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" It can be painful to face these facts , especially in the arena of our intimate and sexual lives . Face facts , tabacky junkies , the tide has turned against you : Smoking is a bad habit , and will never be redeemed . But let 's face facts : that Wieners boy could n't throw a punch to save his life , giant though he may be ! Because in our reprehensible selfishness we refuse to face the facts ; because we are unable to shake off outmoded mindsets and an economic structure inherited from the nineteenth century ; because our international policy-making structure is ill-suited to the crucial issue of the twenty-first century , namely the environment . It ’ s time to face the facts : none of the “ diplomatic initiatives ” the U.S. has tried since 1945 have worked to prevent North Korea from becoming a serious threat to U.S. national security . We cannot face God unless we first face these facts of our lives which are unalterable and which will be of continuing relevance . So face facts , the A 's will still be small market , and now they 'll be in a small town away from all the poor folks . There is another danger : that there are other black holes out there , and we are being too conservative to face the facts . Surely a most essential thing for all young girls to know ; to learn to look with honest , clear-eyed vision at life , stripping away shams and non-essentials , facing facts and not being lured from the truth by silly reticences and repressions . " My mother has this bright , smiling , hard tone that she always uses when she wants me to face facts . In this issue : Bill Donahue pedals through Shanghai while pondering China 's drive toward development ; Paul Rauber examines the connection between corruption and eco-callousness inside the Beltway ; Seth Zuckerman goes on a carbon diet ; and Yours Truly talks to Al Gore ( aka Ozone Man ) about President Bush 's unwillingness to face facts , why Kyoto was n't ratified during the Clinton years and where we go from here . Face the facts , the question is not which school you are going to lose to but how bad ? Yet , in part because bank supervisors have been resolute in facing the facts and in addressing problems in the banking system as we saw them developing , I believe the American people are better off . While the ship is sinking , the issue is not even a blip on the AACC radar.Please face the facts .