But the most striking thing about her was her self-assertiveness. From Wordnik.com. [Maigret in Holland]
Then it occurred to Danny that it wasn't merely self-assertiveness: it was fear. From Wordnik.com. [My Shipmate—Columbus] Reference
If there was any measure of self-assertiveness between them, it belonged chiefly to Tommy. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Shoemaker or 'Cobbler' Horn] Reference
Self-defense and self-assertiveness training is crucial ... even better, a detective relative, like EE's. From Wordnik.com. [Why so dark?] Reference
Watching the comments scroll by and go between playful and serious is an interesting study of power, self-assertiveness and social connections. From Wordnik.com. [Backchannels] Reference
New prosperity is reawakening nationalist pride and self-assertiveness in China and Japan just as selfdoubt is tempting Americans to turn inward. From Wordnik.com. [The Coming Power Struggle] Reference
Yet, Chodorow's relational self seems to glorify weak individuation and scorn the independence and self-assertiveness that many women desperately need. From Wordnik.com. [Feminist Perspectives on the Self] Reference
The Canadian is full of self-assertiveness, and the. From Wordnik.com. [Regeneration] Reference
Ken's growing self-assertiveness is similarly double-edged. From Wordnik.com. [Variety.com] Reference
Peter sniffed self-assertiveness from between his thumb and finger. From Wordnik.com. [Tommy and Co.] Reference
This method of self-assertiveness in reading is logical and invigorating. From Wordnik.com. [A Hero and Some Other Folks] Reference
On the contrary he began to recover something of his habitual self-assertiveness. From Wordnik.com. [Lalage's Lovers] Reference
Monson found, as I soon saw, that my everlasting self-assertiveness was beyond cure. From Wordnik.com. [The Deluge] Reference
'I think you must be guided by me, Emily,' he replied, with his calm self-assertiveness. From Wordnik.com. [A Life's Morning] Reference
What a relief it was to be rid of that girl with her self-assertiveness and independence. From Wordnik.com. [Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901] Reference
Next to self-assertiveness in the discharge of duty, modesty was the essential attribute of each. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections and reflections : an auto of half a century and more,] Reference
She was so easygoing; had none of the push and self-assertiveness that get people ahead in business. From Wordnik.com. [My Antonia] Reference
Free of all ostentation or self-assertiveness was Hal's talk; simple, and, above all virtues, brief. From Wordnik.com. [The Clarion] Reference
She was so easy-going; had none of the push and self-assertiveness that get people ahead in business. From Wordnik.com. [My Ántonia] Reference
We have replaced these virtues largely by those of self-interest, self-direction, and self-assertiveness. From Wordnik.com. [Sociology and Modern Social Problems] Reference
Her sentimental protestations became strangely mixed with a self-assertiveness very galling to Nancy's pride. From Wordnik.com. [In the Year of Jubilee] Reference
But the laws and customs of oppression, the crime in the eyes of the master class of anything like self-assertiveness. From Wordnik.com. [Unwritten History] Reference
It is, moreover, responsible for that energetic self-assertiveness for which the Aramæan language has coined the word. From Wordnik.com. [Jewish Literature and Other Essays] Reference
Around the time of Incantations, Oldfield underwent a controversial self-assertiveness therapy course known as Exegesis. From Wordnik.com. [AvaxHome RSS:] Reference
Throughout the later fourteenth and earlier fifteenth centuries the growth of Parliament in self-assertiveness was remarkable. From Wordnik.com. [The Governments of Europe] Reference
American Colonies revealed a tenacity and self-assertiveness in this direction to a greater extent than had ever been shown in England. From Wordnik.com. [The Writings of Thomas Jefferson Library Edition - Vol. 6 (of 20)] Reference
If the unmarried Betty had a fault, it was a certain sweet truculence, a pretty self-assertiveness which sometimes betrayed intolerance of human foibles. From Wordnik.com. [The Red Planet] Reference
About Mr. Peter Hope's linen, which was white though somewhat frayed, there was a self-assertiveness that invariably arrested the attention of even the most casual observer. From Wordnik.com. [Tommy and Co.] Reference
"Your humility, your modesty, your lack of self-assertiveness. From Wordnik.com. [New Faces] Reference
"I am a little puzzled," he admitted, "as to this -- shall I not call it self-assertiveness?. From Wordnik.com. [The Yellow Crayon] Reference
A total guide to self-assertiveness. From Wordnik.com. [Aggressive or Assertive? « Awful Library Books] Reference
1991 saw greater self-assertiveness on the part of South African women. From Wordnik.com. [THE OCCASION OF THE 80th ANNIVERSARY OF THE AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS] Reference
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