John McEnroe part-confrontationalonfrontational, McEnroe's late 70s/early 80s designs became almost as memorable as his style of play: the red headbands, ultra-short shorts and preppy polo shirts were his defining look, soon to be adopted by Shia LaBeouf in a forthcoming biopic.
MTT showed ease on the podium, leading with a fluid beat, energetically encouraging at moments, working the musicians into a violent frenzy for the more confrontational parts of the "Eroica" (which he sees as depicting Beethoven's own travails).
But one adviser to Mr. Toussaint said yesterday that over the next few days he would stop using such a confrontational tone, in part to pave the way for progress in negotiations.
Because partisanship is basically confrontational, a large part of this emotive force is that Justin Trudeau makes conservative heads explode, which is pleasurable on an almost visceral level.
Scattered with deadpan dance moves and confrontational encounters, they are part surreal theatre, part silent comedy, part self-sabotage.
His tolerance for confrontational protest stems in part from his disinclination to empower anyone to stop it.
In the unguarded moment caught by Parks's camera, the burden seems almost too much.Unlike many memorable images from the civil-rights era, Parks's photographs are, for the most part, non-confrontational, a cry for justice rather than a call to arms.
Interfaith work, he seemed to be saying, is not necessarily non-confrontational, but a key part of it lies in getting past certain disagreements that impede working for the greater good.
Either approach would signal a more confrontational posture by declaring a part of the Iranian military a terrorist operation.
They argue that the Bush administration's previous confrontational strategy with North Korea is part of what led to the North's detonation of a nuclear device in October 2006.
