1.  Accepting criticism Accepting valid criticism is also part of this group of assertive actions.

2.  In addition, a child who is aware of her anger is more likely to take assertive action to change her situation.

3.  Britain and other allies have urged more assertive action to monitor Albanian insurgents in a border zone in Serbia from which NATO has excluded the Yugoslav army.

4.  But few international summits are likely to pass now without discussion of the possibility of assertive action in places like Kashmir.

5.  One question concerns the underlying message from the United States in its assertive military actions in the region.

6.  But Moscow has been pushing hard for a major role in the peacekeeping operation, and its assertive actions have contradicted its conciliatory public statements on several occasions.

7.  Ruiz denounces violence, but does not reject assertive action against perceived abuses by ranchers, corrupt police and politicians.