A scene later in the same sequence, a terrifying confrontation between Mark and the man who abused Lorna when she was seven, works because it seems real, not because the filmmakers have signalled to us that it's just a fantasy.
In a YouTube video that captured the terrifying confrontation between protesters and Albers, people can be heard screaming "Don't throw anything!" "Most of the protesters are really good people, but there's a small percentage of people that are out there trying to antagonize and make the protesters look bad," Jimenez said.
The life doesn't explain the art; rather, life is an art in itself — whether a creation of sublime moments and fascinating gestures, or of terrifying confrontations and mighty endurances — that is illuminated by the same inner light, inspired by the same genius, inflected by the same touch that makes the works of art endure on their own.
But in a country badly divided along ethnic lines, this left two-thirds of the population dangerously disgruntled and unrepresented, setting up the terrifying street confrontations between supporters of Mr. Gbagbo and Mr. Ouattara.
"One of the reasons I took this role is this is a guy who is terrified of confrontation, who isn't an A-type, but who runs with A-types, and is scared to death of what they are going to say about him," he said.
Most business leaders are terrified of confrontation and are enslaved by risk-aversion and insipid corporate bilge.
"We've hardly ever fought," says Fagen, "But I think that's maybe not so healthy, because we're both so terrified of confrontation.
Problem is, most of us are terrified of confrontation and so would never speak about anything even remotely awkward face-to-face, so bad news: We're all destined to continue dealing with these kinds of scenarios until we either die or save enough money for a deposit.
Problem is, most of us are terrified of confrontation and so would never speak about anything even remotely awkward face-to-face, so bad news: we're all destined to continue dealing with these kind of scenarios until we either die or save enough money for a deposit.
And, even in that one-sided game, the quality of play, at least until the final period when the outcome was truly not in doubt, was absurdly high, as it was again later in both the Sweden-Slovakia and Finland-Czech games, and as it had been in the first-rate, terrifying Canadian-American confrontation.
Khrushchev wanted a resolution to the contest over Berlin, yet he chose the most dangerous possible way to force one: via nuclear confrontation in Cuba.This choice generated terrifying risks.
