Sentence examples for confronting the first from inspiring English sources
ALBANY — As Gov. David A. Paterson found himself confronting the first crisis of his day-old administration on Tuesday morning, it was left to Charles J. O'Byrne, his trusted second in command, to contain the damage.
But he cannot afford to be seen as a grandfather confronting the first signs of senility.
As of his last update, over 70 minutes of A New Hope have been blockified, putting our cubic heroes on the brink of confronting the first Death Star.
The world is currently confronting the first influenza pandemic of the 21st century.
"Dear Zachary" avoids the first pitfall by directly confronting the second.
By confronting the twentieth century head on, Germans embrace a narrative of liberating themselves from the worst of their history.
Al Groh confronted the first public crisis of his head coaching tenure last week, and he handled it with perfect Parcellsian pitch.
"In Guatemala, criminal organizations had never been confronted," the first director of the panel, the Spanish jurist Carlos Castresana, told a local television station in March.
Newspapers carried anguished editorials discussing how France should confront the first decapitation as an act of terrorism on its own soil.
Whether out of conscience or a desire to assuage the anger of local constituencies, these dissenters have opened up a new front against the party as it maneuvers to confront the first real challenge to its authority in a decade.
Robin Schlaff, one of Mr. Spano's four assistants, was told this week she would be out of the job effective Dec. 31, as Mr. Spano confronts the first major corruption scandal in his nearly four years as county executive.
