Word: confrontational
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Hewlett still insists that men don't face the same "cruel choices" that women confront. "Men who find that they have no relationship with their adult kids at least have a second chance as grandfathers," she argues. "For women, childlessness represents a rolling loss into the future. It means having no children and no grandchildren." While her earlier books are full of policy prescriptions, this one is more personal. She salts the book with cautionary tales: women who were too threatening to the men they dated, too successful and preoccupied, too "predatory" to suit men who were looking for "nurturers...
...down your cheeks," she says. "And sometimes it hurts, because you have to go to a place you maybe haven't been. I'd just gone through my divorce before making Crush, so I was in a lot of pain--which actually helped!" In one scene, Kate has to confront her friends' betrayal. "When I started to cry," MacDowell says, "I didn't know if I was going to be able to stop...
...case for slavery reparations, as proposed by Climenko Professor of Law Charles J. Ogletree and his national Reparations Coordinating Committee, is an impractical and cosmetic means of achieving a worthy end—amends for the brutal experiences of blacks under slavery and segregation. Americans need to confront the realities of domestic racial inequalities; the issues of institutional disadvantages faced by blacks should not be swept under the table. But 137 years after slavery’s abolition, reparations would not be a constructive solution to these problems...
...good number of Bush Administration officials, believe Arafat has the power to take on groups like Hamas and Islamic Jihad. He just chooses not to--in part because he fears that doing so would threaten his hold on power. Some exasperated Israelis charge that Arafat has failed to confront Palestinian terrorism because, perversely, he benefits from it: the steady waves of attacks have demoralized segments of Israeli society and invited military responses by Sharon that make Israel look like a bully in the eyes of many around the world...
...sexual mores. Complains a Vatican official: "In America there is too much reliance on modern psychology in place of the church's traditional wisdom." Officials say the Pope is greatly pained by the crisis in the U.S. church. But that doesn't mean he is ready or able to confront such an explosive issue. The papacy hates to bend to outside pressure. St. Paul, Minn., attorney Jeff Anderson, who has been suing the church regularly for abuse victims, says, "They're not going to change until a bishop goes to jail and every bishop hears the door clang behind...