Word: confronted
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...farm that he will be elected by an overwhelming majority and prove to be one of the truly great Presidents - and world leaders - we have ever known. Just as he was in the face of his opponents when he was mayor of New York City, as President he will confront all the U.S.'s enemies - domestic and foreign - and he will ride roughshod over them, doing whatever it takes to secure America. Thank God for giving us this man at this historical moment. This is not a time for sissies, political posers or come-lately lightweights. James Harrison Cohen...
...farm that he will be elected by an overwhelming majority and prove to be one of the truly great Presidents --and world leaders--we have ever known. Just as he was in the face of his opponents when he was New York City's mayor, as President he will confront the U.S.'s enemies--domestic and foreign--and ride roughshod over them, doing whatever it takes to secure America. Thank God for giving us this man at this historical moment. This is not a time for sissies, political posers or come-lately lightweights...
...Iraq for use against American soldiers. The statement was part of a growing White House campaign aimed at either intimidating the Iranian regime, or at building a case for an American strike against Iran. In that light, yesterday's shelling is a reminder that Iran has the ability to confront the U.S. not just on the streets of Baghdad but also in the one part Iraq so safe that there are hardly any American soldiers: Iraqi Kurdistan...
...when Graham was around, Presidents found themselves at ease, not on edge. They could tell that Graham wasn't there to lobby or confront but to listen and comfort. Because he made it safe to ask the simplest spiritual questions, conversations with Graham had a way of circling around to the eternal, to sin and salvation and to what death really means. Back in 1955, when Dwight Eisenhower had become Graham's first real friend in the White House, he used to press the evangelist on how people can really know if they are going to heaven. "I didn...
...credit, “Rocket Science” is eloquent in its portrayal of Hal’s life and his struggles with both the everyday problems of love and relationships and the not-so-ordinary problems that confront him in the cutthroat world of competitive debate...