Word: confrontive
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...Catalano said race had nothing to do with the incident. And Decker’s attorney said the hearing did not confront the issue of race...
...failure to confront racism and apartheid is demoralizing a little bit,” said Kareem Talhouni, a Cambridge resident sporting a “Free Palestine” pin on his shirt. “But South Africa was freed from apartheid. David did beat Goliath...
...only engage China or confront China, and certainly we have chosen to engage China." M.C. ABAD, ASEAN spokesman, following the signing of a free-trade pact with China at the asean summit in Vientiane, Laos...
...attack, it seems clear the nationalist and jihadist leadership had by and large already left the city along with much of their ranks, leaving behind, in classic guerrilla style, a rearguard detail to harass and interdict U.S. forces. The Americans in Fallujah got a taste of what they may confront across Iraq's restive Sunni triangle as the military command attempts to root out the insurgents from their sanctuaries. They are a tenacious enemy who fight as any guerrilla force might--never head on, always from behind or the sides at moments when it's least expected, initiating combat...
...first Iraq war. In 1991, the means dwarfed the end, and not the other way round, leaving the U.S. with a margin of maneuver it does not enjoy today. Urge Bush to return to the grandest tradition of American global leadership. The proper maxim is to cajole rather than confront, argue rather than annoy, persuade rather than provoke. Point out that none of America's key interests can be achieved without allies of weight. There is no going it alone when it comes to Iranian and North Korean nukes, Islamic terror or peace in the Middle East. Above...