Sentences with phrase «as occupying forces»

Elsewhere, Daenerys (Emilia Clarke) is discovering that maintaining control over the city of Meereen as an occupying force is almost as challenging as wrangling a trio of dragons once they're all grown - up and independent.

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Because the odds of «dangerous» ideas espoused by a carpenter walking around, preaching in an occupied land peacefully overtaking the Roman Empire (the most powerful man - made force on the planet at the time) and shaping civilization, Western and beyond, are almost as remote as the odds of you forgoing your delusional confidence in your ability for rational thought or facts, giving him credit for being exactly who he said he was.
Fairies and gods, if they exist, occupy something of the same conceptual space as organic cells, photons, and the force of gravity, and so the sciences might perhaps have something to say about them, if a proper medium for investigating them could be found.
The influx of cheap Arab labor from the occupied territories has undermined one of the most basic concepts of mainstream Zionism, avodah ivrit — the sacredness of Jewish labor, the idea that Jews must stop being middlemen, as they were so often forced to be in the Diaspora, and do their own dirty work.
Arsenal have the power force to land guardiola if the want to, but as for now mr wenger is occupying that position at the moment.
We yank children away from their proper role as self - motivated scientists, testing their world by asking and answering their own questions, and instead force them to become test takers, occupying their brains with our stupid questions.
There are no protests in Pakistani Kashmir while there are protests everyday in Indian Kashmir, there are no political parties demanding Independence in Pakistani Kashmir where as Hurriyat Conference and others regularly make that demand in Indian Kashmir, there is no Police and Military brutality in Pakistani Kashmir where as World's largest democracy has passed laws to provide legal cover to the occupying forces who commit atrocities and warcrimes.
For all their differences, both face similar international threats and see the military as the main force to address them, highlighting how the perceived choice set or «common sense» has narrowed down, irrespective of who occupies the White House.
The conflict's human and financial cost for India and Pakistan has been enormous — more for India, as its forces occupy higher positions on the 78 - kilometre - long glacier.
Yet, what its government is orchestrating in the West Bank's areas B and C (respectively 60 % and 22 % of the West Bank) is the use of security as an alibi to permanently station its military forces, control Palestinian mobility, and seize unoccupied (or partly occupied) Palestinian land.
Two weeks ago, as the Occupy Wall Street forces openly debated setting up a camp, top Cuomo aides made it clear that they intended to enforce a curfew in the state - owned end of the park.
A quisling (/ ˈkwɪzlɪŋ /; Norwegian pronunciation: [² kvisliŋ]-RRB- is a term originating from Norway, which is used in Scandinavian languages and in English for a person who collaborates with an enemy occupying force — or more generally as a synonym for traitor.
The Office of HE John Dramani Mahama has described as irresponsible and reckless, an allegation by Defence Minister Dominic Nitiwul that the former president is occupying or has appropriated a land or property belonging to the Ghana Armed Forces.
Because his device uses no binocular disparity the viewer isn't forced to attempt such impossible feats of focusing — instead, they can focus naturally on any object in the image, using other cues such as size to «decide» what depth the object occupies.
The team observed that when atoms are spaced so that each occupies a trough in the optical lattice, when the ion crystal as a whole is dragged across the optical lattice, the atoms first tend to stick in the lattice's troughs, bound there by their preference for the lower electric potential, as well as by the Coulomb forces that keep the atoms apart.
AFOSR would occupy the same military base as the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), which runs the Air Force's research programs and labs.
In the Nazi - occupied Lviv, Poland of 1943, a sewage worker named Leopold Socha (Robert Wieckiewicz) is allowed, as a gentile, to continue with his work relatively unbothered by the occupying forces.
As allied forces stand on the south coast of Britain, poised to invade Nazi - occupied Europe, they await Churchill's decision on whether the invasion will actually move ahead.
Winfried the practical joker would appreciate what Park Chan - wook does with his latest film, The Handmaiden (Grade: B +), which starts out looking as if it'll be a deeply serious (and seriously depressing) tale of a Korean «comfort woman» forced to service the occupying Japanese military.
As allied forces stand on the south coast of Britain, poised to invade Nazi - occupied Europe, they await Churchill's (Cox) decision on whether the invasion will actually move ahead.
In Europe, Gillo Pontecorvo made the «The Battle of Algiers» about the Algerian War for Independence and the brutal response of the occupying French forces, while Jean - Luc Godard, one of the world's most highly regarded art - house filmmakers, made «Weekend,» a movie that stops dead in its tracks for a to - the - camera lecture about decolonization (Godard would quit mainstream filmmaking altogether shortly after to make experimental communist tracts as part of the Dziga Vertov group).
Her strange, forced gaiety and victimised demeanour are brilliantly sketched out in the initial present - day sequences — and then, via a stunning closeup on her face as she narrates — we go back to Nazi - occupied Poland, and then, finally, further back, to the horrendous «choice» she was forced to make when she first arrived at the death camp.
The teachers unions have been engaging in Soviet - style class warfare for years now — most recently when they joined forces with the «occupy crowd» and self - identified as part of the 99 percent — so consider me not even mildly shocked.
If you force the DCT twin - clutch gearbox to stay in a higher gear by using its manual mode then there is some turbo lag as the twin blowers gather their breath, but north of the 3000rpm zone it likes to occupy, responses are near - instantaneous.
As the war ended, a Major Ivan Hirst was in charge of the occupying forces and saved the factory from being scrapped.
On 27 December Soviet Spetsnatz or Special Forces had stormed the palace of President Hafizullah Amin in Kabul, killed him, occupied Kabul and appointed Babrak Karmal as President.
Past splendor overwhelms and in the end exhausts the people's will; and without force of will, as can be seen in so many cases, by being exclusively occupied with the contemplation of the glories of the past, they leave current problems unsolved.
Joining him is pregnant wife Anya and a host of allies who are now using a massive submarine as their base of operations from which they launch missions to retak America from the occupying Nazi forces.
- Iizuka has received a ton of requests from fans to have their own original characters appear in Sonic games - while that couldn't happen, Sonic Forces» custom character recognizes that fan desire - the avatar was created with the idea of «making straight high - speed action» - this time the concept is that all three styles (Modern, Classic, Avatar) would be high - speed based - make selections for the face, mouth, body color, and gender of custom characters - each species will also have their own unique skills, such as wolves being able to pull nearby rings - you can't change custom characters in the middle of the game - there is some sort of feature that's unlocked after you've cleared the game once related to this - the new avatar style will have a speedy and rhythmic style like Modern Sonic, but also different vectors from Sonic - this includes differences in timing for pressing buttons, or the Wisps giving the avatar trickier movements - the story aims to depict heroes that would feel like Sonic - by controlling different characters, the devs hope to show a story that extends to explaining the world setting as well - the story concept has been «Hero Army vs. Eggman's Army» from the start - when wondering who should be made playable among the heroes, the idea came up for Classic Sonic - the character setting for the avatar is a civilian in an area occupied by Eggman who stands up and fights together with Sonic - during stages, you'll hear radio contact from partners like Tails and Amy - Sonic and the rest of the gang form a resistance to stand against Eggman's army, so they relay information from headquarters - boss characters like Chaos and Metal Sonic will appear in Eggman's army - details on the new character (Infinite) are being kept secret - the main part of the storyline is that Eggman gathers strong enemies in the past to form an all mighty army - some people might be wondering why Shadow is on the enemy's side, but they can find out more by experiencing the story - the team thinks Japanese fans are taking a liking to the serious story and character customization features - there were some struggles with the new engine in early stages, but now they've moved to a smooth development process - the team knew they wanted to bring the game to Nintendo's new console before they even knew it was the Switch - the Switch info came to them during the middle of the game's development - SEGA knew Nintendo fans would want to play Sonic's new game, which is why they personally worked to bring it to Switch - SEGA plans to show the game in Japan at Tokyo Game Show 2017 in September - the team is also working on providing new information, including news that would be unique to Japan
This story - driven expansion builds upon the growth of the Brotherhood, taking players four years after the events of Assassin's Creed Origins, as they clash with an occupying Roman force in a new region of the world, the Sinai.
DLC 1 - The Hidden Ones: This story - driven expansion builds upon the growth of the Brotherhood, taking players four years after the events of Assassin's Creed Origins as they clash with an occupying Roman force in a new region of the world, the Sinai.
DLC 1 — The Hidden Ones: This story - driven expansion builds upon the growth of the Brotherhood, taking players four years after the events of Assassin's Creed Origins, as they clash with an occupying Roman force in a new region of the world, the Sinai.
The reserve military force occupied Wilmington for nine months, a span regarded as the lengthiest occupation of an American city in U.S. history.
It was also a tour de force for the artist, whose work previously has largely occupied the territory of drawing installations, with sculpture as a secondary part of his production.
Whilst having been invaded and occupied by Germany Poland and Norway continued to fight in exile as did de Gaulle's Free French forces.
Just as the Occupy movement has changed the nature of the economic conversation in this country, we the people must change the nature of the political conversation in this country, and thus force the issue of climate change into public consciousness as not only urgent but of primary importance.
I've been trying to suggest ways to help you view the atmosphere that might help you to better understand the true situation of the gas being compressed radially inward from the center of a sphere by gravity, and how compressible gas molecules occupy less space due to their being compressed by the force of the molecules that are further away from the center; which are just as thermally excited as the other molecules.
As water vapour occupies about 1000 times the volume of the water / ice it comes from that has the possibility to create very large forces (witness old time condensing steam engines).
An instance: as the atmosphere warms in response to a forcing, the carrying capacity of the space occupied by the atmosphere for water vapor increases near - exponentially in accordance with the Clausius - Clapeyron relation.
Provisions were brought into force on 1 January 2007 which will enable applications to be made to the Gambling Commission (the unified regulator) for operating licences — needed by a person providing facilities for gambling — and personal licences — to be held by at least one person occupying a specified management office as a condition of each operating licence.
It is best known as home to Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, which occupies more than 3,300 acres in the city and serves as home to the 4th Fighter Wing of the Air Combat Command and the 916th Air Refueling Wing.
It will be interesting to see if the US or the UK are held to be occupying forces at the time and have violated Art 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights» (the Convention's) absolute prohibition of torture, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment by their treatment of Saddam as he approached death.
This can create fights in our communities as we are forced to put unambiguous contemporary boundaries around our lands and waters that do not (and can not) represent the complex cultural ways that we can look after, inherit and occupy country.
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