Perhaps the effect had weakened enough to let him deal with reality.

"Eventually one has to deal with reality on the ground," he said.

And the only way I can deal with reality is by laughing.

It was more a question of dealing with reality, court officials said.

I wish things turned out better than they did, but you have to deal with reality.

We have to get over that and deal with reality.

You've got to start dealing with reality again soon or you'll end up like him.

In many cases, we are dealing with rhetoric and not political reality.

"He's refused to deal with reality to the point he hasn't been part of the process."

Others point out that they have to deal with reality, not statistics.