But he was rapidly becoming one of the cause's biggest assets.
In years past, the biggest asset of most Americans was the home.
"She is a big asset in terms of Soviet international public relations."
"I believe the control board has been a big asset to us," the mayor said.
The boy has some pace and will be a big asset to the side in the future.
"One of our biggest assets is that people have not lost their dream for the future," he said.
The sense that she is in charge, and determined, may be her biggest political asset.
As in life, a certain optimism is the first big asset.
But the family home is the biggest asset for the vast majority of Americans.
The three biggest assets of the company weren't tested, because they couldn't be.