Word: confrontational
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Then-sophomore Aaron Kim looked up from the bench, saw the debacle and immediately leaped over the boards to confront Jelenic and back up both his goaltender and his team...
...Aides close to Bush say the President has decided to confront Saddam now, with any partners he can get. "Since many Americans also prefer to have the U.N.'s approval for a war against Iraq, the quest for nine votes has become a political priority for Bush. And so the President worked the phones all week, according to TIME. The White House denied to TIME that the U.S. offered any incentives to indecisive states, but the members weren?t so hesitant. "We're keeping our options open," says a diplomat from one swing country. "It's a tantalizing situation...
...triumph of diplomacy. The U.S. military has proclaimed its invasion force ready for battle, and the air war has, in some senses, already begun over southern Iraq where policing the Anglo-American "no-fly" zone has come to include dramatically expanded attacks on weapons and communications systems that would confront any invading force. Still diplomatic resistance led by France, Russia and Germany has proved remarkably resilient, and even traditionally reliable Turkey - from whose territory the Anglo-American "no-fly" zone patrols are flown, and had been expected to host U.S. forces that would attack Iraq from the north...
Through his television show, Mister Rogers taught us both how to confront our fears about issues like death anddivorce, and to use our imaginations. Most of all, Mister Rogers encouraged us to be comfortable with who we are. An ordained Presbyterian minister, Rogers was said by those who knew him personally to be the same person in real life that he was on the air—kind, generous and calm...
...educator, Mister Rogers tried to impart these qualities to his young viewers. It is a testament to his gifts as a teacher that even today, many young adults retain the lessons Mister Rogers taught them in their childhood; our neighborliness, our ability to confront our fears and even the routines we perform each day upon returning home are attributable at least in part to the kind man in the red cardigan who visited with presidents, filmed an episode in communist Russia, won an Emmy Lifetime Achievement award and asked us to be his neighbor...