Sentence examples for confrontation point from inspiring English sources

In Nablus, a march was steered away from a confrontation point.

A 27-year-old was shot in the heart at what has become a traditional confrontation point in this West Bank city.

In addition to the watchtowers, the cold war confrontation point includes, on the Thuringia (eastern) side, a small museum called the House on the Border.

Standing next to him was an 18-year-old with a black headband, who said he came to the confrontation point every day to throw stones at the Israeli soldiers.

This cold war confrontation point even inspired an eponymous board game called Fulda Gap: The First Battle of the Next War, in which opponents plotted the invasion, and defense, of Western Europe.

"This intifada is stronger than the other one," said Mahmoud, a 28-year-old former construction worker, one of roughly 120,000 Palestinians who used to work in Israel and are now kept out, at a confrontation point the other day.

A reception will feature a book signing for "Talk Show: Confrontations, Pointed Commentary, and Off-Screen Secrets" (Times Books), a new compilation of Mr. Cavett's blogs for The New York Times.

Although analysts believe that the west and Russia will draw back because of the high risks of increased confrontation, he points out that the optimism of markets is not always to be trusted.

President Clinton said that the leaders agreed to "end the current confrontation, eliminate points of friction, ensure an end to violence and incitement, maintain calm and prevent recurrence of recent events".

They also agreed to take immediate, concrete measures to end the current confrontation, eliminate points of friction, ensure an end to violence and incitement, maintain calm and prevent recurrence of recent events.

That confrontation was the point, a means of cementing his authority at home by playing up the notion of an encircled, perpetually menaced Russian state.