Sentences with phrase «following war service»

Following war service in the British Army, he held teaching posts at Bath Academy of Art in Wiltshire (1946 - 1956) and at Leeds University where he held a Gregory Fellowship from 1953 - 1955.

Following war service, Sterling's career fell into a rut of colorless second leads.

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The service proceeded; a war chapter from the Old Testament was read; the first prayer was said; it was followed by an organ burst that shook the building, and with one impulse the house rose, with glowing eyes and beating hearts, and poured out that tremendous invocation:

My own father, hardened by bitterness that encrusted him during four years spent as a half - starved prisoner of war, walked to the front of a church at the conclusion of a service because he decided to follow Christ.

The American and Canadian churches entered the period following World War I devoted as they had always sought to be to the service of God and to the continuation of the patterns of western Christendom. . .

Perusing the index of Origins, the weekly publication of representative documents and speeches compiled by Catholic News Service, our imaginary historian will note, for example, the following initiatives undertaken at the national, diocesan and parish levels in 1994 - 95: providing alternatives to abortion; staffing adoption agencies; conducting adult education courses; addressing African American Catholics» pastoral needs; funding programs to prevent alcohol abuse; implementing a new policy on altar servers and guidelines for the Anointing of the Sick; lobbying for arms control; eliminating asbestos in public housing; supporting the activities of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (227 strong); challenging atheism in American society; establishing base communities (also known as small faith communities); providing aid to war victims in Bosnia; conducting Catholic research in bioethics; publicizing the new Catechism of the Catholic Church; battling child abuse; strengthening the relationship between church and labor unions; and deepening the structures and expressions of collegiality in the local and diocesan church.

Fox tells the story from beginning to end: childhood in the German - American parsonage; nine grades of school followed by three years in a denominational «college» that was not yet a college and three year's in Eden Seminary, with graduation at 21; a five - month pastorate due to his father's death; Yale Divinity School, where despite academic probation because he had no accredited degree, he earned the B.D. and M.A.; the Detroit pastorate (1915 - 1918) in which he encountered industrial America and the race problem; his growing reputation as lecturer and writer (especially for The Christian Century); the teaching career at Union Theological Seminary (1928 - 1960); marriage and family; the landmark books Moral Man and Immoral Society and The Nature and Destiny of Man; the founding of the Fellowship of Socialist Christians and its journal Radical Religion; the gradual move from Socialist to liberal Democratic politics, and from leader of the Fellowship of Reconciliation to critic of pacifism; the break with Charles Clayton Morrison's Christian Century and the inauguration of Christianity and Crisis; the founding of the Union for Democratic Action, then later of Americans for Democratic Action; participation in the ecumenical movement, especially the Oxford Conference and the Amsterdam Assembly; increasing friendship with government officials and service with George Kennan's policy - planning group in the State Department; the first stroke in 1952 and the subsequent struggles with ill health; retirement from Union in 1960, followed by short appointments at Harvard, at the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, and at Columbia's Institute of War and Peace Studies; intense suffering from ill health; and death in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, in 1971.

Lord Goldsmith is understood to have been warned that the flow of vital intelligence from the Saudi Government to the British secret services could be impaired following a break between the two governments over the contracts, thereby endangering national security, particularly during the war on terrorism.

His father and grandfather had both been thrown out of work in the shipyards during his early childhood, in the difficult days of the 1930s, but after Ellison Street elementary school and service in the Royal Engineers during the second world war, Don followed them into the Tyneside yards.

Following World War I service and a brief stint on Broadway, Dix made his first film, 1920's Not Guilty.

Thank You for Your Service: Follows a group of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq who struggle to integrate back into family and civilian life, while living with the memory of a war that threatens to destroy them long after they've left the battlefield.

The movie, adapted from Robert Mazur's book about his time as an undercover agent for the United States Customs Service, follows «Operation «C» Chase,» a sting operation during the mid-to-late 1980s that redirected the War on Drugs toward the oldest investigative trick in the book: Follow the money.

DreamWorks Pictures» «Thank You for Your Service» follows a group of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq who struggle to integrate back into family and civilian life, while living with the memory of a war that threatens to destroy them long after th

Thank You for Your Service follows a group of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq who struggle to integrate back into family and civilian life, while living with the memory of a war that threatens to destroy them long after they've left the battlefield.

John McCain's father followed a similar path, equally distinguished by heroic service in the navy, as a submarine commander during World War II.

The Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) was established in 1951 following the start of the Korean War as an early warning system against biological warfare and man - made epidemics.

Accidental Death does not include death which is caused directly or indirectly by one or more of the following causes: sickness, illness or bodily or mental infirmity or disease of any kind; suicide or self - inflicted injury while sane or insane; declared or undeclared war or any act of war, riot or insurrection, or service in the armed forces; any event directly or indirectly related to the ingestion of alcohol by you where the concentration of alcohol in your blood exceeds 80 milligrams of alcohol in 100 milliliters of blood; voluntary ingestion of poison, toxic substances or non-toxic substances or drugs, sedatives or narcotics (whether illicit or prescribed) in such quantity that they become toxic, or voluntary inhalation of a gas; from or while committing or attempting to commit a criminal offence, or committing or provoking an assault; medical or surgical treatment or complications arising therefrom, except when required as a direct result of an accidental bodily injury; participating in a contest of speed, scuba diving, skydiving, parachuting, hang gliding or bungee jumping, or a flight accident except when travelling as a passenger on a commercially licensed airline.

3) Vietnam's Reunification Express - Whilst not the official title for this sleeper service, it earned its name following the fall of Saigon, now known as Ho Chi Minh City, and the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, when north and south become one again following the American evacuation of southern Vietnam.

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At the very least, Gears of War fans using Xbox Game Pass will be happy to know that any future game in the franchise will be included on their subscription following Microsoft's confirmation that all first - party exclusives, current and future, would be included on the service.

He joined the Grow Construction Company, which later became the Grow Tunneling Corporation in 1946 following his service in the Navy Civil Engineering Corps in the South Pacific during World War II.

This followed service as a Staff Sergeant and gunner during World War II, when he flew 30 missions in Europe.

She suggests that it is in Malevich's drawings that we can follow his artistic quest up close: for example, you can see the artist experimenting in his sketchbook in 1916, during his military service in the First World War.

Spotlight Picture: Paul Nash, Sketch Design for Act II of the Lady from the Sea, 1922 In the years following his service in the Great War, Paul Nash was determined to continue his career as an artist but struggled with periodic bouts of depression.

Richenburg's work as a painter followed training in his teens at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, art history studies at George Washington University (without graduating), courses at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, D.C. and at the Art Students» League in New York, and service in World War II as a combat engineer dealing with explosives, mines and booby traps.

Following his service in the Korean War, Andrews attended the Art Institute of Chicago in the 1950s.

Accidental Death does not include death which is caused directly or indirectly by one or more of the following causes: sickness, illness or bodily or mental infirmity or disease of any kind; suicide or self - inflicted injury while sane or insane; declared or undeclared war or any act of war, riot or insurrection, or service in the armed forces; any event directly or indirectly related to the ingestion of alcohol by you where the concentration of alcohol in your blood exceeds 80 milligrams of alcohol in 100 milliliters of blood; voluntary ingestion of poison, toxic substances or non-toxic substances or drugs, sedatives or narcotics (whether illicit or prescribed) in such quantity that they become toxic, or voluntary inhalation of a gas; from or while committing or attempting to commit a criminal offence, or committing or provoking an assault; medical or surgical treatment or complications arising therefrom, except when required as a direct result of an accidental bodily injury; participating in a contest of speed, scuba diving, skydiving, parachuting, hang gliding or bungee jumping, or a flight accident except when travelling as a passenger on a commercially licensed airline.

Following a multiple - outlet bidding war, the streaming service has handed out a straight - to - series order for the adaptation of Celeste Ng's book, with Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington attached to star and executive produce.

Following the Second World War, the NSW government enacted the War Service Land Settlement Act 1941, which enabled land to be granted under a number of statutes, including the WLA, to discharged members of the forces.

Currently the program is being adapted for soldiers reintegrating home following service in the wars in Iraq or Afghanistan.

In the following Q&A, Economist Walter Kemmsies, managing director and chief strategist of the U.S. ports, airports and global infrastructure group at real estate services firm JLL, shares his views on the how these tariffs and a potential trade war could impact international trade, the U.S. economy and commercial real estate.

For nearly 100 years Easter Seals has provided exceptional services to people with disabilities and their families, and following World War II Easter Seals expanded its reach to service members returning home with disabilities.