Word: confronted
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...creation of a directorship, has been found to be generally successful in a number of institutions which have adopted the plan within recent years, and will separate the problems of business and policy which confront the Athletic Association. It will also establish a closer relation between the faculty and the Athletic Committee. Under the present system the faculty members of the Athletic Committee are able to devote only a small portion of their time to athletic questions. The primary work of the new director will be the administration of athletic affairs...
...Gilboa while the Israelites march ("The Lament of Gilboa"). A women's chorus of solo voices proclaims David King of Israel. David's humility has gone flying away with the pebble that burrowed in Goliath's brain; he swaggers and struts before the Lord; calamities confront his house. The music, from a gloating minor, rises steadily with blood-burning cymbals and a strump of drums; David dances, David prances, licks his red-hot lips and glances at Bathsheba. Absalom revolts, is killed. David rides in triumph through Jerusalem to Honegger's march for wind instruments...
...landing wheels. While the other planes were being cleared off the field he circled over the grandstand, and once more the crowd was swept with unacknowledged thrills at being about to witness an accident. Cant. Duncan was in one of the most desperate situations that can confront an aviator. He knew that a crash was inevitable unless he landed with absolutely flawless skill. He saw an ambulance scuttle out down below and wait by the side of the field. But it was not used...
...true breeds, burns with enthusiasm and determination to accomplish great things. He is entering upon the last stage of his preparation to begin life on his own account. His plans are vague, but full of hope. The present is his immediate jewel. Four golden years confront him--years embellished in his imagination with the gilt and tinsel trappings gleaned from books on college life. And out of the brightness of the vision emerges a youth in cap and gown, a hale of glory about his head, a scroll of parchment in his hand. In the days of ancient Greece...
...middle class to look upon this leader of the working classes of a neighboring country. Luis N. Morones, President of the Mexican Federation of Labor and Mexican Minister of Labor, Commerce and Industry, defended himself and his country from the adverse opinion of any who might confront him. Said...