1.   But that confrontation never came.

2.   For some Americans, the confrontation came to symbolize a federal government perversely obsessed with gun control and willing to slaughter civilians at any resistance.

3.   His main confrontations came with those who would take his native Quebec out of Canada.

4.   Scenes meant for laughs elicit none, while dramatic confrontations often come off as unintentionally funny.

5.   The confrontation came on the final day of the annual Agenda computer industry conference here.

6.   The confrontation came after an intense six months of American effort, beginning with the dispatch of troops in January, to find a way to free the Burnhams.

7.   The confrontation could not come at a worse moment for President Boris Yeltsin.

8.   The first confrontation came late in the third quarter.

9.   When confrontation does come, it summons an incident in which Alan, as a teen-ager, was beaten up by a group of black youths.

10.   A senior Fatah official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the confrontation came after a search Saturday night of Fatah headquarters by members of Palestinian intelligence.