Word: confrontation
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...Souls of Black Folk (1903), W.E.B. DuBois wrote of the "twoness" that blacks in the U.S. constantly confront. If "African American" wins wide usage, it may be a small step toward reconciling some of the conflicts and contradictions of black life in this nation...
...portion of the rest of the Harvard community is fighting for the inclusion into the club system of Harvard women is also difficult for me to deal with. As I witness the increasing disenfranchisement of the clubs from the Harvard social community, I am compelled more and more to confront these issues intellectually and to seek explanations for and solutions to them...
...measure of the Democratic leader. Mitchell is publicly hopeful that the new Republican Administration and the Democratic Congress can work together because "the nation's problems are serious, the challenges are great," foremost among them the budget and trade deficits. But he warns that "if the President chooses confrontation, we will confront him." Mitchell's strategy for the Democrats is to await Bush's lead on the budget, allowing him to take the heat if he is forced to renege on his no-tax pledge. George Bush is about to discover that although George Mitchell didn't make it playing...
Protesters Confront Yale Corp...
JUXTAPOSED to Kate is her sister Blanche (Molly Bishop), a well-meaning but pitiful widow. Bishop's delivery in the first act is ineffectual, but during the second act, when both Blanche's sister and her daughter Nora (Kim Carnesale) confront her, Bishop gives a more powerful turn...