Word: confrontation
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Lebanon to root out terrorists, since that would require a vastly increased U.S. force. But it warned that "combating terrorism requires an active policy... It makes little sense to learn that a state or its surrogate is conducting a terrorist campaign or planning a terrorist attack and not confront that government with political or military consequences." The commission recommended that anti-terrorist planning be sharply accelerated by the Defense Department and that the Pentagon and the CIA jointly explore ways of improving intelligence gathering on terrorist activities. Weinberger initiated such a study even before the commission's report...
These are the main findings that emerge from a public opinion poll conducted for TIME by Yankelovich, Skelly & White, Inc.* The responses are sometimes contradictory, for they are the views of a people divided over how best to confront the ominous changes in the relations between East and West. Overall, the emphasis is on making a greater effort for peace...
...addresses are routinely attached to various court documents. Furthermore, judicial rules in many states require that the identities of all witnesses testifying be made known to defendants so that they can attempt to rebut the testimony. The Constitution, however, explicitly requires only that the defendant have the opportunity to confront an accuser in court; thus a number of jurisdictions are now concealing the identities of some witnesses until they actually take the stand...
Facing up to the debt crisis will be the sternest test for Lusinchi, a pediatrician who has spent 40 years working for Action Democratica, chiefly as a quiet but effective grass-roots organizer. Though he is a populist by inclination, he will confront the need to administer a stiff dose of austerity after taking office next February...
...Award winning performance in Sophie's Choice, Streep delves wholeheartedly into her role, displaying nuances and foibles that make Silkwood believable. We feel her physical revulsion when she gets brutally showered and scrubbed after receiving radiation contamination; we see her go through the motions of a rather doldrum life, confront her roommate's homosexuality, and unconsciously adapt to the volatile world of union politics when she decides to actively fight her company's wrongdoings...