But despite tough talk, he has done so less by confrontation than by a more subtle form of persuasion.

When goofing off occurs within the classroom, teachers can resolve the matter quickly by direct confrontation.

His performance and video work was marked heavily by confrontation and Situationism.

The response from the new transit leadership was a reassuring departure from years of management by confrontation.

"By bashing people on the head, by simple confrontation, you don't get things done," he said.

And yet he has done so less by confrontation than by a more subtle form of persuasion.

And yet he has done so less by confrontation than by persuasion.

An oppressive dictatorship is strengthened, not weakened, by external confrontation.

There are few "bosses" in the conventional sense, where the player defeats a superior opponent by direct confrontation.

And the only way to accomplish that was by direct, physical confrontation.