The new United States faced that test in 1801, after the ruling party of John Adams and Alexander Hamilton had been beaten in the popular vote by Thomas Jefferson's Anti-Federalists.
Most immediately, the U.N. is facing that test in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where seven hundred poorly armed U.N. peacekeepers in the northeastern Ituri region have watched helplessly over the past few weeks as massacres by tribal militias have filled graves with fresh corpses at about the same clip that the dead of Saddam Hussein's reign of terror have been exhumed in Iraq.
Given the manner in which events appear to be unfolding in Europe, it should not be too long before Asia faces that test.
For all of its spirited desire to entertain, "Tour de Farce," currently at New Jersey Repertory Company here, never really faces that test; the conceit that the authors, Philip LaZebnik and Kingsley Day, trade upon betrays them before that point.
This book does the best job imaginable of putting you in the shoes of those who have faced that test, and by shining a light on this one aspect of our political life it succeeds in illuminating the whole.
During the American Civil War, the Mennonites and Amish faced moral dilemmas that tested the very core of their faith.
Students will face challenges that test their subject knowledge, team skills, creativity, and grit.
Finally, does the face training need to be specific to the other-race faces that will be tested for individual recognition at 9 months of age?
Members should face up to a vote that tests their mettle — and most recent campaign promises — as upholders of ethical reform for the peoples' House.
"Over the last year, New York faced a historic fiscal crisis that tested our resolve," Mr. Paterson said.
