Even before the Swift announcement, Iran was confronting problems stemming from its regional banking partners' anticipation of its troubles conducting financial transactions.
He is confronting problems as difficult as any new mayor has faced in New York, and he is negotiating on a terrain and with players who are unfamiliar and not necessarily inclined to go out of their way to help him.
"In high-performing localities, we appear to be confronting problems that don't exist, rather than concentrating on using flexibility and autonomy as weapons to tackle underperformance where standards have to be raised – the original objective of academies.
In the mid-1960's, when Mr. O'Connor became president and chief executive of what was then N. W. Ayer & Son, the agency was confronting problems centered on the loss of large accounts like Plymouth and United Airlines, which resulted in office closings.
Kamen has been confronting problems head-on since grade school.
Health problems that force retirement are another possible factor, and the boomer generation certainly is confronting problems that could prevent many from working: Rates of obesity, diabetes, and heart disease are rising, for example.
Other states are confronting similar problems, but California's size and the bursting of the dot-com bubble make the problem worse here.
Pfizer and Lilly are confronting worse problems with patent expirations than is Novartis.
We are confronting three problems for renters in the city: their desire for community, convenience and affordability".
Yet few fields are confronting the problems as vigorously, perhaps because in this discipline women have reached critical mass.
