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Stared him in the face?

Usually not at all.

Alright, media examples:

1. President Obama didn’t have to don scuba gear. All he had to do was look like he cared about the relentless plume of oil pouring into the Gulf of Mexico.

Presidents can’t always make things better. But the country always wants them to look like they’re trying.

As crude oil flooded the Gulf waters, Obama and his team acted like this disaster was someone else’s problem, specifically BP’s, the company that owns the rig that exploded on April 20.

The candidate who talked about the fierce urgency of now turned into a chief executive who didn’t know what to do when it stared him in the face. Because of the gap between campaign rhetoric and actual White House response, Obama lost this public relations war. That became clear when MSNBC host Chris Matthews and Democratic strategist James Carville publicly criticized his handling of the crisis.

- In oil-soaked news, Obama out of picture, Boston.com, May 27, 2010.

2. Nearing retirement age Bryan looked back on his life with few regrets. His children were grown up and successful and he was happily married, life was almost perfect except for a niggling concern over his weight.

As Bryan aged his weight slowly crept up and he was all too aware of the links between being overweight and developing chronic conditions like Heart Disease and Diabetes. His concerns were compounded when a colleague died of Diabetes related complications.