11.   Peres now invites Assad to assert his leadership in the cause of peace.

12.   Safeties Tommy Bennett and Kwamie Lassiter are more confident of their positions on the team and will assert more leadership.

13.   The recent inability of Europe alone to end the horrors in Bosnia, until U.S. leadership finally was asserted, renewed the concern for a new generation.

14.   The world is waiting for Japan to assert leadership and take the initiative in disarmament matters because it is a nation that does not export weapons.

15.   The currency crisis struck just as ASEAN was beginning to assert its leadership, forcing its members to concentrate on economic recovery.