Word: confrontational
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...things that often happens in a democracy and at a university is we keep the peace by not mentioning bluntly when we disagree,” said Loker Professor of English Robert J. Kiely, explaining that the professors wanted to confront disagreement head-on through a “range of difficult, controversial, perhaps shocking texts?...
...White House, there is an ongoing parlor game to rate Bush's possible Democratic challengers in 2004. Political guru Rove figures union support will give Gephardt the nomination. Another Bush adviser says Edwards' charisma and experience as a trial lawyer enable him to confront Bush's coziness with business. Yet another views Kerry as the toughest potential rival: "The people who assume we can kill Kerry are the same people who thought Bill Clinton was a hick who couldn't win." They all but dismiss Gore. But then their boss is living proof of the power of low expectations...
...Drug Enforcement Administration is launching an urgent new initiative to confront the exploding Afghan heroin trade, which officials fear will generate millions of dollars for al-Qaeda-linked groups. Code-named Operation Containment, the DEA effort will open offices in Kabul and the Uzbek capital of Tashkent to monitor the bustling northern smuggling route to Russia. The agency's offices in Turkey are being expanded to intensify monitoring of heroin traffic to Western Europe. Stateside, FBI officials have established new narco-terrorism squads in New York City and other field offices, and are expanding domestic investigations into drug rings with...
...right and prudent to hear and to confront those who hold appalling views; I do not believe that even the most fervent commitment to free speech and inquiry requires us to honor them (News, “In About-Face, English Dept. Re-Invites Anti-Israeli Poet,” Nov. 20). Tom Paulin apparently agrees with my second point and has argued that a poet’s reputation ought to be reevaluated in the light of his politics...
...avert conflict, but they don't bring true peace." And although he said member states were free to choose whether to join the U.S. in a "coalition of the willing" should military action against Iraq be necessary, he left no doubt he expects them to sign up. Failure to confront Saddam would be to appease aggression - although he didn't use that supercharged word from Europe's initial failure to confront Hitler, it was in the air, as he appealed to the continent's history of wrestling with totalitarian regimes. The seven new NATO members, he argued, should remind...