Word: confrontation
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...generation's most eloquent literary critics; in New York City. The Brooklyn-born Kazin stumbled onto his calling seemingly by accident: while riding in a subway in 1934 he was so incensed by a New York Times book review that he got off at Times Square to confront the critic face to face. Kazin's thoughtful critiques continued in On Native Grounds, his seminal 1942 appraisal of American writers, and in countless other essays, reviews and memoirs dwelling in depth on New York, Judaism and above all literature, the three topics dearest to Kazin's heart...
...Still,] at Harvard, seen by many abroad as a bastion of American liberalism, Jiang will be forced to confront calls for democratic reform more than anywhere else on his U.S. tour. At Harvard, more than anywhere else, Jiang will be forced to see that in America, the right to free expression is not his alone...
...reading, teaching and discussing literature [as] a way to confront the basic issues of human experience," Delbanco says. "We have some writers in the American tradition who have confronted them very well...
...counseling and clarify its procedure for the reporting of such incidents. In the aftermath of an alleged rape by a sophomore last winter, Harvard's response was inadequate--Harvard's administrators seem to prefer to believe that rape and sexual assault do not happen here. The College needs to confront date rape openly and publicize resources for victims. Harvard must go beyond the good work done by student groups and make itself an official source of support and guidance...
Foreign investors are worried that Habibie may allow Muslim activists a greater role in society than they were permitted under Suharto. Unsettling signs appeared the day after Habibie's swearing in, when hundreds of Muslim protesters forced their way into Parliament to confront students still demonstrating for greater democratic reforms. They advanced shouting, "Muslims must support Habibie!" and "Religion and politics are one and the same!" The security forces had to intervene to prevent a serious riot from breaking...