Word: confrontative
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...minutes later, Burnham returned to the club--admittedly with a mind to confront club member Sean Hansen '95--and claims to have been assaulted by at least five club members. According to one football player, "everyone went at him and he got the living daylights kicked the shit...
Burnham left the club feeling "verballyabused," he said, and decided to return in orderto confront Hansen...
...Outbreak" is innovative as it strives to confront issues and find a new setting for a traditional plot. Combined with the strong acting and fast pace, it is enjoyable to watch. Efforts at comedy are transparent, but effectively distracting. Sit back and watch "Outbreak," but don't stop and think or you'll probably be disappointed...
...Boston premiere of the 1992-93 winner of the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for "Best Foreign Play," relates the story of a trio of hostages awaiting their fate at the hands of unseen captors. In their struggle to survive the incarceration, these untimely heroes courageously confront their fears and form a loving bond to combat their isolation and helplessness...
...Olympics, with its melodramatic, widely followed confrontation between Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding, changed the sport dramatically. TV suddenly woke up to skating's telegenic grace, and the number of staged competitions-produced primarily for TV and lacking the strict rules that have governed amateur meets in the past-has multiplied. As a result, young skating stars today must not only beat back competition from the amateur ranks. They must also confront a new kind of rival: the pro skater. The stars who emerged from the past two Olympics have not faded into the half-life of touring ice shows...