Word: confrontive
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Matthews accomplishes this with an understanding of issues that allows him to confront his guests, according to Dawn Birch, stage manager of the “Battle for the White House” series...
...talking to me, and, you know, it's nice--I know the one that flat-out hates me. You know what I mean? The one that's never gonna like one thing I ever do. And because I know, it becomes clear to me when I'm going to confront this to my greatest advantage. So it's always a great delight to me when, in all candor, I can turn to a person of this nature--who probably hasn't even seen the picture, and already she doesn't like it--when I can turn...
...their campaign has been characterized by the clean-cut reputation and attention to detail Mahan has been known for on the council. But the two also hope to sell long-term visions, show they’re willing to confront the University and combat perceptions that they are insider candidates incapable of reform...
...racing to Baghdad in their Humvees. And, however unfair that portrayal, the fact that it is widely believed—and in the country which is, after all, America’s most loyal ally—is a tremendous problem, whether or not the Bush administration cares to confront...
...finally, it is Christy and Ariel who capture our hearts--especially Emma Bolger, 7, as the younger child. She is--no other word for it--magical in the role, one of those kids who confront the world fearlessly, straightforwardly and with a cheerfulness that never veers toward the emptily uplifting. In her way she encapsulates In America's virtues. It's a realistic movie, but one that's always aware that transformative hope may be just around the corner. --By Richard Schickel