Word: confronting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...them from prosperous suburbs of Memphis and Nashville, as well as from poor rural hamlets and the east Tennessee hills, where Republicans crossed over to vote for him. Editorialized the Nashville Tennessean: "Once again, Tennesseans have proved that the majority accepts the moderate approach to vexing racial problems which confront not only the South, but the nation...
...visitors had to be arranged, including sufficient numbers of Spanish-speaking interpreters. A curriculum of English language instruction, American history (described in the catalogue as "early struggles of the people to form and to preserve the republic,--thus showing the Cuban teachers many of the great problems that now confront their own country"), and two elective courses, filled the six-week period for the 1,273 Cubans...
...weakness of 19th century theology, as Barth sees it, was that it tried above all to confront and adapt itself to the times. Through theology's wide-open doors and windows "came so much stimulation for thought and discussion that there was hardly time or love or zeal left for the task to be accomplished within the house itself. With all its energies captivated by the world, 19th century theology achieved little in terms of a new and positive understanding of Christian truth...
...activity." He shocked his hearers by urging them not to fast during Ramadan, which begins Feb. 29. As a clinching argument, Bourguiba recalled that even Mohammed, when inconveniently overtaken by Ramadan on his march to Mecca, counseled his soldiers: "Break the fast, and you will be stronger to confront the enemy." Today's enemy for Tunisia, said Bourguiba, is the "humiliating backward condition of our country." It remained to be seen whether progressive-minded President Bourguiba, for all his political strength, could break a custom of centuries...
...whose eminence as a spokesman for the Republican Party hardly requires explanation, has done us all a great service by engaging in debate with the erstwhile London Times of Harvard, the CRIMSON. There can be no question but that more public debate of the significant issues which today confront the nation would be a healthy phenomenon at the leading institution of higher education...