Word: confrontation
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...eerie electronic instrument called the ondes martenot (memorably employed by Maurice Jarre in the score for Lawrence of Arabia), the symphony is like some fabulous beast howling in the collective unconscious of Western civilization. Heard live, it shakes, it roars and it rattles the fundament, compelling the listener to confront unspoken fears; even on compact disc, the force is still with it. And all courtesy of a mild- mannered French church-organ player who liked nothing better than to walk in the woods and listen to the birds...
...nebulous office. No fracas has ever occurred. She showed her grasp of the presidency last March in the notorious case in which the government tried to stop a 14-year-old rape victim from going abroad for an abortion. Robinson spoke out, emphasizing the need for Irish society to confront the issue but not dictating the resolution. Characteristically, she saw a chance to guide her people by citing the human sides of a dilemma that highlights how fast even this homogeneous country is changing...
...draft records, Clinton proved that he was that rare Timex-watch candidate, who could "take a licking but keep on ticking." Now he has sailed through the primaries, averted new scandals and stands on the cusp of the Democratic nomination. Rather than savoring that triumph, Clinton must now confront the highest hurdle of all: he must reach into himself and find a new way to convince the voters that he has the vision, the verve and the vitality to lead a troubled nation...
...novels, Turow explores the moral questions that lawyers confront in their daily practice. In fact, the books dramatize a dilemma which Turow says faces all practicing attorneys: the difference between "doing well and doing good...
More than 100 heads of state, with a supporting cast of 30,000, are getting together in Rio to confront the world's most threatening environmental perils. Will it be a landmark in human history or a diplomatic fiasco of global proportions...