Sentences with phrase «allied forces against»

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A coalition of adverse forces seemed allied against Foster's determination and high hopes: (1) there was potential for a strike, should Foster balk at union demands; (2) 1983 might have proved not even close to the bottom of the recession for heavy machinery; (3) who knew what EPA standards the former owner had let slide, that the new one might be called on to correct?

The Syrian government denied its forces had launched a chemical assault, while Russia, Assad's most powerful ally, called the reports fake and warned against military action on the basis of «invented and fabricated excuses.»

It has threatened to extend the Afrin offensive to another Kurdish - controlled region further east where U.S. forces are stationed alongside the YPG, Washington's ally against Islamic State in Syria.

Despite the innovation and leadership, albeit flawed, that many felt Kalanick had brought to Uber, his skillset could not stand up to the powerful forces allied against him and demanding a change.

His «we shall fight them on the beaches» and «this is our finest hour» speeches rallied the entire British nation and Allied forces in the epic fight against Nazi domination in World War II.

In 1945 Henry L. Stimson, secretary of war, recommended to President Truman the use of nuclear weapons against Japan to hasten the end of the war and save the Allied forces an estimated 1 million casualties in an assault upon mainland Japan.

The forces of «progress» and «enlightenment» were powerfully anticlerical and often anti-Christian, pitted against an ancien regime that was allied with the church.

Galileo was now openly committed to the new world view and the forces of the church were allied against him.

In a situation of social pressure due to economic shortages and unemployment, there may be the tendency for social forces to raise issues of religion and target as in India against the Muslims and in Indonesia this year against the ethnic Chinese, many of whom were Christians and considered allied to the Suharto establishment.

That this House notes that ISIL poses a direct threat to the United Kingdom; welcomes United Nations Security Council Resolution 2249 which determines that ISIL constitutes an «unprecedented threat to international peace and security» and calls on states to take «all necessary measures» to prevent terrorist acts by ISIL and to «eradicate the safe haven they have established over significant parts of Iraq and Syria»; further notes the clear legal basis to defend the UK and our allies in accordance with the UN Charter; notes that military action against ISIL is only one component of a broader strategy to bring peace and stability to Syria; welcomes the renewed impetus behind the Vienna talks on a ceasefire and political settlement; welcomes the Government's continuing commitment to providing humanitarian support to Syrian refugees; underlines the importance of planning for post-conflict stabilisation and reconstruction in Syria; welcomes the Government's continued determination to cut ISIL's sources of finance, fighters and weapons; notes the requests from France, the US and regional allies for UK military assistance; acknowledges the importance of seeking to avoid civilian casualties, using the UK's particular capabilities; notes the Government will not deploy UK troops in ground combat operations; welcomes the Government's commitment to provide quarterly progress reports to the House; and accordingly supports Her Majesty's Government in taking military action, specifically airstrikes, exclusively against ISIL in Syria; and offers its wholehearted support to Her Majesty's Armed Forces.

Democrats close to both New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy had also worried that Trump - allied self - funding candidates would jump in against them, forcing them to spend serious campaign cash to defend their otherwise safe seats.

They are competing mainly against two established forces: the ex-regimes members, and the rising Islamist parties and their allies.

While the remaining forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi still hold out against the rebel militia and its NATO allies in the coastal town of Sirte, the fight for Libya's oil has already begun.

Some leadership allies predicted more Republicans would now likely join the 20 GOP colleagues who have rebelled against leadership by signing the so - called discharge petition to force immigration votes.

Fitzpatrick, who maintains that the letter to the editor was part of an «orchestrated effort» by Miner and her allies to prop up a city lawsuit against COR, is fighting in court to force city hall to surrender documents.

«That this house notes that ISIL poses a direct threat to the United Kingdom; welcomes United Nations Security Council Resolution 2249 which determines that ISIL constitutes an «unprecedented threat to international peace and security» and calls on states to take «all necessary measures» to prevent terrorist acts by ISIL and to «eradicate the safe haven they have established over significant parts of Iraq and Syria»; further notes the clear legal basis to defend the UK and our allies in accordance with the UN Charter; notes that military action against ISIL is only one component of a broader strategy to bring peace and stability to Syria; welcomes the renewed impetus behind the Vienna talks on a ceasefire and political settlement; welcomes the Government's continuing commitment to providing humanitarian support to Syrian refugees; underlines the importance of planning for post-conflict stabilisation and reconstruction in Syria; welcomes the Government's continued determination to cut ISIL's sources of finance, fighters, and weapons; notes the requests from France, the US and regional allies for UK military assistance; acknowledges the importance of seeking to avoid civilian causalities; using the UK's particular capabilities; notes the Government's will not deploy UK troops in ground combat operations; welcomes the Government's commitment to provide quarterly progress reports to the House; and accordingly supports Her Majesty's Government in taking military action, specifically airstrikes, exclusively against ISIL in Syria; and offers its wholehearted support to Her Majesty's Armed Forces.»

The campaign's effort included a video and website that drew a parallel to the effort against Cuomo to the invasion of Normandy by Allied forces.

«I can confirm to you that we are now very close allies to the Nigerian Armed Forces in the fight against Boko Haram.

Mr Cameron will need a number of other allies if he is to be successful in forcing the EU to change and he's in a race against time as the opinion - formers of the new, more Eurosceptic member nations develop a taste for the Brussels gravy train.

But the succession is complicated by the changing demographics of the district, which forced Rangel and his allies to fight bare - knuckled campaigns against Espaillat in the last two election cycles.

Congress initiated the creation of the U.S. Military HIV Research Program (MHRP) to develop effective preventive measures against HIV for the US and its Allied Forces.

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Henry's marriage to Jane Seymour is happy, fruitful, and tragically short; the king brutally suppresses a rebellion against his religious reforms; England, Spain and the Pope ally against England, forcing Henry to marry a Protestant.

Synopsis: Field Marshal Erwin Rommel (James Mason) leads the German troops against the Allied forces in World War II.

They team up with reluctant ally CIA agent Everett K. Ross (Martin Freeman) to help T'Challa defend Wakanda against the forces threatening to destroy it.

The bad news is that it is a hash, choosing to jumble the historical record and frame a Churchill bout with depression against the D - Day invasion of France by Allied forces.

Benedict Wong: Wong is in our world now a master at Kamar - Taj training the fellow disciples and sorcerers, and [he's a] protector of the Sanctum relics and these ancient ritual books, and it's where we'll see Wong and Doctor Strange come together and become, really, allies to fight against these extra-dimensional forces.

On the other hand, Working Title's «Darkest Hour,» which I saw at Telluride, is a series of talky dramatic sequences in which new Prime Minister Churchill (Gary Oldman), supported by his wife (Kristin Scott Thomas), must take on the fight against the Nazis who are swiftly conquering Europe and cornering some 400,000 Allied forces in Dunkirk.

Van Damme is Colonel Guile, the Allied Nations commando who leads an elite team of street fighters against the forces of the mad General M. Bison (Julia).

Government forces, including an FBI agent played by Cillian Murphy, were originally allied against the terrorists, but now they're starting to wonder if they were on the wrong side.

«[Strange] comes into this world very much as a rookie...» he said, «It feels like Wong at the time is of a higher ranking, and then obviously with Strange discovers that he has these powers... We'll see Wong and Doctor Strange come together and become, really, allies to fight against these extra-dimensional forces.»

It would have helped to organize allies together and it could have set the CEA and pro-public education forces up to wage a stronger fight against whoever gets elected Governor.

Kohima played an important role in II World War, when the Naga tribe fought along the Allied forces, against the Japanese forces at the tennis court of the house of the British Deputy Commissioner.

For example, I was forced at one point in the game to choose between helping a frail woman who was afraid that someone was trying to hurt her against the decision to continue a conversation with an influential individual who could potentially become a powerful ally later on.

Starting off in New York harbour it follows the story of an Allied Submariner effort against the Axis forces.

Upon being betrayed by Ganondorf, one of the Army's chief commanders, who forces his fellow R.O.B.s to self - destruct against their wills, R.O.B. joins the allied protagonists in their bid to stop the Subspace Army.

With humanity on the brink against the ravenous Aragami, they are to provide back up to the Allied Forces in a large - scale search and destroy operation.

So, with Hitler's back up against the wall as the Allied Forces march on Berlin, he decides to pull out his one last contingency plan — a «Plan Z», if you will.

The Allied forces fight a losing battle against the technologically advanced Nazi...

The player becomes a missile commander for allied forces that are fighting against the Terror — as in, an organization that literally calls itself Terror.

Essentially a reimagining of the original Star Fox game, Star Fox Zero puts Fox McCloud and his anthropomorphic allies into interstellar combat against invading forces.

Like a growing number of his ideological allies, Inglis said he believes a carbon tax would be the best way to harness free market forces in the fight against climate change.

Referring to those who were part of the hundreds of Native tribes, and their many allies, as terrorists, gave the security forces permission to use war - like tactics against civilians.

After all, the United States and its allies have been using force in Syria against Daesh for years.

he was a Canadian citizen, fighting along side forces that were fighting against Canada and our allies; 2.

Essentially a reimagining of the original Star Fox game, Star Fox Zero puts Fox McCloud and his anthropomorphic allies into interstellar combat against invading forces.

Parental alienation often forces children to choose sides and become allies against the other parent.

At the same time, it's unfortunate the column doesn't comment on the fact that many in poverty may have been so devastated by institutional forces allied against them that their «emotional granularity» may have been «beaten out of them,» and that Social Emotional Learning Isn't Enough.