But while demonstrators in Ukraine, at the height of their uprising, toppled their government in a matter of days, Venezuelans confront a president who is simply digging in.
"The data shows that the challenges posed by emissions from transport – land, sea and air – and our reliance on gas for heating will have to be confronted as a matter of urgency.
Complicating matters further, we must confront a series of WROL-related challenges, everything from picking a lock in a public place to begging money from a stranger.
But U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton indicated that he is not inclined to let Libby remain free pending appeals, which means the issue could confront Bush in a matter of weeks when, barring a judicial change of heart, Cheney's former chief of staff will have to trade his business suit for prison garb.
In tactics, even more than elsewhere, a commander who can only make a plan and carry it out avails nothing; inasmuch as he is confronting a living enemy, what matters is his ability to adapt the plan to that enemy's reactions rapidly, smoothly, and without losing his grip.
In a separate appeal to the justices, Johnson's lawyers also brought to their attention the "difficult subject" of intellectual disability -- a matter the Supreme Court has confronted a number of times in the context of the death penalty.
Like her husband, Mrs. Clinton has a way of becoming the center of attention even when the spotlight is supposed to be trained elsewhere, a reality that Mr. Obama will no doubt continue to confront no matter how he proceeds.
Throughout his presidency, Mr Zuma has been accused of ensuring his family members and associates benefit from "mega" government and private sector tenders but, despite the president saying he would welcome a discussion in parliament on this, the ruling party seems reluctant to confront the matter head-on.
Heylin writes that both "Watching the River Flow" and "When I Paint My Masterpiece" confront "the same subject matter, a continuing dearth of inspiration, in a refreshingly honest matter".
A few selections admitted that love doesn't always turn out happily ever after: the taunting "What's in It for Me" and "It Matters to Me," which confronts a man who has turned cold.
But few expected the party would be forced to confront the matter so soon.
