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For South Koreans, though, the arrangement is a matter of pleasure and cultural explorations. Many here are not especially familiar with African-American heritage. But the universal themes of the story — three young women struggling to escape men’s exploitation and make it on their own in show business, the power of sisterhood and redemption — made the 2006 Hollywood movie adaptation hugely successful in South Korea, a country with a new generation of assertive women moving from the margins of society to the center.
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According to the Oxford Dictionary (沒這本辭典 )being assertive means, "forthright and positive". Being assertive shows confidence without being aggressive.
By PHILIP BOBBITT
Reviewed by NIALL FERGUSON
Reviewed by NIALL FERGUSON
Philip Bobbitt’s treatise on foreign policy is a manifesto for a new Atlanticism, not just a reassertion but a reinvention of the dominant role of the Anglo-American alliance.
trea・tise
━━ n. 論説, （学術）論文 ((on)).
man・i・fes・to
━━ n. （pl. ～(e)s） 宣言（書）, 声明書; 政見発表.
If someone is on the margins of a group of people, they are part of that group, but they are different in important ways, and if someone is on the margins of an activity, they are only slightly involved:
He spent the 1980s on the margins of British politics.
The government needs to reach out to those on the margins of society.
assert
verb [T] 1 FORMAL to say that something is certainly true:
[+ that] He asserts that she stole money from him.
2 to do something to show that you have power:
Throughout the Cold War, the Allies asserted their right to move freely between the two Berlins.
She very rarely asserts her authority over the children.
assert yourself verb [R]to behave in a way which expresses your confidence, importance or power and earns you respect from others:I really must assert myself more in meetings.
assertive
adjective
describes someone who behaves confidently and is not frightened to say what they want or believe:
If you really want the promotion, you'll have to be more assertive.
assertively
adverb
Prince Charles condemned the assertively modernist style of architecture.
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