Word: confronting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...further agreed to hold discussion groups and to invite speakers who are ready to give an insight into the problems that confront Armenia and the possible solution for these problems...
That the complexity of present national and international problems is so great as to puzzle even the most intelligent man is a statement too often repeated to be original, yet too true to be disregarded. It is only by continuously taking stock of ourselves and of the conditions which confront us, and by calmly analyzing these conditions, that we can approximate a clear and intelligent outlook...
...hard knocks the experiences of life. He has participated actively in business all his life, and for many years has been served with distinction in Congress. In short, he has had the well-rounded career which fits him to undertake the solution of the trying questions which will confront the next President...
...sure, there are the old scare-heads in the newspapers, announcing the return of their favorite bete-noir, Spartacism. Yet, this is a contingency which is less to be feared than any of the many possibilities which confront us. The soviet may not be the best form of government, but it is surely preferable to a military aristocracy, as it is, to a certain extent, at least, representative of the people. Some persons fear that in the reaction from Bolshevism, the old order may again be set up. But this again is troubling ourselves with phantoms of our imagination...
...need is still greater of a man who has the breadth of view necessary to cope adequately with the great problems both at home and abroad which now confront the nation. Mr. Hoover has clearly shown that he has this breadth of view, and I cannot see that one of the other possible presidential candidates has shown it. While other candidates have taken refuge in platitudes, he has announced in no uncertain terms the policies to which he adheres. They speak the language of the era of McKinley; his mind is concerned with the problems of today...