Word: confrontational
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...Putting aside questions like whether abandoning Kyoto is good for Americans - it isn't - there are problems with such an approach. Rogue states may well present a genuine and growing threat, but maintaining a system of alliances to deter, contain and, if necessary, confront them requires leading on the soft issues as well as the hard. It means recognizing that there is not only a U.S. agenda but a global one, and advancing the former demands creative work on the latter...
Having won admiring reviews for his first novel, The Intuitionist (1999), Colson Whitehead must now face the higher hurdle of a literary career: a second novel, which, unlike its predecessor, will confront enhanced expectations and thus the possibility of falling short. If this prospect ever intimidated Whitehead, no hint of nervousness appears in his rousing John Henry Days (Doubleday; 389 pages; $24.95). In fact, one of the novel's many characters muses on a hypothetical "second novel, recapitulating some of the first's themes, somehow lacking" because the similarly hypothetical author "tries to tackle too much." As it happens, there...
...Killip says that Knowles and Taylor put the faculty in a impossible “catch-22” in which Phelan and her colleagues could not confront their accusers or even hear the charges against them, further aggravating an already strained relationship between VES faculty and staff...
...city is officially known, is literally at Hong Kong's border. After immigration, a visitor walks across a narrow bridge spanning a stinking, black canal?the first whiff of something rotten in the air?and steps directly into a city overeager to offer its wares. The first building to confront new arrivals is a six-storied, mirrored monument to China's status as the world's counterfeit capital. Shops display perfect replicas of Armani suits, Gucci handbags, Nike trainers, Rolex watches, Cartier jewelry, as well as racks of pirated videos and discs. Outside, televisions air graphic advertisements for clinics offering...
...Jayne Loader of Quincy House and Professor of Government Roger B. Porter and Ann Porter of Dunster House. We welcome their addition to the Harvard House community. However, the selection of two non-minority House masters, following upon two similar selections last year, forces us to confront the persistent lack of diversity among House Masters. This issue has become especially acute with the departure of Bigelow Professor of Ichthyology Karel F. Liem and Hetty Liem as Masters of Dunster House, leaving the College without any Masters of color. While we are certain that the new Masters will serve their respected...