Word: confrontational
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...civilized society. The notion that there are heroic sociopaths like Jack Bauer who can carry the fight without severe psychological consequences is a fantasy. The flood of Iraq war veterans showing up at hospitals with post-traumatic stress disorder is testimony to that. The moral necessity to confront the terrorists is clear. But the war is going to be fought on their terms, not ours, and we are bound to be diminished-stained, perhaps irrevocably...
...families compete to win a house on an insular, mainly white suburban cul-de-sac -- was offensive. Problem was, the complainers never saw the show. If they had, they'd have seen a thought-provoking, quality reality series that not only raised prejudices but actually caused its participants to confront and learn about them. Our reality -- that Americans often live in self-segregated neighborhoods -- is offensive. This smothered-in-the-cradle reality show...
...that only the TF can possibly answer (“What kind of response might this work have elicited in seventeenth century Amsterdam?”), or so specific and poorly worded that nobody pays attention (“If Iqbal can be understood here to be attempting to confront a history of Muslim warfare and conquest, why is he couching his frustrations in images of nature and, specifically, trees...
...Before we Americans shake our heads in wonder or look down our noses at the French for allowing extreme inequality to fester for so long, we should pay attention to what TIME said about the French having to confront the widening disparities between those who live in soulless apartment blocks and the rest of the country. As you noted, if those problems aren't addressed, "the rage and resentment inflaming the streets will surely continue to smolder." That is also true of certain parts of Detroit, Chicago, New Orleans, Los Angeles and any number of other U.S. cities. We will...
...with his own son and a hand-picked team of technocrats in place in Singapore, Lee has time to turn his thoughts outward, to Asia - and beyond - while trying to divine the forces that will confront a new generation of leaders. It is an opportune time for such musings, a moment of balance when the critical observer can look back and forward and see the region on the cusp of profound change. Symbolic of a new order has been a string of summits and conferences in Asia. The parade of presidents, prime ministers, princes and their attendant ministers began with...