Perhaps most significant, the board is still in the early stages of figuring out how to alter the culture of the large accounting firms, an issue that was recently cited by a group of experts, the Conference Board's Commission on Public Trust, as the most important matter confronting the accounting business.
For that matter, confronted with the problem of a malicious intruder who must have possessed a spare key, why hadn't a capable woman like herself simply changed the lock right away?
Her problem (and now ours) is that she is not well versed on the critical matters confronting the country at one of the most crucial turning points in its history.
Many changes have failed to attract sustained attention, in part because they have yet to unfold in the classrooms, and perhaps because New Yorkers have been more consumed by tax increases, the blackout and other matters confronting the mayor over the last year.
Certainly Mr. Veltroni, who is considered one of Italy's most popular mayors, has confronted many of the more substantive matters confronting Rome upon taking office in 2001, and he asserts that his glossier side should not obscure his commitment to the city's problems.
China's behavior there will serve as a prelude to its conduct in other serious matters confronting the globalized world.
Their message: with so many important matters confronting Washington, this is no time for government to suffer a breakdown.
"We're talking about something we're trying to change, and once you start diluting the movement and making it 'All Lives Matter' … What issue is 'All Lives Matter' confronting?
Indeed, Romney was so agitated about the matter that he confronted Sheldon's parents about her decision as well.
Three Brazilian judges experienced in the matter of disabilities confronted each of the original English-language items with the categories resulting from the content analysis of focus group discussion transcripts.
