Word: confrontive
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...University's obligation to keep common rooms and dining halls devoid of non-secular decorations is just as clear as the case for classrooms. All students have equal access to these areas and should not have to confront religious symbolism when using them. The presence of one group's symbols in a junior common room, for example, might discourage another group from having its meetings there. That is not what common rooms...
...work for the success of Europe. The second will be NATO modernization and the creation of a European defense pillar within the alliance. The third objective is to develop solidarity between Europe and two zones that are linked to it: the Mediterranean and Africa. The fourth objective is to confront certain important problems, such as aid to developing countries, unemployment, monetary stability, drugs and terrorism, and to try to provide solutions...
...lack of communication, the researchers launched the second phase of the study, involving 4,804 different terminally ill patients. This time half the group received traditional hospital care, while the others were monitored by specially trained nurses who consulted with patients and their families, forced them to confront the realities of dying and kept doctors informed about their patients' conditions and wishes...
...applauding this life spun out of control. Montel scolds Susan roundly for neglecting her daughter and failing to confront her role in the mutual stalking. A therapist lectures her about this unhealthy "obsessive kind of love." The studio audience jeers at her every evasion. By the end Susan has lost her cocky charm and dissolved into tears of shame...
Midway through the concert, Chapman paused to read from note cards filled out by fans before the concert began. The note cards contained appeals to pay attention to childrens' welfare, confront "corporate power," and simple pleas for "no more computers...