Word: confrontive
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...monitor the daily flow of expression--by students, faculty members and others--and then respond immediately to any and all remarks that might be regarded as offensive. That is not to say that individuals in the administration will not on occasion, and in appropriate circumstances, express a view when confronted with remarks they disagree with; as happened in this case. Nor is it to say that we will tolerate instances of harassment under existing guidelines; we will not. But it seems to me that when students or other members of our community disagree with a statement attributed to another student...
...agents did not try to nab Koresh on the frequent occasions when he left the compound to jog, shop or eat in local restaurants. And with children in the buildings, why didn't they treat the whole operation as a delicate hostage situation? "When these groups are confronted by law enforcement they should be handled gingerly," said Marc Galanter, a professor of psychiatry at the New York University School of Medicine, who has studied cults. "You should establish communication rather than confront them head...
...Students need to be aware that they may need to confront these issues on campus," Reid said...
...Caesars: greed, complacency and a betrayal of trust by those on whom it was conferred. Last year the ignominious ouster of the lira from Europe's exchange-rate mechanism told Italians that their economy was not as resilient as they once thought. Then they were forced to confront the power of the Mafia. And for 18 agonizing months they have been discovering that the crooks are not confined to the Cosa Nostra but reach right into the country's political establishment...
...colleagues. The Humanities are consolidated into one department which is reduced to the size and budget of ethnic studies, and Classicists who haven't published work in years are terminated unless they agree to teach freshman composition in Yoruba. Puttbutt's progression sheds light on issues of inconsistency which confront Blacks in positions of nominal authority as he begins to realize the destructiveness of alighning himself with any of Jack London's nationalist camps--Black, white or Japanese...