Word: confrontational
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...from al-Zibari's mosque, Sahar Nema says that while she and her family are not exactly comfortable in their cramped sleeping arrangements, they are spared the sectarian nightmares that haunted them in their previous home. In the days ahead, the family will have to confront difficult choices--where to look for jobs, where to send the kids to school, what to do about the home they abandoned. They may ultimately try to swap homes with one of the Sunni families being forced out of al-Shulla by the influx of Shi'ites. "I don't care if the house...
...over their pay, and for wanting to retain “flexibility” (which we assumed meant traditional exclusivity) when it came to affirmative action. In a bid to recreate some of the drama of the 1960’s sit-ins, a group of students tried to confront Bok at Massachusetts Hall over the university’s decision not to divest immediately from South Africa. Instead of meeting with them, Bok quietly decamped to spend the day working in Dana Palmer House. A few days later, the Crimson published an Animal Farm-like allegory about the incident...
...letter—which was also sent to incoming interim president Derek C. Bok and Harvard Corporation Senior Fellow James R. Houghton ’58—also requested a meeting with Summers by March 23, “to confront these issues in respectful cooperation with the administration...
...information table in dining halls with statistics” so that students see information on harassment, assault, the law, Harvard’s policies on them, and all the support resources that are available on a daily basis. Regardless, sexual assault and harassment are difficult to confront, so most students need more indirect ways to become connected with support programs. Sponsored food gatherings or parties, for example, would be much more widely attended—and less intimidating—than the current “education presentations” and discussions, which are largely only attractive to people...
...state of Israel didn't have enough to confront, it now faces having to deal with the terrorist organization Hamas. The group has been condemned for its terrorist acts by the U.S., Canada and the European Union, and it remains to be seen if terrorists can become legislators. A government controlled by Hamas, with its oft-stated aim of eliminating the state of Israel, does not bode well for the peace process. Bert Raphael Chairman, Canadian Lawyers and Jurists for World Jewry Toronto...