That said, we are now, more intensely than before, confronting a situation that that could be stated as the converse of this axiom: "the political is personal".
Be sure that your parents are snooping before confronting them; otherwise you will appear naive and foolish to your parents and other adults in your household.
And that was before Ian confronted her about her secret coke habit.
And yet, as became immediately apparent in 2009, millions of Americans were unwilling to accept the basic democratic premise that Mr. Obama legally and morally deserved to sit in the White House — and that was before they confronted his "socialist" and "un-American" policy agenda.
Others say it's inconceivable that a man wouldn't check where his partner was before rushing to confront an intruder - ignoring the possibility that a disabled man, hearing a noise in the next room, rather than, say, in his garden, might react in a less than considered manner.
If you try the national dish, suassat, a seal meat stew often served in Greenland homes, make sure it has been fully digested before confronting United States Customs inspectors in Ottawa.
The last time the ACA was before the justices, they confronted a rigorous question of constitutional law.
The tourism industry here was already confronting difficulties before the December mudslides, so not all of the decline can be attributed to the disaster.
Policy makers have never before been confronted with a recovery quite like this one, and it will take a variety of solutions and programs to truly turn the economy around.
More radical than the play's structure and the fact that it relies on youth who have never stood on a stage before is that it confronts the taboo concept of reconciliation.
This tragedy is directly related to a racist attitude, as suggested by a possible racial slur Zimmerman used during a 911 call where he reported that a suspicious man was walking down the street before confronting and shooting Martin.
