Word: confrontation
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...town of Halle earlier this month, Kohl caught the people's disaffection right in the face. Irate citizens pelted him with eggs while shouting, "Liar! Liar!" The enraged Kohl, egg yolks dripping from his head and lapels, shook off security personnel and plunged into the crowd to confront the hecklers. Just as the burly Bundeskanzler was taking a swing, his guards dragged him away...
...universities are beginning to confront tighter budgets, some say they will also face increased pressure to abandon their expensive need-blind admissions policies...
...lawyers complained that the accused were not able to confront their accusers...
...company (now called Prudential Securities) vows to appeal, terming the decision "erroneous." Shapiro's complaint is but one of a host facing Prudential, as irked investors seem more ready then ever to confront the securities industry. From 1988 to 1990, the American Arbitration Association intervened in 1,316 such cases...
...Michael Cato, who were accused of killing Riggs to collect his $175,000 life insurance policy. Last week Judge Vesta Svenson dismissed the murder charge against Toni Riggs, ruling that Cato's confession could not be used as evidence against her because it violated her Sixth Amendment right to confront her accuser...