Sentences with phrase «seven years war»

Assassin's Creed Rogue, available for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 owners, is set in the middle of the 18th century during the Seven Years War.
Set during the Seven Years War, Rogue sees players exploring a good amount of North America, including the North Atlantic, the Appalachian River Valley, and New York.
The early days of the Seven Years War come brilliantly to life in this historical mystery by an author whose unique and compelling storytelling has engrossed millions of readers worldwide.
However in periods of sustained conflict with other ruling classes, notably the War of the Spanish Succession of 1700 — 1715 and the Seven Years War of 1756 — 1763, the predatory policies of the Whigs resulted in overtaxation and overstrain of the economy during which the Tories would rise in influence in order to bring the war to an end.

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The bombing represents a major escalation in the West's confrontation with Syrian President Bashar al - Assad's superpower ally Russia, but is unlikely to alter the course of a multi-sided war that has killed at least half a million people in the past seven years.
Russia has largely staked its credibility in the Middle East on saving Syrian President Bashar Assad's government from collapse during its bloody seven - year civil war.
Seven years on, their collective real debt is the highest recorded since the 1830s — even higher than the peaks reached to finance the first and second World Wars.
The fight for Afrin, a once stable pocket of northwest Syria, has opened a new front in Syria's multi-sided civil war and highlighted the ever greater role of foreign powers in the seven - year - old conflict.
The fight for Afrin, a once - stable pocket of northwest Syria, has opened a new front in Syria's multi-sided civil war and highlighted the ever - greater role of foreign powers such as Turkey in the seven - year - old conflict.
The principal matter separating Israel and the United States continues to be Iran's growing presence in Syria, an enemy state lying along Israel's northern border, that has been riven by a bloody civil war for seven years.
After all, they knew what Pericles, who died early in the twenty - seven - year war, could not: that harnessing democratic dynamism to ethno - nationalism and an unquenchable desire for «having more and more» ended badly.
Seven years» war — estimated 1.3 million dead, including 700,000 military deaths
If so, they could turn into the Browns of the post — World War II era, who won seven pro titles in 10 years.
Born in Chicago, Mr. Petersen was a World War II veteran, serving in the Army for seven years and achieving the rank of master sergeant.
But the air strikes were also cheered by Democrats hoping for an end to the humanitarian crisis that has engulfed the country during its seven - year civil war.
Two warring factions of Democratic lawmakers have agreed to reunite and end seven years of infighting, a significant political realignment that ends an arrangement that had helped give Republicans a foothold of power in Albany.
On Wednesday afternoon in his Manhattan office, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo sat between two formerly sworn Democratic rivals — Senator Andrea Stewart - Cousins and Senator Jeffrey D. Klein — and declared a truce in their seven - year civil war, one that has intensified since the election of President Trump.
After all, we're only weeks into the burying of the hatchet between two warring groups of Democrats, which helped Republicans rule the Senate for the last seven years.
Even pretending that he was against the Iraq war seven years ago.»
The 31 - year - old war veteran was one of seven candidates hoping to win the party's backing for the Congressional seat representing Staten Island and a slice of Southern Brooklyn.
The Syracuse Crunch agreed to extend its lease at the War Memorial from seven years to 12 years, said Bill Fisher, deputy executive of Onondaga County.
The Syracuse Crunch hockey team has extended its lease in the War Memorial Arena from seven years to 12 years.
Two warring factions of Democrats in New York's state Senate are expected to sit as one group on Tuesday, ending seven years of party warfare that helped Republicans gain power in a largely Democratic state.
Cigarette wars light up as Philip Morris leads coalition of seven tobacco companies and the NY Association of Convenience Stores in lawsuit against Village of Haverstraw Rockland County Times Earlier this year, the Village of Haverstraw, working with POW» R Against Tobacco, took the unprecedented step of banning retail displays of cigarette products in their stores, -LSB-...]
Whatever the cause — dwindling attention spans, underfunded schools, something to do with the Internet — the fact is these days that if a Top Thinker wakes up one morning aghast at man's inhumanity to man, he's probably going to dash off a 300 - word op - ed and e-mail it to The New York Times, or better still, just stick it up on his blog, typos and all, not cancel his appointments for the next seven years so he can bang out War and Peace in a shed.
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And that's not an unreasonable instinct: Captain America's first onscreen return in Civil War is awe - inspiring in large part because he's the Captain America who's lived in the Marvel Cinematic Universe for the past seven years.
He said this six or seven years before the war's conclusion in 1975 with a Viet Cong victory and a humiliating defeat of the U.S..
Stanley Kubrick's return to filmmaking after a seven - year hiatus, this film crystallizes the experience of the Vietnam War by concentrating on a group of raw Marine volunteers.
With the skyscraping popular success of «Black Panther» and ticket presales for «Infinity War» surpassing the seven previous Marvel films combined, this may be the year that the Avengers crush the Rebel Alliance.
During his unprecedented twenty - seven - year tenure at Warner Bros., he directed swashbuckling adventures, westerns, musicals, war epics, historical dramas, horror films, melodramas, comedies, and film noir masterpieces.
Reese Witherspoon (Mud, This Means War) plays Cheryl, whose seven - year relationship with her husband Paul (Sadoski, John Wick) met an unfortunate end due to every fault of her own.
When she reappeared as Princess Leia in last year's «Star Wars» film («Episode Seven — ty - two,» Fisher quipped) to boisterous applause from the audience on opening day, it was impossible not to get a little misty - eyed.
We flash - forward seven years and Duran is making a name for himself in the ring — and wooing school girl Felicidad Iglesias (played by Ana de Armas, who audiences JUST saw in «War Dogs»).
In this period, he tackled an Oscar - winning drama about alcoholism (The Lost Weekend), two well - regarded film noirs (Double Indemnity, Sunset Boulevard), a war drama (Stalag 17), two light - hearted rom - coms (Sabrina, Seven Year Itch) a gripping murder - mystery (Witness for the Prosecution) and perhaps the funniest American movie of all time (Some Like It Hot).
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They've been seeded throughout the Marvel Cinematic Universe since 2011, and now, with the release of Avengers: Infinity War on April 27, all the logistical heavy lifting of seven years» worth of films — chasing the Stones, finding them, wielding them, handing them off to shady minor characters for safekeeping — comes to a head.
The action scenes, which describe the ludicrous formality of 18th combat during the Seven Years» War, are simply extraordinary.
Unfortunately, after a brilliant three years in the service and fighting in seven major campaigns, Audie's dream of a military career and of attending West Point came to an end with a hip injury in a major battle towards the close of the war.
Brad Pitt plays a German prisoner of war whose life is influenced by the Dali Lama in Seven Years in Tibet.
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This month I've reviewed Tsui Hark's Working Class, Michelle Yeoh in Royal Warriors and Corey Yuen's She Shoots Straight in addition to Johnnie To's third feature Seven Years Itch and a revisit of his great 2012 film Drug War.
Who, what, when: In America's bicentennial year of 1976, somehow a 47 - year - old Italian art - house auteur with a penchant for flashy white - rimmed eyeglasses and on - screen gender clashes involving sex and politics, was lauded for her World War II concentration - camp picaresque «Seven Beauties.»
Five years since Seven Psychopaths, In Bruges director Martin McDonagh returns with the Fargo-esque story of a woman (Frances McDormand) who wages war against her local police force following the death of her daughter.
A longtime Star Wars fan, Ehrenreich looks forward to meeting Harrison Ford one day, but he's still adjusting to the rapid rise he's enjoyed over the last seven years.
Other Stuff We Watched Seven Psychopaths Django Unchained The Watch Midnight Run Punch - Drunk Love Les Miserables The House I Live In John Dies at the End West of Memphis The Perks of Being a Wallflower Crime Story Miami Connection Looper The Campaign No Crossover Skyfall Designing 007: 50 Years of Bond Style The Looking Glass War Raw Deal
In between those, Kubrick used the Third Servile War for inspiration in the slave uprising epic Spartacus (which reunited him with leading man Douglas), the Cold War for satire in Dr. Strangelove, and the Seven Years» War for circumstance in Barry Lyndon.
, A Good Day to Die Hard Rated R, Terminator 5 Writers 1:04:10 — Other Stuff We Watched: Seven Psychopaths, Django Unchained, The Watch, Midnight Run, Punch - Drunk Love, Les Miserables, The House I Live In, John Dies at the End, West of Memphis, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Crime Story, Miami Connection, Looper, The Campaign, No Crossover, Skyfall, Designing 007: 50 Years of Bond Style, The Looking Glass War, Raw Deal 1:52:10 — Junk Mail: Combined Top 100 Lists, Lack of Animated Movies in Top 100s, The Demise of HMV, Horror Premium Podcasts, This or That 2013 Edition, Director's Cuts, Unrated Editions of Comedies 2:29:35 — This Week on DVD and Blu - ray 2:31:40 — Outro
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