Word: confrontation
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Until we are willing to confront our own sexuality, we will still be in denial. A recent survey of American women revealed that 84 percent of the respondents, when asked about sexually transmitted diseases, agreed with the statement that "It won't happen...
...most seductive thing about prohibition is that it keeps us from having to confront all the other little addictions that get us through the day. It's the NutraSweet in the coffee we use to wash down the chocolate mousse; a dad's "Just say no" commandments borne on martini-scented breath. "Don't do drugs," a Members Only ad advises. "Do clothes." Well, why "do" anything? Why not live more lightly, without compulsions of any kind? Then there's TV, the addiction whose name we can hardly speak -- the poor man's virtual reality, the substance-free citizen...
...that I think black anti-Semitism is inconsequential. Not only should blacks be publicly denouncing Farrakhan's anti-Semitism and homophobia, they ought to be mobilizing every black church, radio station, newspaper, politician, businessman, entertainer, sports hero and media star to confront and ostracize anti-Semitism and homophobia in the African-American community...
...life of the bon vivant is closer to home than you may think. Since the 1960s. Let's Go, Inc. has sent thousands of Harvard students to practically every corner of the globe in search of the best bargains for the shoestring traveler, They may not confront lions, but they have their own share of hair-raising tales to relate...
...anything should have persuaded sports authorities to confront their unprecedented dilemma earlier, it is the effect on other competitors. Most are well known and would like a little press attention that the folks back home could share in. They are almost completely ignored. Kurt Browning, a Canadian contender for the men's title, would normally be surrounded by reporters, but he only gets asked about Harding/Kerrigan. Says he: "It's not about figure skating anymore...