[Page A10.] The opposition has scheduled rallies in Belgrade and other cities for Wednesday night to defend what it called Mr. Kostunica's victory -- rallies that could prove confrontational, depending on how the police respond.
Other points of entry prove more confrontational, as with the contemporary artworks ensconced in the big second-floor gallery.
The missile developments are among a number of steps that have convinced American officials that, a year after his ascension as the third generation to inherit the role as North Korea's dictator, Mr. Kim is proving as confrontational with the West as his father and grandfather.
But despite a series of limited new policy measures, such as a higher minimum wage for people working on jobs for federal contractors and a new family retirement savings scheme, Obama's anticipated blizzard of executive orders is likely to prove less confrontational than many Republicans had predicted.
Mulligan had proved himself adept at confrontational dramas, but he was not flamboyant enough to handle Inside Daisy Clover (1965), an exposé of Hollywood and the pressures of stardom, based on Gavin Lambert's scabrous novel.
In the end, however, the brilliance of this particular fashion statement lay in the fact that it went to prove that the confrontational may indeed be beautiful – and even romantic.
The emphasis on outdoor space is intended to attract more men to use the centre – doing a spot of gardening proving a less confrontational setting for conversation than a counselling room.
Some were confrontational (and thereby proved Fortgang's assertion that he was indeed a victim of policing).
(The ads that Mr. Romney's allies ran against Mr. Gingrich in Iowa, on the other hand, proved eviscerating because they annihilated his confrontational persona.
Thirteen years ago, on the first season of the CBS reality competition "Big Brother," one houseguest was William Collins, also known as Will Mega, an intensely political black man who proved polarizing in the house for his sometimes confrontational talk about race.
