Word: confrontational
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...roomful of fellow humanities professors, may have been preaching to the converted, I think her speech has implications outside of the walls of the Barker Center. What is most troubling about this war is the Bush administration’s use (or misuse) of language, its refusal to confront the moral complexities of a situation that makes its moral platitudes irrelevant and irresponsible. As we go barreling into a war that involves regional instability and international discord, it seems reckless to have only two words in our diplomatic arsenal: “good” and “evil...
...think in general that while traveling, students will have to confront hostility abroad...
Then-sophomore Aaron Kim looked up from the bench, saw the debacle and immediately leaped over the boards to confront Jelenic and back up both his goaltender and his team...
...Aides close to Bush say the President has decided to confront Saddam now, with any partners he can get. "Since many Americans also prefer to have the U.N.'s approval for a war against Iraq, the quest for nine votes has become a political priority for Bush. And so the President worked the phones all week, according to TIME. The White House denied to TIME that the U.S. offered any incentives to indecisive states, but the members weren?t so hesitant. "We're keeping our options open," says a diplomat from one swing country. "It's a tantalizing situation...
...triumph of diplomacy. The U.S. military has proclaimed its invasion force ready for battle, and the air war has, in some senses, already begun over southern Iraq where policing the Anglo-American "no-fly" zone has come to include dramatically expanded attacks on weapons and communications systems that would confront any invading force. Still diplomatic resistance led by France, Russia and Germany has proved remarkably resilient, and even traditionally reliable Turkey - from whose territory the Anglo-American "no-fly" zone patrols are flown, and had been expected to host U.S. forces that would attack Iraq from the north...