Word: confrontational
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Robertson, who recently warned that McCain would be a "very dangerous" Vice President. McCain, though disappointed, understands the bargain Bush has made with the preacher. "Would I have preferred if he'd said Robertson is a turkey? Sure!" McCain says. "Obviously he didn't want to confront Robertson. But why should I get mad about it?" The answer is, he shouldn't. That's what saying "I endorse you" is all about...
...lymphoma at age 40, then by skin cancer six years later, and by prostate cancer four years after that. Don Imus listened more than he talked for a full hour, giving a window into the mystery of how larger-than-life figures like Jordan and now Rudy Giuliani confront mortality...
...book being noticed? Is it because Bennett's belief that "Lincoln must be seen as the embodiment, not the transcendence, of the American tradition of racism" is a message some people don't want to hear? "We need to confront slavery and apologize for it to put it behind us," Bennett contends. "Everywhere we look today, Civil War issues are exploding--in South Carolina and Mississippi with the Confederate flag, with the renewed call for reparations for slavery. We've not dealt with those issues yet and we're not going to be free until we do." One small...
...program refers to the play, attempts to explore the complexity of human identity within the framework of a world dominated by a linear fixation on the passage of time. In The Well, a bar so seedy that even the homeless avoid it, Matthew Circland (Jay Chaffin '01) must confront three alternate manifestations of himself from ages 12, 21 and 42 along with his father and ex-fianc; time no longer exists within the inescapable confines of this twisted reality, leaving both the characters and the audience guessing how much we may change the future or, in Matthew's case...
...task than those who work with more traditional, stationary mediums. Unlike paintings, photos or sculptures, which allow the viewer to look at them for as long as he pleases, video and film pieces last for a set duration and must captivate the viewer for all of it. Different artists confront this problem in different ways, some by conveying emotion or sensuality, some by creating drama or suspense, but all video art must address...