Sentences with phrase «wars battles in»

This fall, step into the boots of a trooper, pilot or your favorite iconic character in epic Star Wars battles in authentic locations and thrilling dogfights in the far reaches of space.

When the armies of the Civil War battled in and around Abingdon, the building served as a hospital for wounded soldiers, and romantic stories of nurses and soldiers still endure to this day.

Global Testfire: Wii U owners with a broadband Internet connection can now download from the Nintendo eShop a free special demo, which will enable them to participate in four - on - four Turf War battles in several one - hour demo events set at optimal times for global play.

Not exact matches

A famous example of this comes from statistician Abraham Wald, who in World War II recommended putting extra armor on planes in locations where surviving crafts returning from battle had no bullet holes.

In his new strategy for the 16 - year Afghan war, Trump singled out Pakistan for harboring Taliban leaders and other militants that are battling American troops in AfghanistaIn his new strategy for the 16 - year Afghan war, Trump singled out Pakistan for harboring Taliban leaders and other militants that are battling American troops in Afghanistain Afghanistan.

Now, like Uber and Lyft in the ride - hailing market before them, electric scooter sharing startups are warring for the hearts and minds of customers and investors alike — while also battling with local authorities to be recognized as a legitimate mode of transport.

These are the latest battles in the Wars of Instant Gratification.

So they're fighting a battle on two fronts: a PR war to boost paper's environmental and usability credentials, and an innovation race to find new applications for the pulp we no longer want to hold in our hands.

Reportedly, the first kamikaze operation of the war occurred during the Battle of the Leyte Gulf in the Philippines.

This «new meteorology», as it was sometimes called, became culturally pervasive in the years following World War I. Not only did it lift the metaphors of trench warfare and place them in the air (the «weather front» taking its name directly from the battle fronts of the war), it also insisted that to speak of the weather meant to speak of a global system of energies opening, ever anew, onto different futurWar I. Not only did it lift the metaphors of trench warfare and place them in the air (the «weather front» taking its name directly from the battle fronts of the war), it also insisted that to speak of the weather meant to speak of a global system of energies opening, ever anew, onto different futurwar), it also insisted that to speak of the weather meant to speak of a global system of energies opening, ever anew, onto different futures.

Early in the war, most soldiers simply wore what they had, whether that was a state militia uniform, frontier dress (as seen here in the 1777 battle of Saratoga) or even their regular clothes.

During the Battle of the Bulge in World War II, when the German Ardennes Offensive threatened to swallow up a surrounded American division at Bastogne, Patton pushed his men through mud and snow and relieved Bastogne on Dec. 26, 1944.

Now in 2006 you made two war films about the Battle of Iwo Jima, the latter of which, Letters from Iwo Jima was in Japanese.

«China stands firm and wins first battle of Sino - US trade war,» China's official People's Daily newspaper said in the headline of a Chinese - language article Thursday.

What critics said: «In a summer movie landscape with Spider - Man, a simian army waging further battle for the planet and Charlize Theron as a sexy Cold War - era superspy, it says something that one of the most compelling characters is Al Gore.»

The late George Carlin noted that what we called «shell shock» in World War I morphed into «battle fatigue» during the second World War, which became «operational exhaustion» in the Korean War, and then, since Vietnam, «post-traumatic stress disorder.»

The battle of Dunkirk occupies a strange space in the history of World War II.

Likewise, the Holocaust museum in Cape Town is excellent, and history buffs will love the Anglo - Boer War Museum in Bloemfontein, and a tour of the early Zulu battles and historical sites in KwaZulu Natal.

Still, for opponents of violent games, it's a battle won in a lost war.

Since early in the six - year - old Syria war, Hezbollah's energies have been focused on propping up President Bashar al - Assad in alliance with Iran and Russia, throwing thousands of its fighters into battle against Syrian rebels.

The Fed for example fought a difficult battle with inflation in the 1970s, hiking interest rates to recession - provoking levels and eventually winning a war of credibility over its ability to rein in price increases.

Captured during the Battle of the Bulge in late 1944, Vonnegut was confined in a German prisoner - of - war camp near the city during the February 1945 aerial campaign.

He served in the US Army as a corporal during World War II, a service that had him defusing land mines and fighting in the Battle of the Bulge.

Captured during the Battle of the Bulge in late 1944, Vonnegut was confined in a German prisoner of war camp near the city during the February 1945 aerial campaign.

Though he faces an uphill battle — he's a pro-business fiscal conservative who also supports gun control, abortion rights, and efforts to curb climate change — his personal war chest will come in handy.

The war on drugs is an expensive battle because a great number of resources go into catching those who buy or sell illegal drugs on the black market, prosecuting them in court, and housing them in jail.

But Malone isn't one of those executives, and he proved it by drawing the now - pervasive comparison between Amazon and the Death Star, the evil Empire's battle station in the «Star Wars» franchise that had the power to destroy entire planets.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has told the PLA to prepare to «fight and win» battles, and the Pentagon said the slogan is an indication Chinese leaders are concerned the military, which has not fought a war in more than 30 years, may not fare well in modern combat.

In the ongoing trade confrontation between President Donald Trump and China, multiple battles that could turn into a trade war have emerged.

In a newspaper article from May 1948, Rep. Buffett wrote, «In a free country the monetary unit rests upon a fixed foundation of gold... independent of the ruling politicians... unless you are willing to surrender your children and your country to galloping inflation, war and slavery, then this cause demands your support... we must win the battle to restore honest money.»

Then again, you could battle your Tesla in a tug of war against gas - guzzlers in the snow but we would also advise against it.

So if your social extensions resulted in thousands of people clicking on your ads but no one actually buying anything from you, you would win the battle but lose the war (more specifically, you would be making money for Google but not for your business).

«From the outside looking in, Travis seems to want to fight wars instead of win battles.

Explore why a focus on compliance - driven security risk programs can put entities at a great disadvantage in dealing with these challenges — and what's needed to implement a more war - minded approach to battle the evolving threat landscape.

«We've won a battle, not the war,» Tsipras said in a televised address to the nation, adding that the difficult part of the talks starts now.

Thinking about the United States» big efforts in recent years to engage in Internet war, perhaps this could be an exploratory pre-dawn battle.»

But unlike the usual price war — when prices get lower and lower in order to win customers away from the competition — this long - lived battle only sees prices go up and up.

October 19 is also the anniversary of the end of the War for Independence, when the Americans and French won the Battle of Yorktown in 1781.

In the Art of War, Sun Tzu said that no battle plan survives the first arrow.

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In the FANGs versus the BATs, one battle may be raging, but the war may have already been won.

Cohn has been fiercely battling the president and an influential contingent of anti-free trade advisers in the White House over Trump's plan to impose sweeping tariffs on steel and aluminum import, warning that it could spark a major trade war.

It's fascinating to see controversy stirred up over an old blog post by NDP MP Alexandre Boulerice in which he called World War I «a purely capitalist war» and lamented how, at the Battle of Vimy Ridge on April 9, 1917, «thousands of poor wretches were slaughtered to take possession of a hill.&raqWar I «a purely capitalist war» and lamented how, at the Battle of Vimy Ridge on April 9, 1917, «thousands of poor wretches were slaughtered to take possession of a hill.&raqwar» and lamented how, at the Battle of Vimy Ridge on April 9, 1917, «thousands of poor wretches were slaughtered to take possession of a hill.»

However, while it appears that the exchanges have won the battle, the war is still on - and the fear in the markets is that the governments might outlaw cryptocurrencies and issue a blanket ban on them in the nation.

There are parents who object to the «Battle Hymn of the Republic» because they either see it as «religious» in nature, or because they are from south of the Mason - Dixon line and are still fighting the War of Northern Aggression.

(Can't expect decent people to fight next to coloreds, can't trust colored men in a battle, don't use the army for liberal politics, the soldiers are against it, the civilians don't know what they're doing, there's a war on and this isn't the right time, etc.) It was wrong then and it is wrong now.

Bookstores were crowded with volumes on the Civil War or World War II, but there was little on medieval battles fought in faraway lands.

This has many evangelicals very worried because they view the Supreme Court as the decisive field of battle in the culture war.

This essay is adapted from Achever Clausewitz, forthcoming in Mary Baker's English translation as Battling to the End: Politics, War, and Apocalypse from Michigan State University Press.

The problem with your list is that if we take examples such as your first one, «European Colonization of Americas», it can viewed as a religious cause but with the growing trade battles at that time between European states we can say that it was a trade war that the native Americans got caught in the middle of.