Word: confrontation
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...threatened to leave Von Bulow unless he divorced his wife, an action that would have cut him off from a legacy of more than $14 million. Judge Grande held that to present such evidence in Isles' absence would deprive the Danish- born defendant of his "profound constitutional right" to confront the witness...
VIRGINITY. I remember when I was growing up I remember liking my body and not being ashamed of it. I remember liking boys and not feeling inhibited. I never played little games; if I liked a boy, I'd confront him. I've always been that way. Maybe it comes from having older brothers and sharing the bathroom with them or whatever. But when you're that aggressive in junior high, the boys get the wrong impression of you. They mistake your forwardness for sexual promiscuity. Then when they don't get what they think they're going...
Idealistic? Definitely. But I happen to be a firm believer in idealism, and idealism seems to be what the Olympics are all about in the first place. When we forget that, and fail to rise above the frequent baseness of politics, we must confront the blood of Israeli weighlifters--as in Munich in 1972--a boycott by 26 Black African nations in 1976, an American-led boycott by 55 nations in 1980, and a retaliatory Soviet boycott...
...lights confront only one other crew. Smith, in their bid for the championship, while the heavies will face 14 teams...
...Club easily could have sponsored a forum open to those somewhat more ready than the Conservative Club to confront Hoppenstein with the brutal regime he represents. And if the group really intended to hold such an event for which admission would got need to be limited, it should have chosen a larger place...