Word: confronted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...enough votes to keep its gains intact, any attempt at another round of reductions would depreciate the political capital that Reagan won in the "historic" votes on spending-and would renew doubts about the wisdom and affordability of multiyear tax cuts. Whatever Reagan decides when he returns to confront this dilemma, pure Yankee Doodle Days may be harder to come...
...risks are high. If the N.C.A.A. decides to impose sanctions, C.F.A. teams in other sports could be barred from national competitions. The schools have three weeks to reconsider their C.F.A. votes before the decision becomes final. Says University of Georgia President Fred Davison: "I don't intend to confront the N.C.A.A. But I can't escape the fiscal responsibility...
...enters Parliament with a powerful political base. He appointed 150 of the Senate's 225 members while Premier, and he hopes to attract enough support in the lower house to make his National Democrat Party the leader of the opposition. If that happens, Prem's regime will confront a formidable foe. But Kriangsak coyly denies any plan to topple the government. Says he: "I'm nobody's enemy...
...building improves upon concepts the firm used in 1970 for Boston's successful New England Aquarium. Chermayeff describes the layout as similar to a symphony, with a linear structure following an "ABA" rhythm. The exhibits constitute the A elements, or as Chermayeff puts it, "something to read, confront, evoke a response." Long escalator rides from one floor to another through a dramatically high-ceilinged central space provide the release, or B elements. The building begins with a low-key introduction to water-large, blue bubble-tubes at the entrance-and after a long, steadily mounting crescendo ends...
...eventual ruler will confront difficult problems. Fully one-third of the country's population of 1.9 million is composed of primary schoolchildren, who may face a shrinking job market in the years ahead. With farming depressed, people are crowding into cities, exacerbating social tensions...