Sentences with phrase «battle than a war»

Well as the contact war was more of a small battle than a war it wouldn't be that great.

Not exact matches

The site of fierce battles during the Korean War, Gangwon's mountains remain a focal point for recovery missions searching for the remains of more than 7,700 American soldiers still unaccounted for, according to Pentagon figures.

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.

It may thus be that Castro's battle fatigues, Reagan's World War II bomber jacket and cowboy boots, and the operatic uniforms favored by Latin American dictators tell us more about each man's political views than any number of speeches.

Nought better can betide a martial soul Than lawful war; happy the warrior To whom comes joy of battle — comes as now Glorious and fair, unsought, opening for him A gateway unto Heaven.

Only a few examples can be given to illustrate the complex interweaving of consequences generated by new technologies.25 World War II was the first war in which there were more deaths from battle than from diseaWar II was the first war in which there were more deaths from battle than from diseawar in which there were more deaths from battle than from disease.

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

Yes, but rather than win a battle I want to win the war.

More than a decade ago, writer Tracey Thompson coined the term mommy wars, a «shorthand for the cultural and emotional battle zone we land in the minute we become mothers.»

Watching a World War Two battle re-enactment of soldiers running across muddy wasteland and tanks firing in to the night sky, paints a much clearer picture than anything you can read from an exercise book.

What I wonder about is whether all doctors are going to really do their good, investigative research with parents about what goes into the little ones» mouths, or if they're going to simplify the issue and distill it down so that it becomes more about a war against fat than a battle for health.

The North and South charge to battle at the sound of the bugle, with more than 300 Civil War re-enactors providing a realistic look at this historic period.

Then canon blasts and rifle fire will erupt in downtown Naperville Saturday and Sunday as part of Civil War Days, a two - day reenactment from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Naper Settlement, 523 S. Webster St.. While the North and South will clash daily in impressive battles, complete with period costumes and weaponry, the real stars of the spectacle will be the more than 300 re-enactors.

Although the war that claimed more American lives than any other can hardly be seen as entertainment, the re-creation of battles, military drills and battlefront encampments gives visitors an intimate, educational glimpse of the grim, early 1860s, providing a platform for continuing family discussions.

Dougherty, who has raised more than $ 25,000 for his campaign, is battling Republican candidate Jim Stelter, who says his war chest amounts to less than $ 1,000.

Gibson, who now teaches at Williams College, said he knows the gubernatorial race is an uphill battle, given Cuomo's $ 30 million war chest and the state's more than two - to - one Democratic enrollment edge.

After spending more than $ 1.5 million to preserve its market share in New York City, the foam container industry is losing the latest battle in a four - year war over banning the ubiquitous take - out and beverage containers.

«What we are embarked on is in some senses a longer economic war rather than a short economic battle.»

But Benjamin's accounts of Revolutionary War and Civil War battles and politics more than made up for it.

The battle escalated into all - out war last summer when, at the end of the legislative session, de Blasio blasted the governor as a «game - playing» bully more interested in political scheming and personal advancement than the city's well - being.

A key battle in this budget war will be over taxes, specifically a surcharge on individuals reporting more than $ 1 million a year in income that was first enacted in 2009 and extended in 2011.

«War seems to be looming in Nigeria while the aggressors are no other than misguided individuals who had been armed to provoke different communities into needless battles.

By comparison, during the U.S. Civil War's Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania in 1863, roughly 150,000 soldiers fought (less than 0.5 % of the divided nation's population).

More than 250 warships took part in the Battle of Jutland, the largest naval engagement of World War I, and more than 8,500 men were killed, according to British and German wartime records.

More than 400 battle - hardened ISIS war criminals have also returned to the country, fleeing the eminent collapse of the Islamic caliphate in Syria and Iraq.

Coming out in the wake of a flurry of fact - inspired (if not fact - based) World War II novels, including Herman Wouk's The Caine Mutiny, James Jones's From Here to Eternity, and Norman Mailer's The Naked and the Dead, Battle Cry was highly praised by critics and was a huge seller, possibly helped by the fact that it was a much more unquestioningly patriotic work than many of those other books, most of which took a more cynical, jaundiced, and complex look at the motivations behind the men fighting the wWar II novels, including Herman Wouk's The Caine Mutiny, James Jones's From Here to Eternity, and Norman Mailer's The Naked and the Dead, Battle Cry was highly praised by critics and was a huge seller, possibly helped by the fact that it was a much more unquestioningly patriotic work than many of those other books, most of which took a more cynical, jaundiced, and complex look at the motivations behind the men fighting the warwar.

War, the Game has stripped away the deep complexity typical of the real - time strategy game and left the player with a simple - to - learn, hard - to - master global dominance game that allows the armchair general to concentrate far more on the actual strategic planning and implementation of battle than on the logistics that support them.

Rather, Hostiles offers a vivid depiction of post-Civil War frontier justice that focuses more on inner conflicts than elaborate battles.

Rather than a cohesive narrative, Avengers: Infinity War resembles the penultimate sequence of every Marvel Studios production that has come before, an exhausting series of ultimately futile action scenes that endlessly proclaim the goodness and importance of the supposedly heroic characters as they engage in battle against an all - powerful foe.

A dog who will grab your heart and moments of intense emotion make this much more than another war movie although there are some tough battle scenes.

[Gary] Shore's directorial debut breaths new life into the genre, taking this story back hundreds of years, delving into the unknown origin story of the innovator himself, Mr. Dracula... The way Vlad craves blood is well - judged, as we see him battle his conscious; a far more intriguing and entertaining battle than those in the war zone, which are unvaried and monotonous.

Chris Hemsworth, who proved he can do far more than just flex Thor's muscles in the criminally underseen «Rush», is nicely cast as battle field novice Mitch Nelson, who leads a crew of a dozen into the dusty back country of war lords, Al Qaeda and Taliban.

Heineman admits he's no traditional war reporter, yet Cartel Land is unmistakable boots - on - the - ground film journalism, made at evident risk of his life — with no less than three running machine gun battles — to capture moments of brutality and lost morals.

A chance encounter with another orphan of the kaiju war, genius robot pilot - wannabe Amara Namani (Cailee Spaeny) results in both being arrested and inducted into the Pan Pacific Defense Corps just in time to battle another monster incursion as well as mysterious rogue robots in a subplot that's more predictable than it seems to realize.

«testing...» is based on a passage from the Gettysburg Address delivered by Abraham Lincoln at the battlefield commemorating the more than 51,000 soldiers that lost their lives during the three days of battle at Gettysburg during the Civil War.

«Infinity War,» which brings in combination greater than 30 vital characters from the Marvel Cinematic Universe and sufficient spandex to dress a small country, is a bit like launching an invasion after the battle was once already gained.

Schaffner came from TV, and while he has few of the obnoxious visual affectations of the TV - trained director, he tends to restrict the most significant actions and relationships in his films to spatial arenas that could be served very adequately by the tube rather than the Panavision screen: the real convention hustle in The Best Man takes place in hotel rooms, hallways, and basements; the tensest moments in his strange and (to me) very sympathetic medieval mini-epic The War Lord are confined to a small soundstage clearing or that besieged tower; the battle scenes in Patton are hardly clumsy, but the real show is George C. Scott; and Nicholas and Alexandra comes alive only after the royal family has been penned up under the watchful eyes of Ian Holm and then Alan Webb, far from the splendor of St. Petersburg or the shambles of the Great War.

With The Wall, Liman is taking his first crack at a war movie, though rather than a sprawling battle epic, The Wall looks more like a high - tension single - setting pressure cooker.

War Horse is a polished work without any rough edges, focused more on the romanticism of heroism than the actual gory detail of battle.

Much is being made of how Soderbergh offers no answers, as if this is somehow more ennobling than suggesting battle - plans for the war on narcotics.

The script combines bits of «Aliens,» «War Of The Worlds,» «Close Encounters Of The Third Kind» with «Star Wars» and the flight battles are there, too, complete with younger - than - you - would - expect pilots, both men and women.

Nevertheless, Desmond was commissioned as a medic with the 307th Infantry with whom he would more than prove his mettle on the island of Okinawa in the bloodiest battle of World War II.

Where many would disagree with Mass Effect Andromeda being a great game, I would say it was still pretty decent, but If you are looking for something that follows a more traditional style of RPG, look no further than Battle Chasers: Night War.

The same scenario played out along slightly different lines in 1999 when Saving Private Ryan — whose battle sequences transposed some of Platoon's brutal modernism to the context of World War II — earned Steven Spielberg a second Best Director Oscar but the film was upset in the Best Picture category by Shakespeare in Love, a film whose virtues were perceived to be more literary than visual.

But when Veronica refuses to settle for being eye candy and steps behind the news desk, it's more than a battle between two perfectly coiffed anchor - persons... it's war.

What would happen if they made a Star Wars film that was more character driven than focusing on battles and lightsabers?

The disorienting storyline spans more than three years, during which time the fearless Baker becomes a battle - tested war journo looking for her next adrenaline fix.

Kent pays homage to many of cinema's greatest war epics in a number of carefully chosen shots, deciding to capture the aftermath of the battles rather than the battles themselves.

Shot on location in Italy's snow - capped Dolomites, the band's daring raid takes place in midair, yet somehow feels more grounded than the vast majority of «Star Wars»» recent setpieces, the contours of the battle vivid and tangible.

Those speeches, combined with all of the other combat movie cliches found in Battle: Los Angeles, reveal the film to be little more than a traditional war film disguised as an alien invasion flick, tailor - made for a generation of kids raised on first - person shooters and jitter - inducing energy drinks.