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But now gravity has reasserted itself; just as it did two years ago with respect to subprime loans, or Greek debt.

Again and again throughout the history of the Reformed movement the commitment to a religion of both the head and heart has been reasserted.

With the end of the long Persian new year holiday, the pragmatic wing apparently reasserted control.

The United Kingdom has had a continuous presence in the South Atlantic since 1833 when it reasserted sovereignty over the Falkland Islands.

Obama's trip reasserted that the United States is a Pacific power, and it has longstanding relationships and interests in the region.

But the main benefit of the change is to Mr Putin, who has reasserted his grip on the succession process and shored up his power.

Several blamed the drink; others reasserted innocence, or (especially in recent years) railed against the death penalty.

It was not long before a more sceptical view reasserted itself.

The Philippines reasserted its claims in the Spratlys, and Taiwan announced plans to reinforce its garrison there.

On a string of criteria, Kenya has reasserted itself as the region's leader.

That greedy human nature has reasserted itself shouldn't come as a surprise, of course.

Since the 1970s, the city has reasserted its Catalon background.

For the time being, Mr Abbas has reasserted his authority.

But in 2010, national imperatives reasserted themselves.

Then his self-discipline reasserted itself.

The upshot of the controversy is that the pure geometers reasserted their role in mathematics.

Chinese dominance in Central Asia was reasserted in the years 73-94.

However, when the economy rapidly started to slow at the end of last year, the authorities reasserted their influence.