Word: confrontations
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...configurations. The United Nations may be able at last to fulfill the hopes of its founders as a mechanism for collective security. The gulf crisis, under Bush's masterful organization, brought together an extraordinary new coalition, including the U.S., the Soviet Union, Egypt, Syria and 24 other nations, to confront an outlaw state...
Pioneer feminist Betty Friedan dismisses the book as an "obsolete rehash" and criticizes Wolf for dwelling on superficialities rather than coming to grips with the modern-day political challenges that confront females. While Friedan agrees that women often go to extremes in their pursuit of good looks, enduring repeated face-lifts and possibly risking their health by having silicone injected into their breasts, she thinks Wolf's book distorts the relationship between feminism and beauty. Women, she says, do not have to choose between the two, but can delight in a frivolous enjoyment of fashion without becoming a slave...
Bush has described his broad notion of a new world order as a world in which "no one, friend or foe, should doubt our desire for peace, and no one should underestimate our determination to confront aggression...
...Sharing the forum with me is recognizing the reality of Israel," he said. "If you confront the reality, then maybe you better come to terms with...
...addition, the city's Peace Commission, created in Cold War-era 1982 to provide education about peace to Cambridge students and citizens, has stepped up its outreach activities since the war began in an effort to help people confront the crisis the nation faces, says Director Cathy Hoffman...