asserted

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Asserted John Nevin, chairman of Firestone Tire & Rubber: "There will be a more pragmatic attitude toward intolerable budget deficits."

From Time Magazine Archive

Asserted Ohio's Robert A. Taft: "There is a tendency toward executive usurpation of power in this field, as in domestic legislation."

From Time Magazine Archive

Asserted Ralph Wilson, vice president of Babson's Statistical Organization, "Business has struck bottom!"

From Time Magazine Archive

Asserted a top National Security Council official last week: "We have Gaddafi up to his ears in this bombing operation."

From Time Magazine Archive

Liberty Asserted, which was received with applause due to the violence of its attacks upon the French, although called a tragedy, does not end tragically.

From The Age of Pope (1700-1744) by Dennis, John