Some of the participants were self-conscious, self-assertive ' backwoodsmen ' defending an independent way of life, looting and striking back against coastal people.
The market these writers celebrated was nothing if it was not an arena for self-assertive and self-interested action.
Crudely put, the difference is between self-assertive vanity and submissive dignity.
As such, local government is undeniably and rightly self-assertive.
Indeed, younger people in minority communities have been able to be more self-assertive about their differences.
One irresponsible and self-assertive district can upset the peace and tranquillity of a whole countryside, and the county council have no power to veto the decision of that particular council.
Music journalists have noted the album for its innovative production, funk-based samples, self-assertive themes, ingenious lyricism, and complex rhyme patterns.
The children are self-assertive in the face of difficult lives.
