Word: confrontive
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...speed and facility with which the hostages succeed in re-entering normal life will depend in large part on the tolerance and understanding they receive from their families and from the American public. The unthinking could all too easily confront them with two opposed dangers: either a hostile reaction to possible pro-Iranian utterances or excessive public adulation. Warns Psychology Professor Murray S. Miron of Syracuse University: "The more we lionize the returning hostages, the more inconsistent their attitude could be about themselves." Hubbard agrees that two much notoriety could aggravate their psychological problems. "These folks need privacy and gentleness...
However, in spite of what the dominant white bourgeoisie press says, the Black underclass is organizing itself to confront the dominant white class of exploiters. In the summer of 1980, over 1,000 delegates from all over the country went to the Brooklyn Armoury to from the Black United Front...
Mugabe has been at pains to dismiss any notions that his government will also be on trial (see box). He has insisted that pure justice will be done. But no matter how the trial turns out, it seems certain to confront Mugabe with a no-win dilemma. If Tekere is convicted, it would bolster confidence in the Mugabe government's commitment to the rule of law. But a conviction would also have its hidden dangers. It would be likely to enrage Tekere's numerous and fiercely loyal guerrilla followers as well as his radical supporters within ZANU...
...Lamont was at her best as well. Perhaps she had jitters inside, but if so, none of the 200 fans present could tell. Moving out of the crease to confront the Wildcat offense all day, she racked up 14 pad saves including a sparkling one-two combination which robbed Hesler and Gabrielle Horoules as the first half closed...
...spies observe them at their "refuge"--a vacation house in the woods. Each night, just after the lovers get into bed, the spies beam a bright light into their bedroom, leaving it on until the morning. After a week, Alekos can stand it no longer and runs outside to confront them. When she tries to stop him, he fights her, and in the battle hits her in the stomach, killing the child in her womb. Realizing what he has done, for the first time Alekos cries out for forgiveness, saying that he has had enough suffering. She remembers "that...