1.   They had to confront some unpleasant realities about themselves.

2.   But the unpleasant reality is that some holiday destinations are positively dangerous.

3.   American workers are understandably reluctant to confront this unpleasant reality.

4.   And while the United States may well want to provide economic assistance now, it will have to swallow an unpleasant reality.

5.   At the same time, he found himself confronting a host of unpleasant economic realities.

6.   Both the Democrats and the city of Chicago know there are unpleasant realities behind their convention facades.

7.   A decision that ignores unpleasant realities is a bad decision.

8.   But an unpleasant reality is that New Yorkers have never needed much of an excuse to stay away from the polls.

9.   But the film does raise serious questions about the role of the filmmaker in dramatizing unpleasant realities.