Word: confrontation
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...make-believe mood of the past few days' events was ruined, too. A university reveling in the glories of its storied past was forced to confront the fierce internal political debate over its activities in the present...
...attempt to incorporate Western ideology while retaining a sense of national identity will confront the world's largest nation in the upcoming years, the panelists concluded at the symposium "Contemporary China: Intellectual and Literary Issues...
Last week, however, the White House had to confront another sticky matter. At a press conference a few hours after the Durban speech, Reagan embraced what he termed Botha's call for a meeting between South African and Western leaders to help end apartheid. Reagan spoke in Chicago, where he was campaigning for Republican candidates, and he had not yet reviewed Botha's speech. When it became plain that Botha had merely offered to meet with Western leaders to discuss regional issues, the Administration admitted that "there has been no such proposal" to dismantle apartheid...
Serpell's pet theories embrace the familiar argument that modern culture has placed artificial barriers between man and the natural world. Like many who confront this idea, he can be nostalgic in his definitions. The hunter- gatherers of the ice age, for example, are idealized as the beneficiaries of a golden period. Animals were considered edible but equal; protein was plentiful, and work hours fewer than they would ever be when Homo sapiens organized into agricultural communities...
...number of legal potholes confront the project. One is the question of insurance liability. Governments have immunity from litigation by victims of car accidents on public roadways, but owners of private roads...