Sentences with phrase «as military era»

On the other hand, he romanticises territorial fissures that Gen. Yakubu Gowon started, as a «process of national integration and cohesion», which nevertheless folks elsewhere would lampoon as military era «unitary federalism», which Gowon started with 12 states but which, at the last count, was 36.

Not exact matches

Of the failings mentioned by Hersh, that of the military is particularly striking, resembling as it does the failures of the Vietnam era, thirty - plus years earlier.

The inexpressible sadness of our era is that as soon as the dream is revived it dies, overwhelmed by the harsh realities of a world where finally only military might settles international disputes and where even the prospect of total annihilation can not generate a sustained effort for the abolition of war.

The Crimean Tatars, who have a better claim to the peninsula than do the Soviet - era military pensioners and dependents who moved there after the war, see Ukraine as their only hope.

In his scenario, the country fell under a military dictatorship early in the twenty - first century and the Dark Years continued until 2044 when the Democratic Vistas Party, a «coalition of trade unions and churches,» toppled the regime and ushered in an era of egalitarian fraternity (or, as some insisted, «siblinghood»).

The reaction among scholars, activists, journalists, bloggers and PanAfricanists was immediate in identifying the inaccuracies, exaggerations and oversimplifications, which addresses «crimes... from a bygone era» as a tool to cultivate American military support (read intervention) for the Ugandan government, «a repressive dictatorial regime» responsible for looting, rape and atrocities in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The military rule of 29 years solidified Nigeria's corruption as that era was full of monumental and unchallenged corruption.

The Trump administration is relying on Special Operations forces to intensify its promised fight against the Islamic State and other terrorist groups as senior officials embrace an Obama - era strategy to minimize the American military's footprint overseas.

The actions of these agents of state, observers say, are reminiscent of the executive lawlessness and human rights abuses that characterised the nation's military era, including the period that President Muhammadu Buhari spent in power as a military dictator.

«I only hope Nigeria is not being systematically returning to the colonial days when the law of sedition was used to jail many of those who fought for our independence or the era of Buhari's military regime, when the notorious Public Officers (Protection Against False Accusation) Decree 4 of 1984 was used to jail Tunde Thompson and Nduka Irabor, both of The Guardian newspapers for publishing what the government termed as false.

Following the formal ceremony, nearly 800 veterans came forward to receive their medals from County Executive Astorino, Tocci and other officials, as music of the era was played by members of the U.S. Military Academy Band.

As always the game takes play during the Sengoku (Warring States) era in Feudal Japan, a time of constant military conflict which saw the rise and fall of many talented tacticians and ferocious warlords.

Personally I see it as some kind of commentary on the international political conformity of the post-Cold War era, George Bush's so - called «New Order» enforced by the U.S. military.

As the chatshow host and the tyrant bond over basketball and Stalin - era military hardware, Kim admits that he likes margaritas and the music of Katy Perry, even though his father always told him they were «gay».

The current era of corporate education reform began with the 1983 publication of the Reagan administration's report A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Education Reform, prepared by a committee of prominent professors, politicians, teachers, and business executives.5 Not only did the report attack many of the equity - minded federal education reforms that preceded it, A Nation at Risk also manufactured a narrative of public education in crisis, steeped in the language of Cold War military paranoia: «If an unfriendly foreign power had attempted to impose on America the mediocre educational performance that exists today, we might well have viewed it as an act of war,» the authors wrote.

First inhabited by native peoples 20,000 years ago, the island was recognized for its strategic value as a military fortress in the Civil War era, and later catalyzed the Native American Red Power movement with the revolutionary 18 - month occupation by the Indians of All Tribes from 1969 to 1971.

From its inception as a military fortress during the Civil War era, to the revolutionary 18 - month occupation by the Indians of All Tribes during the 1960s, to its standing today as one of the country's most popular National Park sites, the history of Alcatraz is fascinating to discover.

These art works, varying from painting and drawing to poetry and story, respond directly to the Island's deep history, exploring the military era, prison era, the Native American Occupation, as well as the gardens and birds of Alcatraz.

First inhabited by native peoples who arrived more than 10,000 years ago, the island was recognized for its strategic value as a military fortress in the Civil War era, and later catalyzed the Native American Red Power movement with the revolutionary 18 - month occupation by the Indians of All Tribes from 1969 to 1971.

Alcatraz Island, best known as the infamous federal penitentiary from 1934 - 63, unfolds a layered history as Native American land, a Civil War - era military fortress, and the site of the Native American occupation by the Indians of All Tribes from 1969 - 71.

The WWII era conscious objector cases held that the CO exception to military service is not limited to governmentally - approved religions, but as a general rule, the courts have not ruled that you can simply claim to have a religious belief which is being infringed on and thereby be excempt from the law.

«National industry reports indicate that persistent low inventory across much of the country is driving steady price appreciation, but in many military markets we are seeing that the increase is not as great,» said Charlie Young, president and CEO of ERA Real Estate.