Word: confrontation
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...three consecutive days last week Israel sent commandos into southern Lebanon. They raided villages, destroyed houses, and seized five villagers as alleged terrorists. Lebanese officials reported that four civilians and one soldier had been killed. Israelis said that the raids were merely "preventive and reconnaissance operations" designed to "confront the terrorists" before they crossed into Israel...
Chanting "Martin Bormann, we see you: it's time to pay for six million Jews," 15,000 NAM protesters attempt to confront Bormann at the Harvard Club as he accepts the Harvard Republican Club's Teddy Roosevelt Award for Service to a Superior Race. Bormann leaves by the back door, unnoticed...
...Approach would have the major oil consumers confront the producing countries as a bloc. Basically an adversary approach, it assumes that non-OPEC oil production will gradually increase, and OPEC members will eventually be forced to compete for a shrinking market by dropping their prices...
Indeed, even though we may like to think of ourselves as liberal-minded, we must confront the fact that Harvard is a racist institution. The graduate admissions policy is just one aspect of this. Not only does the GSAS admit few blacks, but it blames this situation on blacks themselves. That people can think that black students are not "qualified" is highly disturbing. It fosters fascist ideas. How often is the failure of a white student to complete his or her degree attributed to lack of motivation in the face of a deteriorating job market, whereas the failure...
...discerning the moodo (mood) of his countrymen. Last summer, sensing the mounting furor over Tanaka's use of vast sums of money in political campaigns, Miki resigned as Deputy Premier and shrewdly began cultivating his image as a reformer. Considering the complex economic and political problems that confront Japan, though, Miki will need more than hara and an ability to perceive his nation's moodo if he expects to succeed as Premier...