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The cover-ups spanned the tenures of four Dublin archbishops and continued through to the mid-1990s and beyond, even after the church was beginning to admit to its failings and had professed that it was confronting abuse by its priests.

At a moment when the Red Cross was supposed to be absorbed with ministering to a nation in crisis, it was confronting an internal crisis of its own making.

These are facts that Pakistanis like Dr. Mubbashar believe the United States willfully ignores as it single-mindedly pursues its own interests, as it did in the 1980s when it was confronting the Soviets.

Jordan Dale, the student body president, who went with her to Carrier's headquarters, recalled how hard it was confronting one of the city's most powerful men.

Variation on a Theme by Rilke A certain hour became a presence to me; there it was, confronting me - a sky, air, light: a being.

Mr. Obama reiterated that the United States would step back from the leading role within days, but he also said it was confronting the complexities of running the military campaign with a multilateral force cobbled together quickly and without a clear understanding among its members about their roles.

"In this case, Google took no responsibility, even when it was confronted with the fact that its own policies were evidently violated.

On July 22, F Company of the 35th Infantry was also attacked north of Hamch'ang, when it was confronted with a North Korean battalion three times its size.

It was confronted with American evidence that it had been amassing the equipment and technology to produce bomb-usable uranium.

Even as the classical world embraced the future, it was confronted by the disturbing economic realities of the present.

Immediately after, it was confronted by a major civil war the rebellion of the Commune of Paris.