Word: confrontive
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...going to see many more hearings," Schumer said yesterday when I asked him if there was increased willingness of Democrats to confront Bush's war powers. North Dakota's Byron Dorgan, the Democrats' third ranking member of the Senate and an outspoken Administration critic, said he thought it was "a little early" to roll back Bush's expansion of executive power in the previous Congress. A Democratic judiciary staffer supportive of a rollback said, "We understand the political reality." And leadership aides say bluntly that short of new revelations that turn public opinion against expanded executive authority, the Democrats...
...Washington is not the only group putting pressure on Abbas to confront Hamas: Much of the leadership of Fatah responded to their electoral rebuke by insisting that Abbas simply oust the Hamas government and restore them to power. Abbas, however, preferred negotiation, seeking a government of national unity with Hamas in the hope of averting a civil war - despite the skepticism of many Fatah leaders and of the Bush Administration. But the slow, grinding poverty brought on by the financial blockade has prompted much of the Fatah rank-and-file - many of whom are employed by the PA, and therefore...
...regret over his open defense of the militias. Nor has he been able to wean himself away from his political dependence on al-Sadr. As long as al-Maliki needs al-Sadr's backing to stay in office, he is unlikely to allow U.S. forces-whatever the number-to confront the Mahdi Army. And without such a confrontation, there can be no hope of ending the sectarian...
...home front, as Cambridge students confront a hike in tuition fees brought about by Labor government policies, Richard has worked to increase financial aid and make Cambridge more accessible to lower income families...
...provost, Richard had to confront a number of opposing constituencies, from graduate students seeking to unionize to activist Larry Kramer, who wanted to fund gay and lesbian studies. A gay and lesbian initiative was eventually created, but only after lengthy negotiations between Kramer and Richard...