1.   Heightening what looks like a test of nerves, the city has reasserted its claim that the Housing Authority has the power to phase out its police department.

2.   If New York is ever to reassert its claim of progressive leadership, it must have genuinely competitive elections.

3.   Last March, Gore reasserted his claim to have been a developer and small businessman.

4.   Placing Iran on the enemies list may also encourage it to reassert its claims over the offshore Caspian oilfields that are in dispute with the Republic of Azerbaijan.

5.   Some Israelis who do not belong to the peace camp are using the moment to reassert their claim to him.

6.   The property passed through several hands, and nature slowly began to reassert its claim.

7.   Winston Cup driver Mark Martin reasserted his claim to the title King of IROC on Saturday, winning for the fifth time in his last eight tries.

8.   Arafat also reasserted Palestinian claims to a capital in Jerusalem, over which Israel insists it will retain sovereignty.

9.   Immediately after the attack, Mubarak accused Sudan of having a hand in the attempted killing, and he has reasserted that claim several times since.

10.   It came a day after Chinese and Japanese foreign ministers met at the United Nations and emerged deadlocked over the islands, with both reasserting their claim to sovereignty.