Word: confrontational
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...judged by history. That means holding tough in Iraq, whose Defense Minister now says U.S. troops will be needed until 2018, and staying tough with Iran. The CIA has downplayed the Iranian threat, but Bush pointedly distanced himself from that assessment in Abu Dhabi, calling on the world to "confront this danger before it's too late...
...zealously guarded the right of criminal defendants to confront their accusers in court. But new evidence rules adopted by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2004 and by Wisconsin's Supreme Court in 2006 are allowing Julie Jensen?and perhaps other, future murder victims?to take the stand from beyond the grave...
...Democratic Movement leaders prior to the general elections." That charge made explicit the specter now haunting what has historically been one of Africa's most stable and tourist-friendly nations - that it might descend into the kind of ethnic slaughter seen in Rwanda in 1994. On Thursday, Kenya will confront those fears...
There are many other, more specific challenges that affect siblings of special-needs kids - and many of them apply to sibling relationships of every kind. Here are some of the issues that most frequently confront typical siblings - and their families - with advice from professionals...
...favorite Christmas movie of 18-to-41-year-olds [Dec. 10]. But he ignored the generation of the moment - the boomers. We too have our own iconic Christmas movie: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Clark Griswold personifies all of our ideals to the extreme. Every year we confront the hassles of "exterior illumination," the perfect tree, the extravagant and costly family gifts, the visiting relatives who wish they were somewhere else, the big dinner, the disorganized cleanup afterward and the demolished, sad-looking house we are left with. Yet despite it all, we never fail to say to ourselves...