Saying that President Obama is "calling the plays" as negotiations continue, Majority Leader Harry Reid asserted that Republicans want only the status quo.

VOA: standard.2009.07.21

Nietzsche announced the death of God and Dostoyevsky's Grand Inquisitor asserted that when God is dead all things are permitted.

尼采说上帝死了,陀思妥耶夫斯基的宗教法庭审判官声称,当上帝死亡时一切事物都是允许的

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

As excited -- as aroused -- as we might find ourselves by this imagining of Milton actually playing Comus, of course his performance in that role can't be asserted in any way definitively.

我们会发现自己很兴奋,当在我们想象弥尔顿真的在饰演Comus的时候，当然他演那个角色的表现,我们不能以任何方式来判断。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Republican Representative David Price asserted that passage would also complicate U.S.efforts for peace between Israelis and Palestinians, and negatively impact Israel's own investigations: "Israel is a strong and resilient democracy,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

Republicans also asserted that the nuclear revelation supports their position that President Obama acted unwisely in altering plans for a European missile shield to defend against future missile launches by Iran.

VOA: standard.2009.09.25

While praising the president's eloquence, Republicans asserted that he failed to deliver specifics, and re-stated criticisms that Democratic proposals would impose new tax burdens on Americans and small businesses and add to deficit spending.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

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

VOA: standard.2009.03.17