"Our elites refuse to confront openly what Serbia did, for fear of being branded as traitors," Brankica Stankovic, one of the country's leading television journalists, said Tuesday.
Other investors, including the Ceres coalition which manages $3tn collectively, have demanded fossil fuel companies confront openly the risk of a "carbon bubble", by either diverting their investment to clean energy or giving the money back to shareholders.
Facebook has also dragged its feet in confronting openly abusive, racist content on its platform and recently faced criticism for internal policies that allow white nationalism while forbidding white supremacism, drawing what is widely considered to be an artificial distinction between the two.
They know there are people ready to confront openly a disease many of us would rather forget.
Breaking with past traditions, once silent in its diplomacy Saudi Arabian now confronts openly the regime in Syria and worries about Iran's interference - and encroachment -- in the region.
Instead, they will finally have to confront openly the question that goes to the heart of what universities should be about: why do big-time football's benefits outweigh its known and potential harms to the school's academic values and the players' health and education.
Confronted too openly, relatives often object, too.
Many Filipinos defended the author, saying that while they don't condone indentured servitude, Pulido's life was a much too common scenario ingrained in Filipino culture and one that must be confronted and openly discussed.
But his party has its roots in Austria's Nazi past, a history the country has not confronted as openly as Germany.
Kerry must not yield to Russian intimidation – he must confront it, openly and unapologetically.
