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Word: confrontation (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...helping these mayors with the transition period" into office, Charles Trueheart, director of the Institute of Politics Forum, said. "The mayors are exposed to a quick overview and to the best thinking on issues which will confront them...

Author: By Jonathan M. Moses, | Title: Rookie Mayors Check In For K-School Conference | 11/22/1985 | See Source »

...rest of the seminar is packed with courses on issues and problems which will confront these mayors during their terms in office...

Author: By Jonathan M. Moses, | Title: Rookie Mayors Check In For K-School Conference | 11/22/1985 | See Source »

...both plays, Stoppard's Dogg-speaking characters confront English speakers. These entertaining encounters owe much of their appeal, however, to the cast's versatility under the clever direction of Fred Pletcher...

Author: By M. ELISABETH Bentel, | Title: Clever Language Games | 11/14/1985 | See Source »

Those who do get in will usually confront a scene designed to stir the imagination. From the shark tank at Area to Danceteria's "Wuthering Heights" elevator, the purpose of the physical accoutrements is to draw the clubgoer out of quotidien life and into a netherworld of unusual activity. The nightclub's ideal role is no longer to provide singles with potential partners or to satiate the hungry dancer with the charm of the bass. Though there is concern with sex and song here, these clubs, more than anything else, attempt to capture and define the sub-culture that...

Author: By Preston W. Brooks and Michael C.D. Okwu, S | Title: Art and Dance in New York | 11/14/1985 | See Source »

...jets carried out their mission, Peres had adversaries of a different kind to confront at his regular Sunday Cabinet meeting: hard-line members of the Likud bloc, the other major partner in his national unity government. Likud Cabinet members, led by Deputy Prime Minister David Levy and Minister for Industry and Trade Ariel Sharon, pounced on Peres. They charged that his U.N. speech violated a Labor-Likud policy that opposes an international Middle East peace conference. Unless Peres offered "clarifications," Levy and Sharon threatened that Likud would bolt the government. Likud Leader and Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir and Minister Without...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East Maneuvering for Position | 11/11/1985 | See Source »

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