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In the face of.
If people act in the face of something, they do it despite it or when threatened by it.
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Only dimly can we imagine Gandhi insisting on the spiritual principle of Ahimsa, or do no harm, in the face of the disdainful and vicious British occupiers.
But suggesting that its prohibition does more good than harm in the face of so much evidence to the contrary is its own form of insanity.
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The claim that doing harm is no worse than allowing harm flies in the face of powerful intuitions to the contrary.
They employed every animal intimidation technique and, during daily, five-minute periods when the partition was removed, had to be restrained from harming the smaller mice, which, in the face of such treatment, became predictably twitchy and submissive.
He is careful to distinguish "dignity harms" from the hurt feelings one might experience in the face of speech that offends.
Eldred's behavior clearly fits the pattern of continued use in the face of harm, the hallmark of addiction.
Eldred's behaviour clearly fits the pattern of continued use in the face of harm, the hallmark of addiction.
What maintenance does, in fact, when it works most effectively, is replace compulsive drug-seeking (in the face of harm) with simple physical dependence.
Some of us may even be arrested or harmed, but we must be brave in the face of adversity.
And there is uncertainty regarding the harms smokeless products may pose, particularly in the face of unknowns about how the FDA's new regulatory regime may impact quality control.
Sept. 11 taught us what harm can come from complacency and inaction in the face of cold-blooded enemies determined to destroy the United States.
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