repeated past assertions her brother's death was a murder, even though Murray was charged with the lesser crime of manslaughter. La Toya Jackson butters up "Apprentice" boss Donald Trump 2011-03-25T19:56:44Z Trump’s tendency to spin out assertions untethered from reality becomes a recipe for disaster when combined with his disdain for scientists, medical experts, intelligence officials, journalists and others who deal in fact-based reality. Perspective | Trump is pushing a dangerous, false spin on coronavirus — and the media is helping him spread it 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z Not just because they are a necessary corrective to our overanxious, go-ballistic-over-high-fructose-corn-syrup age, but because of their graceful assertion that many stories are worth preserving. I Hopped a Plane Just for a Barbecue Sandwich. I’d Do It Again. 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z Logan sees his son more clearly than he sees himself, patting Kendall on the back for a masterful play before laughing off his son's assertion that he really is disgusted by his father's crimes. "Succession" returns after two years, and the Roy family hasn't changed a bit 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z If there is sometimes a tension between script and production, it is generally a healthy one, apart from poor Emma Cunniffe's hideous frocks that belie Nora's assertion that she looks good in anything. A Doll's House ? review 2011-03-02T19:15:00Z He said any assertion to the contrary would be similar to suggesting The Washington Post favors the interests of its owner, Amazon.com founder Jeffrey P. Bezos, in its reporting. A Las Vegas paper admits it killed a Steve Wynn story 20 years ago. But there’s more going on here. 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z Her assertion early on in the show, "I'm an analog girl in a digital world!" might explain her self-perception and attitude, but it resonated with the room. Erykah Badu sparkles, brighter than ever 2010-06-09T02:57:00Z And laugh with me, won’t you, anyone who’s ever been in a J. Crew dressing room, at the company’s assertion that its sizes “run big.” Are you ready for size 000 jeans? 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z Yet both his theoretical stance and his reactions to her contradict that assertion. Marilyn Monroe: proto-feminist? 2012-07-21T21:05:42Z The same problem derails “Korean Man,” a song for F8 that you may think from the setup will express their assertion of national pride. Review: In ‘KPOP,’ Korean Pop and Broadway Meet (Too) Cute 2022-11-27T05:00:00Z This is language that at its most specific and horrifically familiar reverberates in your body and that — as in this admirably tough and unapologetically ugly movie — is an assertion of a deep humanity. An On Screen Adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s ‘Child of God’ 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z In an effort to find more common ground, she underwrites Derrida's assertion that Islam is "the other of democracy" because Muslim states could retain their distinctiveness while recognising Israel and promoting democratic values. On the Muslim Question by Anne Norton – review 2013-05-10T11:00:03Z Thus, people who know nothing about climate science feel perfectly comfortable dismissing the assertions of climatologists who warn that ongoing carbon dioxide emissions will have catastrophic consequences. Beyond “new atheism”: Where do people alienated by the movement’s obnoxious tendencies go from here? 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z The story strongly implied that McCain had an affair with a female lobbyist, an assertion vigorously denied by both parties. John McCain knew how to make journalists love him 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z Every attempt to cheer me up was bitterly rebuffed and I took my mother’s breezy assertion that it was probably for the best as tantamount to infanticide. My grimly inappropriate boyfriend dumped me in the pub | Emma Beddington 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z Wilder claims pass with even less substantiation, like his assertion that the O .J. Books of The Times: Crunch the Numbers; Solve a Famous Murder 2011-06-02T21:24:11Z Of course, Thompson’s assertion was inflated wartime polemic, not precise analysis. How ‘America First’ and ‘American Dream’ Went From Hazy Sentiments to Loaded Clichés 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, tragic ironies — “a search-engine giant down in Mountain View,” “the social network everyone hated,” a C.E.O.’s assertion that “big data was a hot space” — continue to accumulate in the background. A Tech Insider Stylishly Chronicles Her Industry’s ‘Uncanny Valley’ 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z In the prologue, Mann also makes the questionable assertion that “Brando’s acting, as great and as important as it is, is not the most interesting thing about him.” Review | ‘The Contender’ remembers Marlon Brando as an actor and so much more 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z Legend in My Own Mind is just the kind of self-aggrandising assertion Clinton would make, with a lyric about someone who's "the Shakespeare of his day". New band of the day ? No 1,077: The Stepkids 2011-08-04T16:05:05Z In this generally sporting tam toss of a memoir, such an assertion lands with the soft plunk of sanctimony. In Katie Couric’s ‘Going There,’ There Includes Family Skeletons, Busting Into the Boys’ Club and More 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z So you add “very,” which doubles down on your initial questionable assertion, giving it gravitas, and then you move on happily to the next exaggerated sentence. Perspective | And the world’s biggest abuser of the word ‘very’ is ... 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z One of the more outrageous assertions in a week overrun with them was Dana Loesch’s outright lie that journalists relish massacres of children. Perspective | The NRA is using Trump’s playbook to attack the news media. It must be getting desperate. 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z This assertion, however, is based on anonymous sources: two unnamed women who the authors say “independently confirmed” hearsay that Salinger suffered from this anomaly. Books of The Times: A Biography From David Shields and Shane Salerno 2013-08-25T21:13:01Z Regarding the assertion: "In recent years, museums across the country have tried to shed their reputation for drab cafeteria fare and woo visitors with destination restaurants." How to Fit All of Asia (and a Food Cart) Into a Museum Cafe? 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z I’m not sure I agree with Wambach’s assertion that no one would. Perspective | U.S. women’s soccer team stirs up debate about celebrating too much 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z Shortly after, Messing shot down his assertion, saying that there’s been “nothing beyond talks” about the revival. 'Will &Grace' Is Officially Coming Back to Television 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z But is the president’s assertion that the path to the American Dream in the new global economy depends on providing every child with a good education true? Can schools fix our economy? 2012-08-05T12:00:00Z As someone who has written P.I. fiction, I don’t always subscribe to Chandler’s dictates, particularly his assertion that “in everything that can be called art there is a quality of redemption.” It’s 1988 and Philip Marlowe Is Retired. But Not for Long. 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z That prompted Cornell attorney Martin Singer to issue a statement later in the week, calling that assertion “absurd and hypocritical.” Soundgarden responds to recent lawsuit filed by Vicky Cornell 2021-02-20T05:00:00Z The dual portrayals offer a robust argument in favor of Harold Bloom’s assertion that Falstaff is the most human character Shakespeare created. Perspective | Who needs a director, anyway? A classical theater in Staunton, Va., lets the actors run the show, and it’s a hit. 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z It also questioned the government’s assertion that the guidance was in line with the World Health Organization’s recommendations. Medical staff face weeks without protective gowns 2020-04-19T04:00:00Z His book continues his war on digital utopianism and his assertion of humanist and individualistic values in a hive-mind world. Jaron Lanier: The Internet destroyed the middle class 2013-05-12T16:00:00Z Overall, few would query O'Loughlin's assertion that most writers and performers are for a Yes vote. Scottish theatres lukewarm over referendum 2014-08-17T04:00:00Z It is an assertion, and Briggs misses the opportunity to examine it. Did He Really Say That? On the Perils and Pitfalls of Translation 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z Rankine's reliance on second-person point of view is grounded in Toni Morrison's assertion that the focus on the black body as a racialized subject must be shifted toward a critique of whiteness. Now that another black body has been laid to rest: George Floyd and the white gaze 2020-06-13T04:00:00Z His rigid ideas about work, responsibility and manhood constitute not a demand for attention, but an assertion of dignity. Review: Beneath the Bombast, ‘Fences’ Has an Aching Poetry 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z Tav1 thought David a "little too stingy" in his assertion that only "four titles seem to me keepers", listing 17 Allen movies that will be remembered. Readers' reviews 2011-03-17T22:25:00Z Portraits, which are highly valued in prison communities, and self-portraits are an assertion of both. Making Art When ‘Lockdown’ Means Prison 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z Lawyers who specialize in celebrity-related matters said neither federal copyright law nor the patchwork of state-based “right of publicity” laws offer recourse to heirs or estates displeased with assertions published in a memoir. Scotty Bowers and His Sexual Tell-All of Old Hollywood 2012-01-27T22:08:45Z The assertions drew a rebuttal from Boutrous, CNN’s attorney, who described the ban on the reporter as arbitrary, capricious and unprecedented. Judge hands CNN a victory in its bid to restore Jim Acosta’s White House press pass 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z Is there an introduction better than Gary Moore's simple assertion that "he takes it seriously, I think it's interesting, if you are amused you may laugh, if you like it you may buy the recording". The avant garde's got talent. As John Cage proved 2011-01-10T16:33:04Z It may be hard to prove that assertion. Music Review: Kaija Saariaho?s ?Voix, Espace? at Zankel Hall 2012-03-07T00:06:13Z Most notably, American soldiers began to proclaim they were fighting for "mom and apple pie," an assertion that firmly established the dessert as a metaphor for the United States. Why apple pie isn’t so American after all 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z For Mr. Naharin, 64, a playground is what he calls his studio, where he creates slippery, enigmatic dances that flicker between strident assertions of bold physicality and buttery fluidity. ‘Mr. Gaga’ Comes to Town 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z But Oliver’s team also dug into the Miss America Pageant’s assertion that they provide $45 million in scholarship funds every year. Watch John Oliver Debunk the Miss America Pageant's Scholarship Claim 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z You have disproved the assertion by saying it. Rachel Maddow and Doris Kearns Goodwin on a Presidential Race for the History Books 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z The article must have left the examiners squirming with its confident assertion that there is more than one right answer in literature – as in life. Sally Laird obituary 2010-08-10T17:19:00Z The author of "Michelangelo: The Complete Sculpture, Painting, Architecture" isn't buying the Vatican's assertions about the little image. When is a Michelangelo not a Michelangelo? Perhaps in 'Vatican Splendors' 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z The society decided to engage the eye and ear at the show’s entrance with video projections of phrases from historical documents — assertions of guilt and innocence — as well as a soundtrack of ambient noise. Are the Salem Witch Trials Part of Women’s History? 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z The recent project, “Selfies,” premiered at Sundance and hinges on Dove’s assertion that “often times, mothers pass on their insecurities to their children.” Mothers and teen daughters realize how beautiful they are in “Selfies” 2014-01-21T20:21:00Z Z Zegna, in an assertion of the house’s history of fabric innovation, exhibited technical prowess in oversize hooded parkas of bonded material that were belted to further exaggerate their volume. | Post Mortem 2011-01-20T19:42:26Z But the book provides no real evidence of either assertion. Books of The Times: ‘The Loudest Voice in the Room’ Is a Look at Roger Ailes 2014-01-19T22:43:42Z It’s a bratty, brilliant vision of deep disaffection, from the song’s title to its taunting of “token inclusivity” and “cis dudes wearing flannel”—ultimately, an assertion that the left isn’t left enough. Polarized Punks 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z Ai has worked quotations about human rights into the hand-painted designs — his own assertion that "Every one of us is a potential convict," Edward Snowden's that "Privacy is a function of liberty," and more. '@Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz' a powerful meditation on repression 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z Embassy, assertions that were repeated in some Western media accounts. This American teacher also sits in a Russian jail, worried nobody cares 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z In an exclusive statement published by USA Today, the Oscar winner summarized a few key assertions. George Clooney slams story about fiancee's mom; website apologizes 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z Whether that last assertion is true, there is no arguing with Ms. Roitfeld’s observation that sometimes these days runway shows feel about as thrilling as corporate seminars. | Fashion Diary: Tents, but No Circus ? New York Fashion Week 2011-09-07T21:18:08Z That combination of ruthlessness and regret is what legitimizes Caesar’s assertion of dictatorial authority. What I Learned About Democracy From the Movies 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z There’s subtext to that assertion, too: Cakes Da Killa is gay, and is rewriting narratives about hip-hop masculinity as he goes. New Releases by Rae Sremmurd, Becky G, Cakes Da Killa 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z It relied on humble materials and conventional furniture-making techniques for what was nevertheless a powerful assertion of a new aesthetic approach. How the Memphis Design Movement Made a Comeback 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z Other assertions made by Mr. Kagan in these pages are similarly problematic. Books of The Times: ?The World America Made,? by Robert Kagan 2012-02-14T01:41:09Z The ultimate show-business survival anthem, “I’m Still Here,” was stripped of triumphal ferocity to become a calm assertion of Ms. Maye’s signature trait: good-humored resilience. Music Review: The Broadway That?s Forever Buoyant 2010-10-12T21:37:00Z The assertion of particular identities, and the insistence that respect be paid to them, is a hallmark of our age. What Is Identity? 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z But the assertion of the connection, at least in the exhibition, reaches beyond the evidence; some of the tests were also apparently inconclusive. Museum Review | African Burial Ground Visitor Center: A Burial Ground and Its Dead Are Given Life 2010-02-25T22:31:00Z Whatever the truth of Mr Steinmetz’s assertion, Jacob Fugger would have been delighted to think that he was the richest man who ever lived. Goldenballs 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z In those days, the jury’s deliberations were seen by the art world as roughly tantamount to a papal conclave and led to assertions about New York’s pre-eminence as an art capital. A Rare Look at Rauschenberg’s Second Act 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z Other stories that made the same assertion were corrected as well. The Washington Post corrects, removes parts of two stories regarding the Steele dossier 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z The medley at the center of the show combines Ms. Allen’s “Fear” with Madonna’s “Material Girl” into a hard-shelled assertion of determination poisoned with anxiety. Music Review: Emily Bergl at the Oak Room - Review 2011-08-31T21:53:40Z A music-history assertion—that hip-hop is the heir of deep blues—was part of the Madison Square Garden show. Jack White Links Hip-Hop and Blues at Madison Square Garden 2015-02-01T05:00:00Z “Beneath the outlandish assertions lurks an insidious claim — that your understanding of the war is wrong. … The genocide is made incidental.” A Quest to Reclaim a Family Home Unearths a Past Buried by the Holocaust 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z One piece, about Langston Hughes, opens with a series of assertions that still seem dreadfully pertinent. The Unclassifiable Essays of Eliot Weinberger 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z Primarily, though, it is the representation of torture — and, more important, the assertion that such abuse produced information that led to Bin Laden — that has provoked outrage in some quarters. Movie Review: Jessica Chastain in ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ 2012-12-17T23:06:45Z There appear to be a few assertions in “The Train to Crystal City” that historians may quibble with. ‘The Train to Crystal City’: a WWII detainees camp in Texas 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z The warmth of the film can feel like a political stance, an assertion of humanist ethical values that has a subtle but radical power. ‘Cane River’ Review: A Lost Treasure of Independent Cinema 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z To play down the significance of the phone-hacking scandal seems wilfully contrary – which would be fine, but this routine is all assertion and no jokes. Andrew Maxwell ? review 2011-08-25T16:59:43Z Like Keller, New Yorker magazine editor David Remnick marvels at the brazenness of Trump’s assertions, saying they set a tone comparable to Richard Nixon’s behavior in the White House. Trump’s ‘war’ with the media (and the facts) forces journalists to question their role 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z Don’t rely just on grades and his assertions. A 10-year-old’s complaints about school are creating morning misery 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z Despite the magazine's assertion that "it's only a bit of fun" there's an atmosphere of bullying peculiar to public schools about the whole thing. The Bad Sex award: What it's like to 'win' 2010-12-01T13:22:00Z “How biracial people choose to identify is more than an assertion of their racial group attachments,” she writes. Daughters of Interracial Couples are More Likely To Say They are Multiracial 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z The report, which is the administration is obligated by law to release, contradicts Donald Trump’s previous assertion that climate change is a hoax perpetuated by China and not man-made. CNN and NBC betray Sunday viewers seeking analysis on damning climate change report 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z Then-presidential candidate and current President-elect Joseph Biden made a shocking assertion about innovation in China: "I challenge you, name me one innovative project, one innovative change, one innovative product that has come out of China." The iconic American inventor is still a white male — that’s an obstacle to race and gender inclusion 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z He also disputed the magazine's assertion that it possessed a video of the shoot that would prove the photos were real. Pakistan actress sues over nude magazine photo 2011-12-05T12:24:13Z Ms. Rowling’s American publisher, Scholastic, said it considers the assertions to be “completely without merit.” ArtsBeat: British Judge Refuses to Throw Out Suit Accusing Rowling of Plagiarism 2010-10-14T17:14:00Z The track, “Who I Am,” lyrically consists of just four short lines, leading irresistibly to this assertion. Laura Mvula Sings the Complicated Truth 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z Immigration, racial justice and assertions of identity, ethnic and otherwise, are undying features of the national story. El Museo Looks to Define ‘Latinx Art’ With a Major Survey 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z Adiga provides just enough character development to support the assertion that yes, people are so like that, and here’s an antagonist to prove it. Review | In ‘Amnesty,’ an immigrant is put in an impossible position 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z Barack Obama, also seeking greater powers to attack the group, made a similar assertion three months later: that IS threatens the American homeland itself. Hydra-headed 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z It avoids unfounded assertions about the husband’s drinking. It Might Not Be a Drinking Problem, but It’s Definitely a Problem 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z Greig, so funny on the Showtime series “Episodes,” is spectacularly entertaining as she explores what besides the habitual assertion of male power might motivate a parent to threaten a daughter with expulsion. Review: ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ Cut in Half and Twice as Good 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z In this case, it's even more important for people to know the author, because the book makes an assertion that the raid did not go down quite like the Obama administration had reported. CBS hides ID of Navy SEAL who wrote bin Laden book 2012-08-31T00:35:18Z Such projects were a protest against nature, an assertion of technological divinity. The Timbisha Shoshone of Death Valley and the Shadow of Trump 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z The first episode tells the story of Martha Mitchell, whose early warnings of corruption were ignored — and whose reputation was besmirched because of her true assertions. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z Along with her better-known projects, she included a reference to having been a "story writer" on the "Charles and Diana" project, an assertion that Mr. Gunter claimed was false. ArtsBeat: At N.Y.U. Film Department, a Faculty Dispute Over a 30-Year-Old Show 2012-08-31T20:57:50Z The case was literally unprecedented, a new standard-setter for manslaughter allegations with its assertion that a killing could be carried out secondhand via text message. I Love You, Now Die: behind the text suicide scandal that shocked America 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z After the weird experience with SNL, it was such a bright spot, such an assertion of my creative voice. Jenny Slate: ‘Ivanka Trump is a fake feminist and should be ashamed’ 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z They are now marks for frivolous litigation premised upon nebulous assertions as well as a complete and willful ignorance of how pop music is actually made. It’s Got a Great Beat, and You Can File a Lawsuit to It 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z In this assertion, from the woman who likely knew Williams better than anyone, I find a measure of comfort. A stranger e-mailed saying he planned to kill himself. What was I supposed to do? 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z But he backs up these assertions with sound evidence. Meander: East to West Along a Turkish River by Jeremy Seal – review 2012-07-06T21:55:10Z When confronted with hard evidence that they are wrong, many will simply double down on their original assertions. ‘The Death of Expertise’ Explores How Ignorance Became a Virtue 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z His book is one in which the boundaries between narrator and subject matter are as treacherous as those between assertion and reality. Alexandria: The Last Nights of Cleopatra by Peter Stothard – review 2013-07-05T11:00:01Z And, contrary to the assertions of many regressive Leftists and Islamist apologists, violent jihad is not a product of colonialism or the 20th century. Sam Harris talks Islam, ISIS, atheism, GOP madness: “We are confronting people, in dozens of countries, who despise more or less everything that we value” 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z "On the one hand there is Barthes's radical invocation of reader's rights…on the other, Nabokov's bold assertion of authorial privilege." 2009-12-10T17:55:00Z The assertion that "we still drink from your silver cup" returns to a more realistic mode, and hints at the pleasures of the rich inheritance. Poem of the week: Elegy by Sidney Keyes 2013-07-15T11:42:00Z A few months back, these two were swearing eternal enmity over Wylie's unilateral assertion of control in the exploitation of ebook rights for authors he represents. At the International Festival of Authors 2010-10-25T15:17:00Z Toyota just wasn’t going to say that the assertions might be phony or that drivers might have stepped on the wrong pedal. Toyota, Flying Saucers And Bigfoot 2010-03-23T20:15:00Z The film’s weak assertions hurt more than they help. ‘Ithaka’ Review: In Julian Assange They Trust 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z These included getting Princess Michael of Kent to vent some sensational opinions, including an assertion in 2005 that Princess Diana was "bitter" and "nasty." UK media feels the heat after phone-hack scandal 2011-07-08T20:15:11Z Her bosses told her that she’d had too many unscheduled absences — an assertion she denies — and wasn’t a “team player.” She says she was harassed by superiors. Now she protests outside the TSA for hours. 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z A popular recent one cast doubt on Ingram's reports about the nature of her harassment and Disney's assertion that racism exists among the "Star Wars" fandom. Let's all stop ignoring The Fandom Menace. It's real, and it's winning 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z The novel’s name comes from Charlotte’s assertion that “nothing” happens in their safe, dull lives. Love and Other Ties That Bind in This Fall’s Y.A. Novels 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z The thrill comes from witnessing that assertion take shape and understanding its costs. At the Telluride Film Festival, ‘Women Talking’ and Other Topics of Conversation 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z And I was repeatedly flummoxed by Flett’s assertions about the economics of Airstream life. The beautiful Airstream myth and painful RV reality of life on the road 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z One possibility the Hollywood Reporter failed to mention is that the matter might still be taken out of Disney’s hands, despite Fisher’s famous assertions over Lucasfilm’s rights to her image. Disney's dilemma: digitally resurrect Carrie Fisher or write her out of Star Wars? 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z More than a plea for tolerance, it is an assertion of pride in Punjab, home to much of India’s Sikh population. | 'I Am Singh': ?I Am Singh,? Directed by Puneet Issar - Review 2011-12-03T00:27:23Z The director gives more screen time to the defense than to the prosecution, perhaps because he buys their assertion about government corruption, perhaps because they’re just better bullshitters. Home Movies: Who’s the Bigger Criminal, Whitey Bulger or the FBI? 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z In fact, a recent high-profile lawsuit by a Miami art collector included the assertion that he’d been blacklisted by an artist who disapproved of his buying and selling habits. Consumed: Art That Sells Itself 2010-05-07T18:33:00Z But they have fanned out, predictably, into more dubious assertions. Review | One rivalry changed the landscape in English art 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z But the self-help framework — the stentorian assertions of diagnosis and cure — does Havrilesky a disservice. Books About Losing Faith That Will Give You Hope 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z If you are seeking to protect your authority, why draw attention to evidence that seems to contradict the assertions on which that authority is founded? The sugar conspiracy | Ian Leslie 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z This slides into contempt when he hears himself making the confident assertion that he is at “the crest of the wave.” | 'Krapp?s Last Tape': ?Krapp?s Last Tape,? With John Hurt, at BAM - Review 2011-12-09T03:01:00Z Ms. Landres said in an interview that she suggested converting the exhibition into virtual programming but was turned down, an assertion Ms. Carvajal denied. What Did Museum Sign Up For: Exhibition or Investigation? 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z But she does not always help her own case by making assertions that are variously vague, trivial or wrong. On the Muslim Question by Anne Norton – review 2013-05-10T11:00:03Z Or a confident assertion that to be so far outré was to swing back in? 2018: The Year in Stuff 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z But the point that appeared to wound Giuliani the most, Browne recalled, was the editorial’s assertion that the former mayor “resides today beyond political relevance. He is reduced to offering endorsements in local races.” What happened to ‘America’s Mayor’? How Rudy Giuliani became Trump’s attack dog. 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z But it would appear that Tinie's recent assertion about wanting to make commercial pop songs, not just grime tracks for a cult minority, has struck a chord with Syco. New band of the day ? No 762: Smurfie Syco 2010-04-08T15:08:00Z He said letting an assertion of rights nullify a longstanding contract would be holding companies such as Paramount "hostage to catastrophic consequences anytime they assert their rights." Paramount and 'Godfather' author heirs clash in NY 2012-08-30T18:13:54Z Beyond their ritual significance, there is a sense in which these monuments proclaim the cultural existence of the communities that built them: defiant assertions of people over their place. Musicians and artists rally to save Glasgow's modern stone circle 2013-01-18T08:00:00Z Mr. Phillips implies that the complexities of psychoanalytic experience would be “Freud’s proof that biography is the worst kind of fiction,” but he produces no evidence to support this assertion. ‘Becoming Freud’ Recounts the Psychoanalyst’s First 50 Years 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z Although the critical-period claim is probably wrong, the purveyors of early-reading products do make another assertion with scientific footing: early readers generally go on to become better readers and higher academic achievers. Can babies read? 2012-09-12T16:08:00Z The fact that she repeats this assertion introduces a sliver of uncertainty into what appears to be a tidy, quiet, symmetrical film. ‘The Woman Who Ran’ Review: Conversations With Friends 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z "It's a short step backwards which will likely result in more assertion in the future, for the revenge of his martyrdom." American-born al Qaeda leader killed 2011-09-30T10:07:00Z Her assertions of would-be uprightness, & and her denials in the face of the most damaging evidence to the contrary, shows her utter recklessness on questions of fact & and her cynicism shocked me very much. Liveright to Publish Nelson Mandela’s Letters From Prison 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z That bumper sticker “connects him to stories of segregation and assertion of the African American male identity.” Chadwick Boseman jumps, sweats and splits into character as James Brown After Melmotte wins a position in Parliament, by making ‘clamorous assertions of his unprecedented commercial greatness’ and threatening his antagonists in the press with lawsuits, he continues to behave with a ‘special impudence.’ New & Noteworthy 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z But beyond the deflection, the comedian also made sure to point out the ridiculousness of Trump's assertion. Stephen Colbert has a theory about Trump’s love for Putin and Russia 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z The other biographies often fall into the trap of cruder, flat assertions, that he was like this and he wasn’t like that, or Zelda was like this or wasn’t like that. Sarah Churchwell on Gatsby 2012-07-02T11:00:00Z The players question the assertion that the endowment is untouchable and argue management failed to explore all avenues before resorting to extremes. Musicians clamor for answers from Philly Orchestra 2011-04-25T21:08:12Z Nonetheless, here are my five predictions for the last series – starting with my confident assertion that it won’t end in tears. Why The Final Season Of 'Downton Abbey' Won't Have A Sad Ending 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z You have to ask what kind of social context required him to make such pointed assertions of dignity. How to Look at a Basquiat 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z It’s one of the few assertions in the film that may not ring true. Sundance 2015: In 'End of the Tour,' David Foster Wallace, explained 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z The history is clear and his assertions untrue. Lonnae O’Neal: What’s underneath the forgiveness and activism? 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z He’s so dumb that he thinks that Belgium isn’t a European country and that David Crosby is Bing Crosby’s son, assertions he tries to corroborate through Google. ‘The Money Shot,’ by Neil LaBute, Satirizes Hollywood 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z Hair is very much an assertion of their credo. Hair 2010-04-14T16:56:00Z And besides that, she added, Weingarten's assertion that "curry" is a single flavor is just not true. How curry ketchup became an unexpected icon in post-war Germany 2021-09-12T04:00:00Z She offered an even more convoluted and no more contrite response to the fact-checking of her statements about “living” wages, including her assertion that Walmart and Amazon are “paying people less than the minimum wage.” When it comes to calling out the news media, Ocasio-Cortez has some things in common with Trump 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z “We’re considering our options whether to seek to appeal on that issue now or preserve it for possible assertion at a later time.” ArtsBeat Blog: Judge Again Blocks Work on Landmark New York Office Tower 2011-08-22T21:54:20Z I can't agree with The Onion A/V Club writer Todd VanDerWerff's assertion that "The Good Wife" is a worthy successor to "The Wire". "The Good Wife's" exquisite season finale 2011-05-18T13:19:00Z This terrific documentary is a rich, unique story about the assertion of American identity and liberty through clandestine fishing at the World War II-era Manzanar internment camp. 16 top entertainment picks for June 3-9, 2012 2012-05-30T22:16:05Z They say the stacks were considered suitable for books until two years ago, and they are dubious about the library’s assertion that the shelves need a costly retrofit to meet modern preservation standards. A Slippery Number: How Many Books Can Fit in the New York Public Library? 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z Rather, there were a lot of hopes for specific families, dreamy yearnings for romantic love, various wiseguy assertions and kids wanting toys. Yoko Ono’s ‘Wish Tree’ blooms anew at Hirshhorn 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z He kept defending the claim for several days after, even though officials and factcheckers repeatedly debunked the assertion. ‘Green Book’ Writer Apologizes for Anti-Muslim Twitter Post From 2015 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z She added that, contrary to the assertions of some former staff members, Architecture for Humanity did not promise more than it could deliver. A Leader in Socially Conscious Architecture Is Closing Amid Financial Woes 2015-01-17T05:00:00Z Her assertions that the Sri Lankan government is guilty of the genocide of local Tamils have not been going down well. MIA: 'I'm here for the people' 2010-06-12T23:05:00Z It is not lost on the Palladinos that despite the assertion in their publication’s name, they were wed and continue to live in one of the 41 states that prohibit same-sex marriage. When the Bride Takes a Bride 2010-07-16T04:14:00Z Against all evidence to the contrary, Genesis is making the theological assertion that this is not so. The Book of Genesis, part 3: Creation ? and afterwards 2010-12-27T10:00:05Z The exhibition notes explain the papal extravagances thusly: “Splendor is seen as a symbolic assertion of divine transcendence. Their opulent materials and ornate, intricate embroideries . . . communicate the detachment of sacred worship from everyday life.” Review | ‘Heavenly Bodies’ at the Met shows just how much fashion and Catholicism have in common 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z She is angry at the assertions from some critics of the film that she an “unreliable narrator”. 'They called me the antichrist': JT LeRoy, Laura Albert and the literary hoax 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z The reason for this assertion is that we both came up with the same idea for this week's topics, those delicate, smelly things that you give to your other half. Readers recommend: Songs about flowers 2010-06-03T23:01:00Z An X-Files tip Here’s some truth, maybe: someone who watches 50 mythology episodes probably doesn’t really know much more than a person who catches 10, though many devoted will likely take issue with that assertion. Rewatching the X-Files: my 50-episode binge 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z I confess that I found them disappointing in the extreme – an opinion that I must make clear has nothing to do with your outspoken assertions that Vivienne is not really that mad. The Letters of TS Eliot: Volume 4 1928-1929 (ed. Valerie Eliot and John Haffenden) 2013-01-06T18:30:02Z There are many reasons to make that assertion, and not the least has to do with representation. Willy Chavarria Represents 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z And given the Republican opposition that emerged, his assertion that "over time, people respond to civility and rational argument" appears awfully quaint. 'The Obamas' a portrait of their life in D.C. 2012-01-09T15:37:00Z Annie had been the one who’d seen right through my flippant assertion that we were all doing “great,” and had suggested tenderly, “Maybe you need a place to sometimes be not great.” A kids club where parents die 2012-10-02T19:54:00Z Ms. Hall talks extensively with Ms. Pyne’s husband, Bernard, who maintains that his son is innocent, but he has made that assertion repeatedly in the past. Television Review: ‘Cold Justice’ and ‘Deadline: Crime With Tamron Hall’ 2013-09-02T20:37:56Z How else to make sense of Schleger’s assertion that “I may be making subpar decisions regarding how to spend my time and money, but I’ve also had a lot of fun.” Addiction isn’t “fun”: The problem with moderation manifestoes 2014-03-03T23:59:00Z Afghans echo her assertion and praise her skills. From afar, she fell for a country and its music. And Afghans love her right back. 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z As I wrote last week, brands such as Avaline, the new label from actress Cameron Diaz and entrepreneur Katherine Power, are using these assertions to put wine in the wellness or “better for you” category. Wine labels can be vague, and drinkers are thirsty for clarity 2020-08-14T04:00:00Z Furthermore, Kim’s assertion that he couldn’t see how young the kids were – when he saw well enough to land a face punch — seems a little shaky. “Moonrise Kingdom”: Wes Anderson’s mid-’60s love story 2012-05-23T19:55:00Z A La Scala spokesman and officials at the ballet school refuted her assertions at the time. Court Orders La Scala to Reinstate Dancer Who Spoke of Anorexia 1467-12-21T05:00:00Z This season saw a number of young designers self-importantly present the trends — transparency, punk, bold stripes — while making overloaded assertions about the modern woman — strong, erotic, super-feminine. Fashion Review: The Stage Is Big, and Lagerfeld Fills It 2010-10-05T22:56:00Z I wouldn't quite accept the unknown psychoanalyst's assertion that what the book "is really about is the art of living…" It's clearly about the art of getting your end away. The Kama Sutra's lessons for modern lovers 2011-02-14T11:31:31Z Given that Eliot made this assertion in 1961, nearly 25 years after In Parenthesis was first published, its remaining a minority interest was already likely. The first world war's great novelist: David Jones 2011-02-04T13:58:23Z Last year, she generated headlines by writing on Facebook that her great-uncle was misogynistic and racist — assertions some Disney historians and family members dispute. Abigail Disney Builds a Dialogue on Gun Control 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z In the course of my research, I read one allegation about the weeklong filming of the scene that both troubled and intrigued me, but none of the reference books I consulted elaborated on the assertion. The secrets of "Psycho's" shower scene 2010-06-26T01:01:00Z For all the disasters this patronizing assertion failed to prevent, it had one truly profound effect: It forbade their enslavement. Review | Gold, jade, macaw feathers, turquoise: Ancient American beauty at the Met 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z Phyllis’s lacerating assertion of independence to her husband, overflows with both tenderness and hostility. | 'Follies' : ?Follies? on Broadway - Review 2011-09-13T02:01:08Z The trial laid bare the thin logic, unsubstantiated assertions and stereotypes that undergird the opposition to same-sex marriage in a way that only litigation, including testimony subject to cross-examination under oath, can do. ‘Redeeming the Dream,’ by Theodore B. Olson and David Boies 2014-06-29T04:00:00Z Wilson declined to answer written questions from The Post about the basis for her unequivocal assertion that Hyten had been falsely accused or that wounds may have been a factor in Spletstoser’s allegations against Hyten. Retired Col. Kathy Spletstoser wasn’t able to stop Joint Chiefs vice chairman Gen. John Hyten from being confirmed. But she’s not done with him. 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z She continues in a similar vein, finishing with the optimistic assertion that the opportunity to learn from history’s tragedies has not yet passed. The Reporter Who Told the World About the Bomb 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z One assertion, however, that I never questioned was that the first place to gild the simple hamburger with a slice of golden-yellow cheese was located practically in my backyard. Was the cheeseburger actually invented in Louisville, Kentucky? 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z The questioner doesn’t know enough to make such an assertion, but let’s accept for argument’s sake the premise – that does not disqualify me from making stories about people of all shapes and sizes. 'Silly question!' Mike Leigh interviewed by our readers and famous fans 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z Still, he said the assertion brought forward by Mr. Rosselló provided the brothers a “glimmer of hope.” Ex-Member of Menudo Says He Was Raped by Father of the Menendez Brothers 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z A typical number had a beginning, a middle and a climactic end that was usually, but not always, an assertion of optimism. Music Review: Tony Bennett at the Metropolitan Opera - Review 2011-09-19T22:54:03Z Instead, our assertions of ownership are value-laden, inconsistent and regularly in conflict with others’ equally plausible claims of right. Who Owns the Space Behind Your Airplane Seat? 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z But he answered them with gibberish—silly jokes, non sequiturs, and irrelevant assertions. The Three Faces of Trump 2015-08-12T04:00:00Z President Trump’s assertion that “both sides” are responsible for the racial hatred and violence in Charlottesville is false. There have never been “many sides” to American racial terror 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z I was intrigued by her assertion that tofu firms up and absorbs more flavor when pressure-cooked, so I tested her recipe for Mediterranean Tofu With Bell Pepper Sauce. Why you might want to use a pressure cooker for vegetables — and for tofu 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z Whether or not Mr. Levy gets credit, his assertions may help convince people that Banksy’s film is legitimate. The Carpetbagger: New Doubts for a Film That Has Truth Issues 2011-01-05T23:37:36Z Since the police shattered the security camera that would have shown what occurred, Ibrahim had no way to prove his assertion that he had not. The Dovekeeper and the Children’s Intifada 2017-05-27T04:00:00Z But it becomes clear that Putin didn’t see the need for any, as the filmmaker continually declines to probe or push back on even the most dubious of his subject’s assertions. Perspective | Oliver Stone, ‘The Putin Interviews’ and when cinematic events are outrun by events themselves 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z Ham showed the theater audience of about 800 people -- and those watching the debate live on the Internet -- slides to back up his assertions. Bill Nye defends evolution in Kentucky debate 2014-02-05T06:59:52Z As writer Alec Wilkinson notes in the New Yorker, “the rhetoric of modern tiny-house living begins with the assertion that big houses, aside from being wasteful and environmentally noxious, are debtors’ prisons. Lessons from the first ‘tiny house’ evangelist, Henry David Thoreau 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z No assertion says as much about his convictions as the act of letting Dane Cook have the most forceful point in the best-known scene on “Louie” last season. Critic?s Notebook: Louis C. K.?s Working-Class Roots and Success 2011-12-20T04:33:59Z Gerwig's omission from the best director category reinforces the film's assertion that creative women are not celebrated as much as their male counterparts. Oscar snub of "Little Women" shows the limits of Hollywood feminism 2020-02-15T05:00:00Z Then she closes with the assertion, “Because I’ll always/I’ll always win,” hitting that last word with ferocity and clarity and pride. New Releases by Rae Sremmurd, Becky G, Cakes Da Killa 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z Contrary to Solomon’s published assertions, and later Trump’s claims, the Hill investigation acknowledged that Ukrainian officials did not meddle in the 2016 U.S. election. John Solomon columns on Ukraine ripped in newspaper’s internal investigation for conflicts and distortions 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z Truman Capote, a friend of Ms. Lee’s from childhood, later said that Nelle’s mother had tried to drown her in the bathtub on two occasions, an assertion that Ms. Lee indignantly denied. Harper Lee, Author of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ Dies at 89 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z But its leadership has seconded the assault accusations and defended the actress against the couple’s assertions that she was working for the state. Russian Dissident Artist Will Seek Asylum in France 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, the common assertion that America’s corporate tax rate, ahead of the recent tax bill, was among the highest in the world was true in a misleading sense only, Mr. Blinder maintains. ‘Advice and Dissent’ Review: What They Don’t Teach in Econ 101 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z The assertion gathered strength as the song marched on, but McDonald never lost sight of how hard the battle had been. Audra McDonald soars in her stirring tour through the American musical 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z But some opponents questioned both the factual assertions in the resolutions and their focus on Israel. Scholars' Effort to Condemn Israel Fails 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z Second, Mr. Roy’s assertion that a public opinion poll lends any credence – one way or another – to a single, 2-year old Congressional vote is ridiculous. Quinnipiac Poll: Swing-State Voters Think the Supreme Court Should Overturn All of Obamacare 2012-05-03T17:28:41Z Your fib provides one more reason for callous hosts to dismiss assertions by people who are in peril. Perspective | Miss Manners: Three cases of ‘I can’t eat that’ 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z On The Late Show, Stephen Colbert discussed Trump’s recent assertion that the media is failing to report on many terror attacks. Late night hosts on the evolution of Trump: 'Dickish to dictatorish' 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z It's just an assertion of magnificence, endlessly restated – but hard to sustain, and harder still when the audience isn't submitting to the hype. Judah Friedlander – review 2013-06-05T12:33:00Z He makes a better case for this extravagant claim than for his assertion that Fugger was also the richest man in history. Goldenballs 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z The backlash against gender-neutral language like “pregnant people” — and the assertion that it somehow “erases” women — is unintelligible to me. Pregnant Men Were a Movie Punchline. Now They’re Horror Villains. 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z The academy denied those assertions, saying the committee plays an active role, recommending strategies to recruit people from underrepresented groups to join the profession, and the academy, and promote their advancement. Is American Dietetics a White-Bread World? These Dietitians Think So 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z I say this as someone who just a few weeks ago cited Daniel Tosh as a compelling refutation of Adam Carolla’s assertion that women are inherently less funny than men. Don’t heckle Daniel Tosh 2012-07-13T15:48:00Z Mindful of that line of attack on the credibility of her star witness, Bliss injected gender Tuesday into her remarks about the assertion. After a volcanic day of closing arguments, Bill Cosby’s retrial is in the hands of the jury 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z Cynthia Hopkins starts her new show, “Articles of Faith,” with Einstein’s assertion that our entire outlook depends on whether we think of the universe as friendly or hostile. Review: Clinging to ‘Articles of Faith’ After a Raging Fire 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z The problem is not, as McElwee says, “the Church’s excesses” – but the Church itself, its backward rules, its reactionary ethos, its groundless assertion of moral authority. The real New Atheism: Rejecting religion for a just world 2013-12-14T19:00:00Z His absence was yet another assertion of the anti-Black hostility and xenophobia fouling the polity with renewed vigor. The Trauma of the Civil War Lives On in Faulkner’s Fiction 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z Gove's department is unable to produce the figures on which he makes his assertions, saying that "detailed data on individual projects was held locally to minimise the regulatory burden on projects and project reporting". Architects do matter, Mr Gove 2011-03-06T00:09:40Z Is the story an assertion of the triumph of the word? This Week in Fiction: Ben Lerner on Art, Language, and Uber 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z The chatter matters, but in the end no one could question Tomasson's assertion: "However well you market yourself, what counts is what's on the stage." How Twitter transformed dance 2012-07-31T17:29:07Z Garrett continued with a striking assertion: “We are experiencing ourselves as a people, and shaping the consciousness of ourselves as a people. We are creating ourselves.” In a New Memoir, the Miracle of Black Queer Self-Creation 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z Why am I starting to agree, just a bit, with Connolly's reported assertion that "all gossip is scum"? Confessions of a celebrity biographer 2010-08-03T23:27:00Z And while he took a great deal of heat for the assertion, Eric is also right to note that harassment is a matter of strength and power. Ivanka’s insulating power: What the Trump scion still doesn’t get about sexual harassment 2016-08-07T04:00:00Z As far as assertions of selfhood go, this one’s particularly catchy. Shawn Mendes and Tainy’s Summer Breeze, and 12 More New Songs 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z I dissent from Mr. Kanigel’s flat assertion that “she was never beautiful.” Review: It’s Jane Jacobs’s World We Live In 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z In his new book, “Why Poetry,” Matthew Zapruder makes the bold assertion that understanding poetry requires “forgetting many incorrect things we have learned in school” and accepting “what is right before us on the page.” Stop dissecting a poem as if it were a dead frog 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z But others may take the opposite stance, seeing it as an assertion of a tradition comfortable with contradiction and engaged with the world. Now Visiting From India, an ‘Ancestor’ for Everyone 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z There's one less child on the stage, and Oxenbury's assertion that the oldest character in the book is the older brother, rather than the father, is sensibly ignored. Which stage shows are best for young children? 2013-07-08T12:52:21Z Mr. Sheeran used part of his appearance on Thursday to rebut an assertion by Alexander Stewart, a musicologist serving as an expert witness for the plaintiffs. Ed Sheeran Defends Himself in Court, With His Guitar 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z When Antonius replies that such an assertion “could be argued so, master,” Crassus shares what was surely the worst-kept secret of the ancient world: “My taste,” he says, “includes both snails … and oysters.” Spartacus: Behind the Scenes Photos From a Stanley Kubrick Classic 2012-03-07T16:15:17Z Yet tucked midway through the book is the bland assertion that his evidence does not “deny the many ways in which race is a social construct.” Charles Murray Returns, Nodding to Caution but Still Courting Controversy 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z O’Brien concluded that Trump was worth substantially less than what Trump publicly claimed, an assertion that prompted the business mogul to sue O’Brien and his publisher, Warner Books. What really gets under Trump’s skin? A reporter questioning his net worth 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z And contrary to Mr. Brands’s assertion, the financial world was not in the least astonished when William Vanderbilt inherited nearly his father’s whole estate, which he doubled in the next eight years. Books of The Times: How Economic Brawn Transformed a Nation 2010-11-19T07:00:00Z Detractors questioned the accuracy of some of Mr. Davis’s assertions and the hyperbole of his prose. Mike Davis, Who Wrote of Los Angeles and Catastrophe, Dies at 76 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z Granted, I’m not done with it yet, but as much as I’m enjoying his book, I’m still bristling over the whole assertion that he never needed to mourn. Motherlode Blog: Autism, One Parent to Another 2011-09-07T18:26:48Z Mr. Greenberg goes further in his assertions that psychiatry itself is suspect. Books of The Times: Greenberg’s ‘Book of Woe’ and Frances’s ‘Saving Normal’ 2013-05-01T21:12:33Z It’s the way Mr. West has always worked, bouncing confident assertions against his own questions, doubts and rebuttals. Kanye West Writes a Song of Himself on ‘Ye’ 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z But like many other claims for forensic science, the assertion that fingerprints are unique lacked a solid scientific basis and now is viewed with new caution. Fingerprints aren’t proof 2012-09-23T12:30:00Z “It is true to say that this conclusion is based, to some extent, on accepting the credibility of Robert Bing in his assertion in the inventory prepared for compensation,” the panel wrote. He Lost a Courbet Fleeing the Nazis. His Heirs Are Getting it Back. 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z Of course, Black Dynamite isn't itself an aggressive assertion of the black male brutishness it portrays. Blaxploitation spoof Black Dynamite may be witty, but is it racist? 2010-08-16T11:25:00Z “Merry Christmas” was, in a sense, about heritage—an epic assertion of Carey’s religious, ethnic, and musical roots. Mariah Carey’s Christmas Miracle 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z Because cinema must couch its polemics in narrative, characters too must stand in for assertions and their rebuttals, imperfectly conducting a dialogue with themselves. From the streets to the screen: how Hollywood is tackling police brutality 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z The study also reiterated the long-held assertion that facial symmetry and harmony were key factors that play a role in attractiveness. Small study ranks faces with and without masks, finds masked ones hotter 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z We are all "entitled to our opinion", and the notion that there is some gap between opinion and truth, assertion and argument, seems to be getting lost. Rick Gekoski: It takes judgment, not taste, to pick a Booker winner 2011-08-26T13:25:14Z Don't get to Boundary Park much any more sadly 11:30amIsn't the assertion 'things can only get better' a flagrant breach of the second law of thermodynamics? Brian Cox digested: A summary of Thursday's live Q&A session 2011-03-25T17:58:00Z Her character’s signature song, “I’m Here,” an assertion of emotional resilience, was the centerpiece of a show whose selections often focused on growing up and shedding illusions. Music Review: LaChanze Sings at the Allen Room - Review 2012-01-20T23:56:12Z His belief in what he calls "the primacy of foreign policy" leads Simms into some very strange assertions indeed. Europe: The Struggle for Supremacy by Brendan Simms – review 2013-05-23T08:00:03Z The music is an interesting assertion of the uncool, stolidly Anglo-Saxon character of this parochial, islanded corner of America – evoked not with conventional nostalgia, rather with a connoisseurship of how strange and different it seems. Moonrise Kingdom – review 2012-05-24T14:15:01Z The film’s most interesting notion is that more efforts to muzzle comics are coming from the left than from the right, an assertion it supports with stories of censorship on college campuses. Review: ‘Can We Take a Joke?’ The Answer Appears to Be Not Anymore 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z The movie is more interested in resurrecting the spirit of action flicks from the late 1980s, a time when men were brutes, women were pawns or eye candy, and declarative assertions passed for dialogue. ‘Panama’ Review: Welcome to the Jungle, We Lack Fun and Games 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z But she rejects the petition’s assertion that white supremacy is at the core of the museum’s mission. National Gallery of Art director responds to allegations of harassment and diversity issues at the museum 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z That assertion comes from the book “Making a Poem: Some Thoughts About Poetry and the People Who Write It,” which appeared in 2006. Poet Miller Williams dies at 84 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z Perhaps naive optimism persuaded Yusuf these flimsy assertions would pass muster. Imran Yusuf ? review 2011-08-15T14:14:29Z He has statistics and facts to back up his assertions. Cultural Studies: Hand-Holding Across the Aisle 2010-09-24T19:30:00Z She devotes an entire chapter to her boundless enthusiasm for Dorothy Sayers, whom she describes as “one of the great writers of the twentieth century,” an assertion that made this reviewer laugh aloud. “The Art of the English Murder” is a great read, but light on historical sources Mr. Scott, who called the assertions about Mr. Spacey’s behavior “shocking,” also managed to bring back Mr. Wahlberg and Ms. Williams, both of whom agreed to work through Thanksgiving due to the severe time constraint. The Race to Erase Kevin Spacey 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z While his “Self-Portrait in Black and White” begins with assertions of his blackness, it evolves into a rich set of questions occasioned by the birth of his first child. How Moving to France and Having Children Led a Black American to Rethink Race 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z But that assertion speaks to a suspicion shared by hotel guests who are falsely accused. Perspective | Hotel guests are baffled by after-the-fact damage charges. Here’s what’s going on. 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z Tom Holland's assertion that there is no historical evidence for the 7th Century origins of Islam is historically inaccurate. Channel 4's Islam film sparks row 2012-09-03T11:59:06Z If you think of those Stallone movies as an assertion of American manhood against Soviet political oppression, the Wu Jing movies are like an assertion of Chinese manhood against American cultural oppression. The Trump effect on China's box office 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z I agree with this assertion, with a little personal experience. Why We Build by Rowan Moore – review 2013-01-06T00:08:47Z “Any assertion to the contrary is unfounded speculation.” News of Bolton book sends jolt through impeachment trial 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z This assertion is a kind of shamelessness, too, but according to Cathy O’Neil’s new book, “The Shame Machine,” it’s of a different kind — not bitter and resentful but “healthy and freeing.” The Many Uses (and Abuses) of Shame 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z One of the minister’s sons denied Ms. Levin’s assertions, characterizing them as decades old. Gail Levin, Hopper Expert, Questions Sanborn Holdings Source 2012-11-20T23:02:48Z Male Bonding are not the first non-US band to be on Sub Pop, but it still feels like a gesture, even an assertion of sorts, albeit a drawled one muffled by the lankest of fringes. New band of the day ? No 775: Male Bonding 2010-04-28T16:03:00Z When you hear President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s fabled assertion in a radio broadcast that there is “nothing to fear but fear itself,” the words ring unsettlingly hollow. At the London Theater, a Fear of the Foreign and Familiar 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z Several times, a “1619 Project” writer makes a bold assertion that departs so far from conventional wisdom that it sounds exaggerated. A Landmark Reckoning With America’s Racial Past and Present 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z “The book’s title comes from McNeill’s assertion that the West emerged as the dominant force in the world, because its political and religious restlessness and the advent of industrialization required it to periodically renew itself.” William H. McNeill, Professor and Prolific Author, Dies at 98 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z "We disagree with the Tories' assertion that a small turnout in strike-action ballots undermines the basic legitimacy of the strike," he said. Biggest strike in three years sparks furore over Tory plan for ballot law 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z Bolton’s lawyers have argued that the White House assertions of classified material are a pretext to censor him over a book the administration simply finds unflattering. Judge weighs US bid to stop release of John Bolton’s book 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z You need only remember that The Mountaintop, first seen at Theatre 503, went on to scoop the Olivier award for best new play to see the fallacy of Bell's assertion. London's fringe theatre ? is it dead already? 2010-05-25T12:18:00Z On his website, Smelcer disputes his father’s assertions and accuses his father of trying to “publicly destroy his son.” Writer’s claims to native heritage are questioned after PEN Center USA names his book a finalist 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z An assertion that being “touched up on the metro” should be a “non event” also provoked fury. Catherine Deneuve's claim of #MeToo witch-hunt sparks backlash 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z Judalon is an unmitigated disaster, and her testimony to police and in court contradicts his assertions at every turn. ‘Law & Order True Crime’ Season 1, Episode 3: Court TV 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z An assertion of self as gay and female, this is a rigorously intelligent rebuke to a society that counts either of those categories as lesser than. 10 Monologues That Make Solo Music 2020-10-07T04:00:00Z Their biggest “get” was an audio recording that rebutted candidate Donald Trump’s repeated assertions that he had opposed the U.S. invasion of Iraq before the war began in 2003. Said something you’d like to forget? CNN’s Andrew Kaczynski won’t let it go. 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z Murdoch's assertions have also been called into question by respected outside lawyers Julian Pike and Michael Silverleaf, who advised his company on the Taylor settlement. Credibility fading, James Murdoch returns to UK 2011-11-09T20:22:08Z Contrast that with almost any assertion made by Lebowitz in "Metropolitan Life" or "Social Studies": Jews make good stand-up comedians. "Public Speaking": Scorsese's Fran Lebowitz doc delights 2010-11-22T16:01:00Z The Philadelphia giant also has rejected assertions that broadband providers compete nationally. New FCC definition of high-speed Internet may affect Comcast-TWC deal 2015-01-31T05:00:00Z Prosecutors have disputed Polanski's assertions of false statements and other misconduct in their court filings. Focus in Polanski case shifts back to Switzerland 2010-04-24T01:27:00Z There is not a vast amount of evidence for that assertion at the moment, I suggest. Antony Hegarty: 'We need more oestrogen-based thinking' 2012-05-19T23:04:35Z Past lives, activating divinity, shamanic exercise, coming back from the dead – it’s all on the résumé, along with the assertion that he graduated from “the school of being humble”. You want a dark Mel Gibson comedy about rich Jewish people? You got it! 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z Wooley’s class was given an assignment to identify “factual claims, commonplace assertions and opinions,” one of which was “God is real.” Keep God out of public schools: There are no heroes in Texas student’s “is God real?” assignment controversy 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z What the group sings seems like one person’s subconscious, a self trying to keep afloat with less-than-convincing assertions like “I am fine” and “I’m back in action.” Review: Dispassionate Traumas and Choral Dream Songs 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z Backing away from the assertion of their spokesman, the musicians of the striking said on Tuesday that they in fact would not be going back to work and were only offering to undergo binding arbitration. ArtsBeat: Detroit Symphony Musicians Offer Binding Arbitration 2011-03-01T20:53:35Z Because the book has neither endnotes nor a bibliography, it is not always easy to weigh the credibility of conflicting assertions. The Lives of Four Andover Grads Cut Short 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z The author proceeds meanderingly, via assertion, association and obsessive punning, which sometimes leads him to skate over possibly important points. Steve Poole's non-fiction choice 2010-05-07T23:14:00Z The FTC would not comment on the assertions made by Travelers United. Is the FTC doing enough to stop those mysterious hotel ‘resort fees’? 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z What about Vice President Mike Pence's erroneous assertion that Soleimani was involved in 9/11? We’re living in the bizarre world that Flaubert envisioned 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z The push for voting rights, like other facets of the long struggle against legal and institutional white supremacy in the South, was predicated on the assertion of African-American humanity. Review: In ‘Two Trains Runnin’,’ the Convergence of Idealism, Brutality and Artistic Genius 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z Rather than being celebrated for working hard to stay contemporary after nearly three decades of work, she was called desperate and calculating, assertions that often stunk of sexism. Review: 'Rebel Heart' Is Madonna's Most Consistent Album in a Decade 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z It is tempting to think of the Jurassic museum as a postmodern gloss on the world in its assertion that in the human manufacture of museums all is artifice. Museum Review: Museum of Jurrasic Technology Shows Its Wild Side - Review 2012-01-09T23:12:21Z And what about Amazon's assertion that WikiLeaks "doesn't own or otherwise control" all the rights to the classified cables that it published? WikiLeaks row: why Amazon's desertion has ominous implications for democracy 2010-12-11T10:00:00Z Architects and designers, professionally attentive to such matters, will not be surprised by that assertion or by the arguments the curators make. Exhibition Review: National Design That?s Hidden in Plain Sight 2011-06-13T22:41:43Z Mitt Romney took a question at a town hall meeting this month from a woman who insisted President Obama be “tried for treason,” without challenging, demurring from or even commenting on her assertion. Hustler’s denigrating S.E. Cupp “satire” 2012-05-24T20:30:00Z The baby wails again, as if taking issue with the assertion that it’s a joyous occasion for all concerned. How two professors transformed the teaching of art history 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z The news media picked apart his various tales and found factual errors, inconsistencies and uncorroborated assertions. Reports: NBC to keep Brian Williams, but not as ‘Nightly News’ anchor 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z A dozen other Post stories that made the same assertion were also corrected and amended. The Washington Post corrects, removes parts of two stories regarding the Steele dossier 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z He mocked her assertion that she doesn’t like to get involved in politics. A different view of the Democrats on Fox News prime time 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z The assertion that Bannon is calling the shots led Trump to tweet that he is still in control and makes his decisions “largely based on an accumulation of data”. Late night roundup: hosts weigh in on 'the real president' Steve Bannon 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z Enquirer parent company American Media Inc., or AMI, said in a statement that it “emphatically rejects any assertion that its reporting was instigated, dictated or influenced in any manner by external forces, political or otherwise.” Perspective | In a stunning blog post, Bezos rolls over a log. And the National Enquirer’s sleaze crawls out. 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z Older people are generally ignored or patronised in the movies: so this film's mighty triumph is a modest assertion of their existence. Oscars 2011: The Academy and the elderly genuflect to The King's Speech 2011-02-28T09:20:46Z It’s an assertion that makes her first crawl on the ground in pain, then laugh in disbelief, then rage and cry. Review | Stanford assault victim Chanel Miller’s new book indicts her attacker — and the system 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z Some assertions, based on slim evidence, are almost literally imaginary. Critic?s Notebook: To Each His Own Museum, as Identity Goes on Display 2010-12-28T23:04:19Z In the US, the mere assertion of his liberal principles is presumably a good thing. Jamie Kilstein – review 2013-02-21T17:43:10Z This seems like a long-winded way to admit that you don’t possess the intellect to back up your assertions. Fox News pundit Candace Owens challenges ESPN’s Jemele Hill to a debate over racism 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z A White House spokesman on Friday declined comment beyond pointing to remarks last August, when Mr. King first raised the issue, in which White House Press Secretary Jay Carney called Mr. King’s assertions ridiculous. Film on Bin Laden Hunt Leads to Pentagon Investigation 2012-01-07T00:48:01Z During this conversation, she asserted that Brown could have been the aggressor in his own killing, then attempted to dismiss Hughley’s shock at the assertion. How Fox News drama Bombshell lets Megyn Kelly off the hook 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z Richard Eyre's assertion that the arts are about "I" rather than "we" belies the collective character of the live experience. For art's sake ? and ours 2011-03-30T21:00:00Z Instead, Mr. Singh tells a fictional tale that opens with two Hindu men running and closes with them walking together with several newfound Sikh confederates in a quietly moving assertion of Indian unity. From India, a Tale Shaped by a Director's Memories of an Assassination 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z Therefore, according to this view, the assertion or “force” of P must be external to logic. Unpublished and Untenured, a Philosopher Inspired a Cult Following 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z Mr. Harteveldt said he thinks that TripAdvisor has an obligation to verify the authenticity of an assertion before a badge is posted, and to confirm resolution of the complaint before it is removed. New TripAdvisor Warnings on Sexual Assault Draw Criticism 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z In response to the agency’s assertion that IRS employees had an email quota of 150 megabytes per mailbox he replied, “That’s 1 percent of what Gmail offers users for free,” he said Tuesday. Jon Stewart: IRS, federal government behavior ‘borders on criminal idiocy’ 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z If most aphorists are addicted to assertion, telling readers what is and is not, there is always the option of shunning the verb to be and its imperious rule. The Sharp Force and Disgraceful State of the Modern Aphorism 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z Now, the Telegraph story itself appeared to be a bit exaggerated in its assertion that Lohan worked 12-hour shifts at the morgue, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m., for four months. Lindsay Lohan's Whitney Houston body-bag comment fails a reality check 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z Time and time again, celebrities have continued to be celebrated and hired, despite the conservative assertion that "cancel culture" has gotten out of hand. Louis C.K. and Kanye West’s Grammy wins once again show that "cancel culture" is not real 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z That assertion reverberated in data from Happy Socks, the four-year-old Swedish line that is fast gaining popularity in the United States. Trading Up: Bold, Colorful Men?s Socks 2011-12-21T18:45:42Z “When people who want to be heard instead have their feathers smoothed, they get louder in their frustration, bigger in their assertions, and more extreme in their demands,” she says. How to be a good listener: the experts' guide 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z Then, when these younger filmmakers went to film school, video stores were a kind of counter-programming, an assertion of values and of personalities different from those found in their studies. The Video Store as Film School 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z And Rooster's assertion near the end of the film, 'I bow out' is also a Coen change. Reading group: Truest grit 2012-12-06T11:09:52Z In this essay, Mr. Baker questions how Britain and the United States waged the war against Hitler, making the dubious assertion that “the pacifists of World War II were right.” Books of The Times: Nicholson Baker, ‘The Way the World Works’ 2012-08-12T20:34:47Z But there’s something poignantly fantastical about Mann’s assertions of Black humanity. Plot Twist! Why 2004 Was a Surprising Year for Movies 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z Toiling in the archives of the verifiable, fortified by the reliability of contemporaneous documentation, the fact-checker is a last defense against the chaos of unsupported assertion and outrageous mendacity. Review | Daniel Radcliffe a stickler for the truth in buoyant ‘Lifespan of a Fact’ 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z The problem with this assertion, as mentioned in the preceding chapter, is that archaeological data tell quite a different story. Militant atheism has become a religion 2013-03-25T01:00:00Z If there were awards for understatement, Tony's assertion would probably win Absolute yet another statuette to join the dozens already perched atop the boardroom mantelpiece. Absolute Radio: a day in the life with Peter Robinson 2013-01-26T05:59:01Z Every one of his assertions that could be checked out proved to be a lie, and when confronted he flew into a rage, dashing off a five-page denunciation of me to the editor. The Conman: How One Man Fooled the Modern Art Establishment 2010-04-09T23:06:00Z The largest is his assertion that Eilert’s manuscript describes a bleak future. Theater Review | 'Brack?s Last Bachelor Party': Drunken Rages, Bad Deeds: Hedda Won?t Be Happy 2010-03-04T23:02:00Z Since the election, he’s become one of the more energetic promoters of dubious assertions about the 2020 presidential contest. Dan Bongino isn’t just taking over where Rush Limbaugh left off — he’s building a conservative media universe 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z Noting that they knew each other — Trump “fired” Takei on a past season of “Celebrity Apprentice” — Takei seized on Trump’s assertion that war forces “tough” choices. ‘Allegiance’ musical offers a lesson in hateful politics’ consequences 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z Journalistic criticism distinguishes itself from cinema studies with the assertion of beauty, which has little place in the quasi-scientific realm of academic study. The Limits of American Cinephilia 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z Journalists engaged in aggregation are obligated to attribute basic facts, quotes and assertions to their source; any rephrased prose must also be attributed. Post dismisses reporter for lax attribution in ‘aggregated’ news stories 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z It’s an assertion far more moving — and convincing — than all the restless chatter of “The Hard Problem.” Review: Tom Stoppard’s ‘The Hard Problem’ Is a Mind-Body Gabfest 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z This assertion of control over the artistic impulse bred in Christo a lifelong distrust of making things look as the authorities wanted them to look. Perspective | Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s wrap of L’Arc de Triomphe reads like a salient point on hollow glory 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z They assign their own purpose and motive to that assertion. The author of ‘Just Mercy’ says we’ve made talking about race political — and that has to change 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z Telling someone they are good enough is an assertion of power, not a declaration of affection. My boyfriend cheated on me but I want to move in | Mariella Frostrup 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z Mr. Sullivan, however, does not present any persuasive evidence regarding this assertion. Books of The Times: ‘Untouchable,’ Michael Jackson’s Life, by Randall Sullivan 2012-11-12T21:52:09Z Despite the minister’s assertion, problems persist for Nigeria’s tourism industry. Nigerian millennials fuel domestic tourism 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z Work is the natural focus, and the inclusiveness is salutary; the breadth of the roles she writes about attests to her assertion that she has pursued acting challenges more assiduously than star parts. Books of The Times: Glory and Misery on the Way to Stardom 2010-10-07T22:52:00Z It details his history of domestic violence and includes late-breaking assertions by people who reported to a tip line that they had overheard Mr. Hobbs incriminating himself. Movie Review: ‘West of Memphis,’ by Amy Berg, on ‘West Memphis Three’ 2012-12-24T21:26:52Z District Judge George Daniels said the statements were "non-actionable expressions of opinion," not "assertions of fact that may properly serve as a basis for libel claims." ''Big Short'' author Lewis did not defame money manager - judge 2013-04-01T23:05:41Z In a style that often relies on bold assertions, Goldfield is bound to assert some clunkers. Making Citizens’ Lives Better 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z But as my advisor noted, crystal healing posits that there is an energy transfer between crystals and people . . . and there is simply no scientific foundation for those assertions.” ‘Healing’ crystals are having a pandemic moment. But science says they’re just pretty stones. 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z As a parody of the traditional male gaze and an assertion of the particularities of female looking, the installation puzzles and entertains in equal measure. No man’s land 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z |
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