Word: confrontational
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There is poignant symbolism in baseball’s return from its enforced hibernation. The season of regeneration is upon us, whether we’re fans or not. It’s time to rouse ourselves for new challenges, to confront old problems in fresh and productive ways, to remember what makes life worth living...
These are difficult days for Birmingham, Ala. As two of the four men charged in a fatal 1963 church bombing are finally called to trial for their alleged crime, the city once known as "Bombingham" is forced to confront one of the most painful wounds of the civil rights...
...next few weeks the President will have to make a decision on whether or not to sell advanced weapons systems to Taiwan, most notably Aegis Cruisers, which will improve Taiwan’s ability to confront the enhanced Chinese missile threat. In the interests of ensuring peace and defending a democratic nation against a totalitarian bully, Bush should go ahead with the sale. Especially in light of this newest controversy, it appears that China’s hard-line military leaders are increasingly influential in areas of foreign policy. Selling Taiwan weapons for the express purpose of defense against Chinese...
...connection that LHO makes to Harvard Square, although very successful in the physical sense, does not quite achieve the ironic goals of the adaptation. Although the production would like to confront its Harvard audience and its treatment of the poor, it fails to take full advantage of proximity of Rodolfo, Marcello, Mimi and the others to their counterparts in the Ivory Tower. The underground “apartment” that the four men share in the Harvard MBTA stop is the only scene which seems to speak directly to the Harvard elite. Unfortunately, the powerful image and sentiment conveyed...
...were the big fish in a small pond," Woodruff said. "Everyone's had to confront the reality of not being that when they got here...