A decade later, Le Carré's Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1974) would confront far more directly the loss of empire and the degraded fortunes of Britain.
Friends said that the former governor's feelings upon the occasion of his son's ascension are, like many things about the elder Mr. Cuomo, nuanced and many-layered: he speaks with great satisfaction about his son's success but acknowledges the new governor confronts far different circumstances than those of his time.
Mostly the writers collected herein, very few of whom have met the candidate in person, choose to confront far obscurer texts than one another's recent work, perhaps because doing so helps them defer the difficult task of fixing their subject on the page.
I have a confession to make: I hate brunch buffets, those all you-can-eat affairs where, faced with a selection as long as a football field, you promptly lose your mind and pile your plate to the point you're confronting far more than you can realistically consume or appreciate.
As one example, Youth Villages just announced at the meeting last week that it's committing through CGI America to serve all of the approximately 600 children aging out of foster care in Tennessee each year, addressing head on the challenges that confront far too many youth who age out of the system without support, resources, or a plan.
Cover image: Antifascist counter-protesters confront far-right Patriot Prayer members holding a freedom march in Portland, Ore., on June 3 , 2018
So, a second strategy of public health that we've confronted so far was powerless in dealing with this disease.
"Thomas was confronted with far more specific accusations, with Anita Hill testifying in nationally televised hearings," Salon noted.
"I was confronted, as far as the eye could see, with the sight of plastic," Moore later recalled.
