Try to avoid the head-on confrontation.

要尽量避免正面冲突。

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The second challenge is the head-on confrontation over ideas that did not take place during the first-round campaign.

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Some Sadr supporters are also involved in delicate negotiations with American officials to avoid a head-on confrontation in the sprawling slum of Sadr City.

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If the commission forces a head-on confrontation with France and Germany later this month, however, it is the French and Germans who will probably win.

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