Sentences with phrase «civil war leaders»

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In 2013, the former leader said the use of chemical weapons in Syria's civil war would trigger an American military response.

To many he is known as one of the most courageous opponents of the bloody war in Indo - China, to others he is known as a leader in the civil - rights movement, yet to others he is known as a popular writer and speaker, and to yet others he is an enterprising young politician who will someday hold political office.

Leaders at the cathedral have announced plans to remove images of Confederate battle flags shown in large stained glass displays that honor Civil War generals Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee, both of whom led Confederate forces.

One wonders what alternative courses of action to the Civil War might have brought southern leaders to see that, although their people did not create slavery as an economic system or raw cotton as the principal product in the regional economy, the regional modus operandi was antithetical to the spirit of the American Constitution and the democratarian trend of Western civilization.

Ingersoll was many things, such as a Union officer in the Civil War, the attorney general of Illinois, one of the great orators of his time (his «Plumed Knight» speech, in which he nominated James G. Blaine at the 1876 Republican convention, is one of the great political speeches of its time), Republican political leader, attorney, and atheist.

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

If it was skin color alone that mandated a black President at this time, I do wish it had been Colon Powell, or Herman Cain, or Congressman West, these men have always been leaders and uniter's, not dividers... The US today is more divided than before the Civil War... With obama, we are in deep trouble!

Today's issues are less clear - cut than civil rights or the war in Vietnam; there are no great leaders to rally us, no powerful self - interested groups like the draft resisters of the war period with which to ally ourselves.

Civil rights leaders from the 1960s to 2014 have their own theories and solutions regarding the war on poverty.

Commissioned in 1974 by the International Brigade Association in Scotland (IBASS), who raised the sculptor's # 3,000 fee through an appeal to trade unionists and supporters of the Labour movement in Scotland, it was unveiled by union leader and civil war veteran Jack Jones, who died earlier this year.

The other big problem with a challenge is that a contender would be seen by activists as stabbing the leader in the back and would start a vicious civil war inside the party.

Prior to Theresa May's anointment as Conservative leader — when the Tory party was undergoing its own post-referendum civil war and the inept, inexperienced, uber right - wing Andrea Leadsom was looking like a plausible contender — Labour was still polling seven points behind.

The party split following the arrest and imprisonment of party leader, Hassan Radjabu — a key strategist in the civil war — divided members, leading to key figures, such as Alice Nzomukunda and Pascaline Kampayano deserting the party and forming new offshoot parties.

Former Labour leader says Corbyn's position is untenable, while party's deputy Tom Watson seeks talks to avoid «civil war»

Chiang was the son of Chiang Kai - shek, the leader of the Republic of China's Military Government from the 1930s to 1975 (from 1949 since the Chinese Civil War, Republic of China's central government moved to Taiwan).

His reputation as a moderniser was criticised by those who remember how, as Minister, he failed to oppose the death penalty of Julián Grimau (a communist leader accused of crimes during the civil war), as well as his failure to publicly decry the murder of Enrique Ruano, a student killed whilst under arrest (and the subsequent publication of Ruano's private diaries to portrait him as someone with mental problems).

What about getting some of the old timers - Kauffman Barron, Blunks [Gerald Kaufman, Kevin Barron and David Blunkett] including peers - to organise a letter to the Times saying we been here before with Labour tearing itself apart 18 Tory years, getting rid of leader meant tory civil war, have we not learnt anything?

Last September, I wrote apropos of Jeremy Corbyn's election as Labour Party leader: «The drum beat towards civil war within Labour gets louder».

A civil war has erupted within the Working Families Party over whether to back Cuomo for re-election, with labor leaders who support the governor pitted against party leaders and grass roots activists.

It is being claimed by some in Westminster that a deal has been done between Mr Blair and Mr Ashdown in a bid to shore up the Liberal Democrat leader's position while averting a full - scale civil war on the Labour benches.

But the greater part of the viciousness of the ugly Blair - Brown civil war was sourced in the Scotsman's consuming and utterly unreasonable resentment that he was not the leader.

Tomorrow, Congressman Serrano will be joined by local elected officials for the renaming ceremony of the Morris Heights Post Office in honor of Dr. Roscoe C. Brown, Jr., in order to commemorate the life and legacy of a war hero, civil rights, and community leader.

Africa is now characterized by political instability, electoral problems, civil wars and the desire for some Africa leaders to cling to power giving rise to all sort of issues.

New York's other senator, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, spoke at the inauguration itself, quoting at length from a letter by a Civil War soldier.

The governor alluded that «only two weeks ago we gave a posthumous award to Alhaji Umaru Altine, a Katsina born Muslim who was elected mayor of Enugu before the Civil War, in the period that Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe was leader of the NCNC.

But in a move which has sparked fury among senior party figures, the leader wrote to his MPs saying: «In my view, the PM has been unable to explain the contribution of additional UK bombing to a comprehensive negotiated political settlement of the Syrian civil war, or its likely impact on the threat of terrorist attacks in the UK.

In the Reconstruction following the Civil War, later Union leaders like Andrew Johnson (Abraham Lincoln's successor), made only half - hearted efforts to really deeply assimilate the formerly Confederate states into the Union and when Reconstruction ended Confederate and white supremacist sympathies remained strong.

You say that Buhari loves the Igbo yet his security forces and military have killed and locked up more Igbo leaders and youths and marginalized more Igbos at the Federal level more than ANY other Nigerian President or Head of State since the civil war.

Mr McDonnell also welcomed a proposal by Unite general secretary Len McCluskey that the union could broker a peace deal between the leader and his rebel MPs to avoid «civil war» in the party.

A civil war has erupted among progressive leaders over a proposal to impose a five - cent fee on plastic and paper bags.

This was belatedly conceded by John Redmond, leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party, as a compromise in order to pacify Ulster unionists and avoid civil war.

Only two weeks ago we gave a posthumous award to Alhaji Umaru Altine, a Katsina born Muslim who was elected mayor of Enugu before the Civil War, in the period that Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe was leader of the NCNC.

Ms Cooper, who has been one of Mr Corbyn's fiercest Labour critics, insisted the party is now united behind the leader despite the civil war which raged between him and his MPs last year.

In addition to its mental health consequences, the exceedingly long civil war in Guatemala resulted in displacement of 1 million people from their homes and workplaces, over 200,000 civilian deaths, destruction of hundreds of villages, crops and fields, the elimination of local leaders and authorities and, in the worst cases, torture, rape, and collective extermination of entire families and communities.

Today, 169 future medical leaders will graduate from the U-M Medical School, carrying on a tradition that extends back to before the Civil War.

After the events of Captain America: Civil War, King T'Challa returns home to the reclusive, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as his country's new leader.

Talal Derki's «Return to Homs» represents a remarkable achievement in immersive conflict - zone filmmaking, fearlessly taking auds to the front lines of the Syrian civil war and embedding them alongside soccer star turned resistance leader Abdul Basset Saroot, a charismatic nonviolent protestor pushed into taking up arms against the oppressive regime.

As he tussles with recalcitrant lawmakers and his Cabinet — all the while grieving for his late son Willie, grappling with wife Mary's mood swings and carrying the burden of prolonging the Civil War in order to gain lasting political change — the leader who emerges in «Lincoln» is far from a blemish - free paragon.

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The Dora Milaje are made up of multiple women, but in the film, its most notable members are its leader Okoye, T'Challa's former lover Nakia, and Ayo, the latter of whom showed up previously in 2016's Captain America: Civil War.

«Our movie is really about a working leader who must make tough decisions and get things done in the face of overwhelming opposition... [The film begins with] Lincoln's realization that the Emancipation Proclamation, the thing he is most known for, was simply a war powers act that would easily be struck down by any number of lawyers after the cessation of hostilities after the Civil Wwar powers act that would easily be struck down by any number of lawyers after the cessation of hostilities after the Civil WarWar.

Meanwhile, back behind the wall, even less fun is being had as a civil war is threatening to break out between «factionless» commander Evelyn (Naomi Watts)-- who, in a case of «meet the new boss, same as the old boss» has grown desperately tyrannical after off killing Kate Winslet's high - handed Jeanine in the previous film — and former Amity leader Johanna (Octavia Spencer), who now leads the catch - all group known as Allegiant.

At all turns, he is the perfect husband, father, friend, protector, and leader, the film somehow managing to make the whole of the Civil War and Reconstruction all about Newton Knight and his virtuous deeds.

King T'Challa returns after appearing in «Captain America: Civil War» to his futuristic African kingdom to serve as leader.

Following the events of Captain America: Civil War, the former leader of the Avengers has seemingly gone rogue, leading many fans to believe that Steve Rogers will be going by a new name in Infinity War: Nomad.

Following the events of Captain America: Civil War, Black Panther — also known as King T'challa — has returned to his technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as his country's new leader, but trouble ensues when two foes conspire to destroy Wakanda.

The leader of the cult, who calls herself Maggie, claims to be from the future — the year 2054 to be precise — when civil war has laid waste to the land and bands of survivors clandestinely roam the countryside (think The Terminator by way of The Walking Dead).

Film Review by Kam Williams Civil War Saga Chronicles Exploits of Confederate Soldier - Turned - Slave Revolt Leader While the slave raids led by Nat Turner and John Brown have been well documented in the annals of American history, the relatively - successful exploits of another notorious abolitionist insurrectionist have somehow slipped through the cracks.

Here are the chilling les enfants soldats, as well as sharply etched characters like the enigmatic rebel leader played with understated gravity by Isaach De Bankole, andHuppert «s mad son, who throws gasoline on the fires of civil war.

Connections between the 19th - century American spiritualist and feminist movements and comparisons of Civil War guerilla leaders John Hunt Morgan and John Singleton Mosby may sound like topics for doctoral theses.