Sentences with phrase «war period when»

One such moment was that doom - laden post war period when the specter of nuclear holocaust haunted a world still reeling from a devastating world war.

If we must make comparison to Le Carré, and when reviewing spy novels it seems de rigueur to do so, it would not be to the early Smiley novels but to Le Carré's more recent works such as Absolute Friends, set in the post Cold - War period when the lines between state - sponsored and private sector intelligence have blurred.

Not exact matches

Every person alive on the 71st anniversary of those attacks holds in their flesh radioactive remnants of the nuclear era — a period centered in the early decades of Cold War when nuclear nations conducted atmospheric tests of ever - larger bombs.

Its conglomerate period began in 1945, after World War II, when the company expanded its plastics business and became, over time, a major player in jet engines, nuclear reactors, computers, missiles, satellites, and other widely diverse businesses.

When military officials learned that two of Fred's brothers had been killed in action and a third was a prisoner of war, they ordered him to return to England for a period of rest.

The only time this has happened in history for a three year period or more was during World War II, when we were obviously printing enough money to finance a lot of deficit spending on infrastructure and public programs.

Very impressive when you consider that this period contained both the Great Depression and the Second World War.

Beyond that simple fact, recognition of the totalitarian syndrome of the communist system did not take place during the wartime period when the book was being written; such recognition came about after the Second World War was long over.

For Douthat, however, our present identity as a «nation of heretics» marks a departure from earlier periods, in particular the post «World War II era of America's Greatest Generation, when Roman Catholic orthodoxy and the mainline Protestant denominations ruled the culture in ways that were truly Christian and faithful.

So, for example, when the declinist argues that the United Slates» share of world exports has dropped from 27 percent to 20 percent, the anti-declinists counter that America's percentage of world GNP is roughly the same as it has been throughout the post-World War II period (approximately 24 percent).

For over two hundred years» until the outbreak of World War I» the state system emerging from the Thirty Years» War achieved its objectives (with the exception of the ideological conflict of the Napoleonic period, when the principle of nonintervention was, in effect, abandoned for two decades).

The Cold War was a period of moral clarity when the other side really was an evil empire, and when armed resolve for once succeeded in defeating the expansion of evil in the world.

It was in the period of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars, when England was threatened by the conflagration on the Continent, that such organizations as the London Missionary Society, the Church Missionary Society, and the British and Foreign Bible Society came into being.

I should not forget that ecumenism has prevailed in times when internationalism has broken down, during the Nazi period — above all during World War II.

There is an old tradition of antiradical violence in America and there have been periods, such as the First World War and its immediate aftermath and the McCarthy period after the Second World War, when radical thought of all varieties has been severely persecuted.

It is Lasch's contention that when one takes all this civic activity into account, and adds the wage work of lower - class women, one has to move the appearance of full - time homemaking on a broad scale from the late nineteenth century to the post-World War II period.

But while coming home to a wife was beneficial to veterans returning to civilian life after serving in Vietnam or the Korean War / World War II era, or in periods between, being married isn't helping post-9 / 11 veterans readjust; in fact, «post-9 / 11 veterans who were married while they served had a significantly more difficult time readjusting than did married veterans of past eras or single people regardless of when they served.

The current opinion poll lead, while encouraging, is sustained during a period when the Labour Party has been in power for ten years, is prosecuting a deeply unpopular war and has a departing leader.

The constituency has undergone several boundary changes since its creation in 1918 but has remained a safe Labour seat since the Second World War, with the exception of a by - election in 1969 when Wallace Lawler won the seat for the Liberal Party and immediately surrounding period when its majority was marginal.

It is worth noting however, that the period of dictatorships in East Asia, was during the Cold War when western allies were busy forming alliances as opposed to the situation now where they act as global watchdogs for human rights and respect for the rule of law.

By the mid-1980s, following another great period of loss after World War II when army engineers drained huge swaths of formerly impenetrable marshes and swamps, the continental U.S. had only 103 million wetland acres remaining.

The museum looks at the period which dates from the end of World War II to the 1970s when some of the most advanced and innovative airplanes and aircrafts originated from the United Kingdom.

Two potentially higher - profile films, the disco period film 54 (1998) and Ang Lee's Civil War epic Ride With the Devil (1999), failed to make a positive impression on critics and audiences.Ruffalo's luck began to change, however, when he was cast in an off - Broadway production of This Is Our Youth.

That commitment to the time period and dedication to an earnest presentation of what war was really like can't help but clash with the raucous fun we're expected to have when we dip into the multiplayer modes with friends, however.

And sure enough, what begins as a clarion call settles into a somewhat familiar period costume drama spiced up now and again with racy sequences nonetheless sobered by the memory of the delirious hedonism of that opening, wherein we get Dracula's backstory as a hero of a holy war, repulsing Muslim invaders in Romania, turning to blasphemy when the vengeful Turks fool his wife Elisabeta (Winona Ryder) into believing that her beloved has died on the battlefield, and gleefully chewing artificial scenery with toothy relish.

For those captivated by the civil war period, this reenactment, enhanced by a huge number of volunteer cast members, brings to life a dark period in American history when the scourge of slavery led to war between countrymen.

Even though the film is due in less than three months, we're just now getting our first look at Cate Blanchett and Robert Redford in the true story of the «Rathergate» period of CBS News when Dan Rather was unceremoniously on his way out after a 2004 report about George W. Bush's ability to avoid service during the Vietnam War...

Ramping the excitement back up was exactly what Ubisoft managed to do when it announced Assassin's Creed III; an all new Assassin's Creed adventure set during the tumultuous period of the American Revolutionary War.

The details: The key characteristic of the Cold War is that it could turn anything into a political competition — even chess, which frequently garnered intense media attention during the period when the Soviet Union was popularly seen as dominating the game.

But the heart and soul of this educational and deliciously entertaining period piece is the student - teacher relationship of Bertie and Lionel, a man who learned his trade dealing with shell - shocked soldiers returning from World War I. Lionel tries to figure out when Bertie doesn't stammer.

Gary Oldman steps into the imposing persona of Winston Churchill in Joe Wright's (Pride and Prejudice, Atonement) period drama set in the early years of the Second World War, when Churchill's rousing leadership inspired a nation.

The latest from Bertrand Tavernier («Round Midnight), this period drama is set in the 1500's, during the reign of Charles IX, when France was decimated by religious wars, as Catholics and Protestants slaughtered one another.Tavernier skillfully manages a romantic roundelay, in which three suitors vie for the love of the Princess of Montpelsier who, of course (it's a French film, after all), is already married.

For McCain the separation was more institutional, as McCain's father, a Navy submariner, was gone for long periods of time, including most of World War II, when the future presidential candidate was just starting school.

Successive governments of the same ruling Liberal Democratic Party, for the entirety of the postwar period, took the official position that Article 9 of the constitution can not be said to ban the country's right of individual self - defense in its most minimal fashion, but they have consistently ruled out the possibility of exercising CSD, engaging in other countries» wars when Japan is not attacked, as unconstitutional.

The project was conducted over a two - week period in January when the students were in the midst of studying the American Revolutionary War and the formation of the Constitution (Fayette County Public Schools, 2004).

It is really helping me to understand the period and the thoughts of those at home when the war was going on and on.

I'm certain you'd be like us if you'd known the war and what it did here, and above all what followed the war, what those weeks and months were like, particularly the last of them, the period when that fellow arrived in our village and settled here, just like that, from one day to the next.

Another problem is lack of understanding, how can someone review book on World War 2 when they don't have a firm grasp on that time period?

One of the finest chroniclers of this imposing period in American history, Morison — an avid yachtsman and distant cousin to the noted poet T.S. Eliot — was a brilliant Harvard historian when the war broke out.

This is an award honoring the best fiction set in a period when the United States was at war.

The result of this «borrowing against the future» when combined with the increased fertility of older women, many of whom were «making up» births postponed during the later years of the Depression or the war, was to inflate the fertility of the period in a somewhat distorted fashion.

Zweig cites other periods in which investors have been wary of stocks because of macro concerns, like the early 1950s, when the Korean War and Cold War were raging.

In fact, there have been six periods since World War II when growth outperformed value on a trailing five - year compounded basis.

Bob is a Vietnam Army veteran who served during a period in our nation's history when veterans symbolized a deeply unpopular war.

Johnson replied: «Unlike conventional soldiers who abide by certain laws of war, and who would also be bound by the III Geneva Convention to act in certain ways when confined, the enemy combatants in the high - security section committed themselves at some point to killing Americans, period.

The «Endicott Period» refers to the peace time years, between 1865 (the end of the Civil War) and 1898 (prior to the Spanish - American War), when the army had the time to look inward and make improvements to many of its existing military systems.

The house was built in 1945, at the outbreak of the Second World War, also during a period when homes we... Flexible Cancellation!

Throughout history, the palace's main purpose has been to serve as an expansive exhibition hall, with the exception of a period during World War I when it was used as a military hospital.

The most recent remains are dated to the Terminal - Classic Period (roughly 800 to 1000 AD), a time when the Maya heartland was suffering from severe drought and civil wars.

The power gap has been blown out of the water this gen with technology where as I remember when Gears of War released on the 360 it was the best looking game period because the 360 was more powerful then current PCs in its day.