• Both girls had to rely on their parents and show resolve when confronted with hostility in and out of school.

    BBC: Scotland

  • Police uncovered 71, 600 images on his laptop and camera when they confronted him following a tip-off.

    BBC: Aberdeen man admits taking 70,000 photos of women

  • The majority quickly changed habits and saved water when confronted with the data.

    BBC: How will our future cities look?

  • There is no easy answer, but there is this to say about the Senate experience of the 1960s and 1970s: When confronted by the obstacle of the filibuster in that era, those with a cause went about overcoming the filibuster the hard way.

    NPR: In Filibuster Fight, Both Parties Switch Stances

  • And, I think, you just have to presume that Justices Kennedy and Stevens ran out of patience when confronted with some of this new evidence and decided there was no reason to wait since the court was going to have to intervene in these cases, anyway.

    NPR: The Supreme Court Shifts Direction

  • And yet when I was confronted with a question, but how did it all began, did we come out of nothing?

    NPR: What Makes Our Solar System Special?

  • "I think they have an opportunity to say to the people of this state, look, we can't stop people from doing bad and venal and stupid things, disgusting things, but when confronted with the knowledge, we can act firmly and effectively, " he said.

    WSJ: Assemblyman Vito Lopez Resigns

  • She changed her status to "single" on the social media website and when Hadden found out he confronted her.

    BBC: Perth Sheriff Court

  • And this approach works well when confronted with relatively simple challenge like introducing an existing product into an adjacent market.

    FORBES: What Should You Do When You Don't Know What To Do? Act First. Think Later.

  • With some exceptions, like the debate dustup with Ron Paul, the Presidential contender is all smiles, and holds his tongue even when confronted by the occasional town-hall needler.

    NEWYORKER: Mayberry Man

  • He explains why top companies that had listened hard to customers and invested like crazy in new technologies still lost their market leadership when confronted with disruptive changes in technology and market structure.

    FORBES: Digital rules: The High-Margin Danger Zone

  • His famous temper flared repeatedly when confronted by reporters and voters.

    CNN: Analysis: What's next for Bill Clinton?

  • And so it is that, when confronted by yet another member of the public citing the Fox News stat, climate scientist Robert Kaufmann set about finding a scientific explanation.

    FORBES: Fox News Inspiring Climate Science

  • In many self defense cases, the defendant can and does argue that the case should revolve around the uncertain moments of terror faced when he was confronted by an assailant, and that everyone in the court room is after-the-fact quarterbacking.

    CNN: Should George Zimmerman be prosecuted?

  • When they confronted the man and asked for identification, he drew a handgun and opened fire, police said.

    BBC: Three New York police officers shot and wounded

  • The camera system has led to 2, 800 arrests during that period, and 99% of offenders pleaded guilty when confronted by the evidence.

    ECONOMIST: The music of the metropolis

  • "They cannot leave the players isolated and afraid to speak out when they are confronted by the wrong individuals, " he told the Premier League team's website.

    CNN: FIFA: Governments must help in match-fixing fight

  • All of these things were challenges that he confronted when he was elected and when he took office and which he is addressing each and every day.

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

  • But when confronted by the ideological debates and partisan landscape of Washington, Souter surprised both Sununu and Bush by aligning himself with the court's more moderate wing, which also included Reagan appointee Sandra Day O'Connor.

    NPR: Supreme Court Justice Souter To Retire

  • Through my own experience as an Asian living in a western world, I came to truly understand what poor new immigrants face when confronted by a completely different culture and language.

    WHITEHOUSE: Champions of Change Blog

  • Most research into individual development has shown that managers are more likely to change if they are given positive feedback that they can build upon, rather when confronted with a litany of weaknesses and failures.

    FORBES: Beyond Feasts and Football: What Managers Can Learn from Thanksgiving

  • Microsoft has demonstrated persistence over antitrust rulings before when it confronted the Europe Commission, and while Korea's anti-trust ruling is said by the company to have been "more extreme" than the EC's, the the software giant looks set to display the usual chutzpah.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Founding narratives often include these revelatory moments, when a founder is confronted with some glaring inefficiency and concocts an idea to fix it.

    FORBES: Your Idea Is Worth Nothing: A Rant, Sparked By The Snapchat Lawsuit

  • The problem for the electorate is that when directly confronted, she simply does not answer and claims to be the victim of a dirty campaign.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: A political tremor brewing in Peru

  • The report has sterner criticism for Douglas Hogg, Agriculture Minister 1995-97, accusing him of not acting quickly enough when confronted with evidence of a link between vCJD and contaminated meat.

    CNN: Britain's BSE: Where the blame is laid

  • When finally confronted by law enforcement, it took time and pressure for both women to admit their true identities.

    BBC: Magazine

  • When confronted with these remarks, Berlusconi laughed off this and other gaffes.

    CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • Despite being mandated to plan and carry out security cooperation in their respective AORs, the COCOM commanders both lack sufficient dedicated resources to implement their security cooperation strategies in a coherent manner and, when attempting to manage as they can, often find themselves confronted with a bewildering array of legislative, policy, and bureaucratic hurdles.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: A stimulus for African security

  • When confronted about their origin, she fessed up to theft and was fired.

    FORBES: Healing Thyself

  • Still, when confronted with deeper-than-expected recessions, Spain and Portugal won an extra year to meet their target of bringing budget deficits below 3% of GDP.

    ECONOMIST: Charlemagne

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