Word: confrontive
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...watches Reagan prepare for his national press conferences, Deaver can tell within minutes how well the President will do that night. Deaver always slips the President a handwritten message just before Reagan steps out the door to confront reporters. Sometimes the message teases him, sometimes it stresses a serious theme, always it seeks to break the tension for the performer. Deaver recently changed the format of the conferences, arranging for Reagan to stride down a long red carpet to the waiting reporters. Reagan seemed uncomfortable with the De Gaulle-like staging, but Deaver, ever the calculating imagemaker, persuaded...
...drama of the Renaud family is essentially at odds with the drama of Gaston Returning after a 10-year absence during which the Renauds believed him dead. Gaston must confront a mother whose anger and resentment for her son never found relief, a sister-in-law mistress who is less a lover than a woman seeking a man whose betrayal is even more deplorable than her own, and a brother who never had a chance to openly condemn or forgive his sibling. From the perspective of the Renaud family. Gaston is no more than an object upon which to sent...
...have to appeal to the middle class, particularly the so-called Yuppies, the baby-boom generation. This requires a more hardheaded approach to economic problems, which in turn risks alienating the party's traditional supporters. "Defining the role of Government is the central philosophical dilemma Democrats have to confront," says Tennessee Congressman Albert Gore...
...past have emphasized that they do not condemn all struggles of the oppressed for liberation, only those that rely on Marxism for solutions. Concludes Ratzinger: "If one thinks on how radical is the interpretation of Christianity derived from it, the problem of how one can and must confront it becomes so much more urgent...
...three young students whom the play focuses upon most each confront conflicts of sexuality and societal morality, duty and impulse, identity and faith Moore-gives strong expression to the internal pressures and tensions which eventually drive Moritz to suicide. He also infuses a warmth and innocent humor in this portrayal which manages to capture the often self-parodying nature of the character without detracting from the tragedy of him fate...