This year, the Pope will be expected to confront these matters in all their doctrinal complexity.
More states are expected to confront these issues this year, creating a state-to-state patchwork on abortion access.
Along with enthusiastic well-wishers, Mr. Obama is expected to confront protests about his foreign policies from a coalition of trade unionists, students, lawyers and Muslim groups.
But clever boosters are difficult to apprehend; store-security officers serve a largely deterrent purpose, and cashiers and stock clerks cannot be expected to confront criminals.
Taken together, they cover only a small slice of the broad array of issues, from the parochial to the profound, that any New York senator is expected to confront.
BRUSSELS — European Union leaders may not be facing an imminent meltdown of the euro, but they are expected to confront an issue almost as agonizing when they meet here on Thursday: How far to integrate their budgets and banks.
* Former President Bill Clinton's foundation has raised tens of millions of dollars from foreign governments, including Saudi Arabia, that his wife is expected to confront as the next US Secretary of State.
Over a four-year term, Jafari will be expected to confront the vast challenges Iraq faces -- a crumbling infrastructure and rampant violence -- despite the failure to solve these problems during his tenure as leader of Iraq's interim government.
But Democratic leaders in the House have hinted privately that they would oppose a nominee who could be expected to confront their party three years from now as a Presidential candidate.
And if Panamanians vote to upgrade or expand the canal, an issue they are expected to confront in a referendum this fall, the reliability of Gatún Lake's water supply will be even more crucial.
