Faced with this situation, Mr Koizumi was very much the man for the moment.

ECONOMIST: It deserves, for Japan's sake, to be rewarded

Now I am faced with this current situation and find my reputation being impugned yet again -with absolutely no explanation from the commission.

BBC: NEWS | UK | UK Politics | In full: Dr Chai Patel's letter

But I wagered as to how Ford, Marconi and other visionaries had felt when faced with this type of situation.

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"How are London schools ever going to fill their vacancies when faced with an impossible situation such as this, " said the union's general secretary, Peter Smith.

BBC: Motorway

With the six-party talks in tatters and faced with such a highly explosive situation in Northeast Asia, we the people in this region need to make it loud and clear that the nuclearization of the Korean Peninsula will not be tolerated, and that we need peace and development rather than war and confrontation.

CNN: Opinion: Toward a new security order in Northeast Asia