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He wants her to give up the idea of international sanctions on Myanmar and he wants her change what he calls her confrontational stance.

CNN Transcript Oct 5, 2007 2007

He wants her to give up the idea of international sanctions on Myanmar and he wants her change what he calls her confrontational stance.

CNN Transcript Oct 5, 2007 2007

But rather than spell out what he calls the confrontational forms this 'European'

NYT > Home Page By LARRY ROHTER 2011

Churkin said that Moscow was firmly opposed to the threat of sanctions against Damascus, adding that what he described as the confrontational approach of the European delegations was "against the peaceful settlement of the crisis."

Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

Mr. Churkin said that Moscow was firmly opposed to the threat of sanctions against Damascus, adding that what he described as the confrontational approach of the European delegations was "against the peaceful settlement of the crisis."

The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Louis Charbonneau 2011

Local people, who want to turn the church into a museum, have criticized what they termed the confrontational approach to the issue in the past few days by Rev. Ed Keeping, the parish rector.

canada.com Top Stories 2010

But rather than spell out what he calls the confrontational forms this 'European'

NYT > Home Page By LARRY ROHTER 2010

Mr. Stronach said auto makers can be competitive if management and employees work together and end what he called the confrontational and adversarial structure that has dominated the industry.

The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Eric Reguly Greg Keenan 2009

P.S. @63, the reason why we are less confrontational is because nowadays, you can very easily be accused of ‘abusing’ staff or ‘raising your voice’ and so on.

whisper 2008

Then they hammer away in confrontational exercises until you eventually “get it”.

Archive 2005-07-01 Sharon Bakar 2005