It is not only that confrontation is headache-producing; it is also that you have a destination that doesn't include acting like this moment isn't inhabitable, hasn't happened before, and before isn't part of the now as the night darkens and the time shortens between where we are and where we are going.
But the danger is not only political confrontation between states.
But it is not only the confrontation of death, paradoxically, that gives him a renewed sense of vitality.
We agree with those who argue that, not only are confrontations compatible with constructivist learning, they are a central part of it (e.g., Gilbert and Watts, 1983; Hammer, 1996).
Pinned by the camera and lit like consumer products, his subjects have nowhere to hide, but, since most of them are celebrities, they not only survive the confrontation and the glare — they look marvellous.
If all sides play their cards wisely, we could not only defuse the confrontation, but also launch North Korea on a path like the one China pursued away from Stalinism.
That would not only create a confrontation with Moscow, but it would also seriously fray Washington's relations with its allies in Western Europe, who are nervous that the American missile-defense program will undermine the existing framework of arms agreements and set off a new arms race with Russia and China, and perhaps even new nuclear states like India and Pakistan.
That wasn't Safer's only confrontation with the auto industry.
The sermon put Ayatollah Khamenei, who prefers to govern quietly and from behind the scenes, at the forefront of a confrontation not only among factions of the government but among Iranians themselves.
He is furious with what he sees as Russian double-dealing.Some of the strongest words came from Carl Bildt, the Swedish foreign minister: "That the Russian government leadership now has chosen this route means they have chosen a policy of confrontation, not only with the rest of Europe, but also with the international community in general," he said.All that may be true.
