Sentence examples for confront controversy from inspiring English sources

This week, Mr. Blair has had to confront controversy over the validity of intelligence on Iraq's bid to seek uranium for a possible nuclear weapons program from Niger, a claim that Mr. Bush used in his State of the Union speech but from which the administration has now distanced itself.

At the same time, scholars urge colleges and universities to invest in educating for civic knowledge, civic values and civic skills in order to produce graduates who can confront controversy with civility.

Future studies on environmental contaminants may benefit from an early focus on identifying data gaps and on collaborative efforts to confront controversies (or prevent them before they arise).

Pope Francis has proven there is power in not shying away from confronting controversy.

Most recently, he confronted controversies over patent eligibility and patent damages.

Ms. Chastain did not confront the controversy around the film, but chose instead to honor Ms. Bigelow, its director, as a champion of women.

From there he was called back to Paris to confront the controversy variously called Latin Averroism and Heterodox Aristotelianism.

To Ice Cube and Sanders, however, appearing on "Real Time" is an opportunity to confront the controversy in addition to discussing their current work.

Bob's work has always been controversial but he has never shrunk from confronting that controversy.

-How do you think Senator Obama should proceed in his campaign after confronting this controversy?

But even before he stepped onto the field and listened to the first catcalls of the weekend, he was already confronting more controversy.