It is confronted with a confidence crisis, aggravated by the slowdown in global economic growth.
Now, at age 67, he is confronted with a dilemma: what should he do with his masterwork?
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Mr Bernanke may be forced to sit on his hands until he is confronted with a crisis.
In the case of Japan, the country is confronted with an aging population, which will lead to greater spending of those savings.
Founding narratives often include these revelatory moments, when a founder is confronted with some glaring inefficiency and concocts an idea to fix it.
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The Secret Service, like every other agency, is confronted with significant budget cuts and had to make decisions about how those imposed cuts would affect their personnel.
Seeing the drawing in person, one is confronted with its fragility and physicality: The sheet comprises two pieces of paper, glued together with a strip that runs right through the center.
Presently, TVET in Pakistan is confronted with multitude of problems and issues such as low quality and relevance, non-availability of duly qualified and motivated teachers, inadequately equipped workshops and inadequate funding.
Neither will be the first to do this, but the assumed early departures of elite college players are why, in the afterglow of a major victory, a tired-eyed Calipari is confronted with questions about whether the success of a team like 37-2 Kentucky is undermining college basketball.
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Yet, contrary to what some would have you believe, none of that history means very much when the mayor of a large, urban sprawl like Los Angeles is confronted with the realities of his office and his obligations to the people that elected him to his position.
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The problem with being reactive is that your competition is not confronted with that same dilemma and can march forward without hesitation.
Mr. RAFEAL RICARDO JIMENEZ DAN (Deputy Interior Minister, Venezuela): (Through translator) The fact is that confronted with a hugely deteriorated society, with profound inequalities and growing poverty, the first efforts of the government were directed towards resolving the problems with nutrition, health, and education of the population.
But it is what society does when confronted with it that remains the challenge.
But that is what I'm confronted with as I explore the orchards of Burrow Hill Cider Farm, near Stembridge village.
The traditional approach we use when confronted with a problem is to think our way into action.
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This is a matter near to my heart, because I am confronted with four or five Spam calls every evening on my home phone, which is registered on the Do Not Call list.
That is what Goldman said when they were confronted with the same thing.
One worry for consumers confronted with "no-haggle" pricing is that they will pay more than they should.
By having a majority ownership in Bellator MMA (via its parent company, Viacom), Spike TV is able to avoid many conflicts it confronted mid-relationship with UFC.
The other alternative, the alternative of denial even when confronted with experiences impossible to ignore, is to incrementally every day increase the chances of the next catastrophe.
One possibility, admittedly speculative, is that the prosecutor concluded that Zimmerman illegally confronted the victim with a weapon without just cause, and that that criminal act led to the shooting.
The reason "Dear" may be destined to die is that it faces a dilemma much like an army confronted with a pincers movement in war: On the one flank, written-on-paper, mailed letters -- the kind that have always been started with "Dear" -- are rapidly disappearing, as use of the U.S. mail itself dwindles.
The joke is told that Secretary Albright, confronted by a Washington Post reporter with evidence of a Jewish lineage, responded, Oy vey.
One of the challenges we've confronted from the beginning of this administration is what to do with the state of the struggling auto industry.
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Confronted with this reality, hotels must ensure that energy and water efficiency is routine, without compromising the pampering and convenience guests expect.
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The phone company's first ethnic Chinese chief executive is also confronted by intense competition as Hong Kong's telecommunications market liberalizes in line with the rest of Asia.
This is yet another lesson in history for Ethiopia that it can only rely on its resources when confronted with aggression...
Carol Livingston, confronted with the political and social chaos of Cambodia, readily admits that the task is beyond her -- or anyone.
We now are confronted with a choice between two candidates in which the candidate sitting here with you today is committed to comprehensive immigration reform, is committed to the DREAM Act, has taken administrative actions to prevent young people from being deported.
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.
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