Sentence examples for a sharp confrontation with from inspiring English sources

After a sharp confrontation with President Johnson during the Vietnam War, Mr. Loomis quit as director of the VOA The President had ordered American intervention into Laos and wanted it kept out of the news.

We're proud, not of the medical aspect of deafness, but of the language we use and the community we live in.' Now the couple are hoping to have a second child, one they also wish to be deaf - and that desire has brought them into a sharp confrontation with Parliament.

Pragmatism would lead him to avoid sharp confrontation with Indian Muslims, perhaps offsetting any trouble at home by a peace-seeking diplomacy with Pakistan.

Pan-Arabist thought — which dominated Arab political life for most of the 20th century — insisted on the creation of a unified vast empire "from the Atlantic Ocean to the Arab Gulf," provoking sharp confrontations with Iran since the late 1960s.

In Oakland, Calif., where protesters have had sharp confrontations with the police, members of the Occupy movement chose not to participate in the call to action, shifting its next protest to Saturday in an effort to "continue this national momentum," according to the group's Web site.

He said opposition was likely in the Parliament on other elements of the program, but he added, with calm understatement, "I don't think there will be an atmosphere of sharp confrontation".

The Iraqi report appears to set the stage for a still sharper confrontation between the United States and Iraq, with the ball effectively now back in the American court.

Such sharp confrontation is unlikely to occur in the auto talks, even in the event of a strike.

A juicy confrontation with a sharp-tongued committee chairman would surely provoke a headline or two.

In a sharp break with Pres.

In California, protesters with Occupy Oakland, where the police have used tear gas to quell sharp confrontations, chose not to participate in Thursday's call to action, shifting their next planned protest instead to Saturday in an effort to "continue this national momentum," the group said on its Web site.