1.   Minority rights National and ethnic minorities continued to assert their interests.

2.   National and ethnic minorities continued to assert their interests.

3.   This had asserted American interest in the Middle East and had given pledges of support to those states which felt threatened by communism.

4.   Locally and nationally, unions are becoming more aggressive in asserting their interests.

5.   Only if Bush plainly asserts our national interests will his first foray to Europe be judged a success.

6.   The American government, however, has wasted no time in asserting its interests in the oil-rich region by dispatching a series of senior government officials.