1.   Gloucester was more successful in asserting his claims to the stewardship of Clitheroe and its members.

2.   Both claim all of it, and they have fought two wars to assert their claims.

3.   But the Old World asserts its claims.

4.   By voting, the stateless Palestinians are asserting their claim to nascent sovereignty after nearly three decades of Israeli domination.

5.   Crystallex International Corp. filed a final appeal Wednesday with the Venezuelan Supreme Court, asserting its claims to gold deposits at the Las Cristinas mine.

6.   Gramm, who often refers to his humble roots, has moved in recent weeks to assert his claim to voters of modest means.

7.   He was clearly asserting a claim to the presidency and trying to swathe himself in gravitas.

8.   If all human life shares certain principles, then it becomes difficult for any one society to assert claims of innate superiority.

9.   In some cases, the settling parties had to also agree that they would take no steps to assist plaintiffs in other cases who assert similar claims.