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  • Chalcedon witnessed many a sharp confrontal, and during the unhappy centuries when Rome and Constantinople were agreeing to disagree, there were several bouts of beard-pulling which made the contemporary equivalent of the Time-Newsweek reports.

    11/01/2003 - 12/01/2003 John 2003

  • Man's confrontal by the mystery of existence is the real theme of "Hamlet."

    The Chief End of Man George Spring Merriam 1878

  • In that last extremity -- that confrontal of the soul by the bitterest choice, and its acceptance of death rather than wrong-doing -- comes the sudden voice of a hope triumphant over the tyrant.

    The Chief End of Man George Spring Merriam 1878

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