Sentences with phrase «better than soldiers»

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There were a lot of people who thought the person who wrote the love song «Until It's Time For You To Go» should know better than to follow it up with «Universal Soldier» on stage.

CANNON BALL, N.D. (AP)-- Oil could be flowing through the $ 3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline in less than two weeks, according to court documents filed by the developer just before police and soldiers started clearing a protest camp in North Dakota where pipeline opponents had gathered for the better part of a year.

There could be very little better than for our soldiers to voluntarily participate in an event that promotes and encourages faith in Jesus Christ.

And I'm pretty sure that praying for victory in battle is more about being a better soldier than it is about tilting the tables in my favor.

For example, aren't there better ways to help humanity than protesting soldiers» funerals as the Westboro Baptist Church people do?

If I accept once again that Catholicism has all the answers, then it is likely that I will have to do violence to certain elements in my nature — the conviction, for instance, that all life is one, or that it is better to have polygamy than the starving widows of soldiers begging in the streets.

Being a good soldier is probably the one trait that has caused me more misery in my life than anything else.

The century ended with about 21 million refugees around the globe, including about 6 million internally displaced people and more than 300,000 child soldiers (under the age of 18), girls as well as boys, engaged in armed conflicts.

In the past twelve years of intense struggle, more than 36,000 have been killed, including «terrorist» freedom fighters, as well as soldiers, police, and civilians.

But what if you were to put the question this way: «When soldiers are firing against demonstrators, would it be better if they used rubber bullets rather than metal?»

Fry and Rostow reported that, based on evidence in service records, hom - ose - xuals were no better or worse than other soldiers and that many «performed well in various military jobs» including combat (Berube, 1990, pp. 170 - 171, footnotes omitted).

Better to spit in his face with the Roman soldiers than ignore him.»

You are certainly no better than those nutcases up in Kansas who picket the funerals of fallen soldiers.

It runs through Jan. 6 and includes more than 70,000 lights, bears, soldiers and Frosty the Snowman, as well as seasonal symbols such as a sleigh, wreath and dreidel.

The display, which includes more than 70,000 lights, bears, soldiers and Frosty the Snowman, as well as seasonal symbols such as a sleigh, wreath and dreidel, was unveiled Friday evening at the village's annual tree - lighting ceremony and runs through Jan. 6.

«This is just an ideal way hopefully to get these soldiers who are mature, who probably have a better idea of where they're going... than the typical student coming out of high school.»

Of course, paintings and engravings depicting European colonists, wagons, soldiers and domestic animals may well be records of real events rather than ritual occasions.

It was created for British soldiers posted in India, who wanted a durable garment which would offer a better fit than regular trousers.

for over a I met my army guy off of a dating site and we met in person and things took off dating someone younger than yourself vertaling 28 Feb 2012 The family of a Texas soldier is suing two dating websites, and The parents of Army Lt.. It is the worlds largest and best dating site for.He gives me full name and ID number to make a request letter to send to US.

Well don't know how to start I am David an ex soldier left the army after 23 years I am 44 blonde hair blue eyes lol I enjoy going out and socialising but am just as happy staying in with a Chinese and good company if you want to know more than just ask

Beyond its best little moments, the movie is addressing a serious issue, and it feels awfully churlish to complain that its earnest depictions of soldiers in psychological pain isn't novel enough, or that Koale's performance is a little shakier than Teller's, or that the movie doesn't have much to say about the Iraq War in particular, or that it eventually tries to pass off a lack of resolution as an abbreviated happy ending.

With updated graphics built from the ground up in Unity and a brand - new chapter where we've exchanged soldiers for zombies, it promises to be better than ever.

The movie is expected to do 42 % better than the last «Transformers «movie which had an opening of $ 161 million worldwide, and should easily be enough for the biggest movie of 2014 beating «Captain America: The Winter Soldier «which made $ 95 million.

What makes The Winter Soldier better than the first Captain America is that our hero moves from battle fantasy villain into the world of espionage, where the enemy is more real and current.

It's not much of an achievement that co-directors Anthony and Joe Russo (held over from Captain America the Winter Soldier) make a better film than Zack Snyder... but it's worth noting that Marvel (corporation as auteur) have nurtured their characters (even in weaker films like Iron Man 2) to the point when they carry more screen weight than lasting icons Batman and Superman.

Seal becomes so good at transporting guns, drugs, information and even soldiers, between the US and a variety of Central American countries, while avoiding authorities, that he starts making more cash than he knows what to do with.

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Captain America: Winter Soldier artfully dodges nearly every typical superhero movie problem (as well as general sequel problems) with a stunning grasp of mood, total commitment to a «square» character, a smart choice of villain, and thrilling action scenes that feel authentically dangerous (a complete rarity in blockbusters) rather than like stop - and - gawk «setpieces» with no actual stakes.

More importantly, as Captain America: Civil War proves, they can balance a full - to - bursting line - up of superheroes and what is essentially three different movies — an extension of Winter Soldier's espionage vibe, an Avengers movie in everything but name, and a PTSD psychological drama — while still delivering something coherent, character - driven and more satisfying than the a series of things - blowed - up - real - good set pieces.

Typically, the best of these (Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Iron Man 3) have explored more serious terrain than their preceding films, offering more sober glimpses at the consequences of superhero antics.

Aside from ’07 and» 08, they haven't had more than two films per year to receive Oscar nominations in the top eight categories: 2004 (Vera Drake), 2005 (Good Night, and Good Luck, Brokeback Mountain), 2006 (The Queen, Children of Men), 2007 (Assassination of Jesse James, Michael Clayton, In the Valley of Elah, I'm Not There, Atonement), 2008 (The Hurt Locker, Rachel Getting Married, The Wrestler), 2009 (A Single Man), 2010 (Black Swan), 2011 (The Ides of March, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), 2012 (The Master), 2013 (Gravity, Philomena).

The Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan) are at the heart of a complex moral, emotional and psychological battle that divides the Avengers — all but Hulk and Thor, of course, who are off galavanting elsewhere — straight down the middle when they are asked to sign the Sokovia Accords, a peacekeeping effort drawn up by the United Nations in response to the concerns of a growing population that thinks the Avengers are doing more harm than good.

Foregoing CGI for live stunts more than previous Marvel films, Winter Soldier sets a high - water mark for the studio, with sequences that are fluid, dynamic, and exceptionally well choreographed.

One of his favorite languages is swords and soldiers and maybe better than laser guns and lightsabers.

This looks like it can be as good or even better than Winter Soldier.

The studio has certainly been on a roll recently with their last film, Guardians of the Galaxy, far exceeding expectations (not only critically but at the box office as well), and Captain America: The Winter Soldier proving to be a more than worthy sequel to the original.

The best setpiece in «Winter Soldier,» Cap taking out a bunch of would - be assassins in an elevator, had a frenzied smallness that was much more exciting than watching helicarriers crash and monuments crumble; it seems to have inspired the better action scenes here — not just a stairwell punch-fest that finds Bucky swinging from a torn - up stretch of railing like Tarzan on a vine, but in a bigger, louder, wilder clash between Avengers (including emergency ringers Spider - Man, Ant - Man and Black Panther) on an airport runway.

«Captain America: The Winter Soldier» is a better - than - average Marvel superhero bash, intriguingly plotted and pretty clever in its speculations about 21st - century life for Steve Rogers, aka Captain America, the greatest of the Greatest Generation...

Less antiseptic than the very broad good vs. evil, dark vs. light fantasy - based conflicts of the series, the world of Rogue One is far more complicated, showing us a more realized version of a universe under the thumb of an evil dictatorship and the moral compromises soldiers living and fighting in a war zones might have to make.

But, honestly, that's all handled much better here than it has been previously in other pictures (including Guardians of the Galaxy and Captain America: The Winter Soldier), and as far as my chief complaints go they feel relatively minor as far as the grand scheme is concerned.

More than 80 new power discs will be released as well, including new features such as team - ups where additional non-player characters (such as Iron Patriot and the Winter Soldier) will appear and help as well as provide alternate costumes.

«Not including the Mickey Maguire shorts, Mr. Rooney made more than 200 movies, earning a total of four Academy Award nominations — he was nominated for best supporting actor as the fast - talking soldier who dies trying to protect $ 30,000 he won in a craps game in» The Bold and the Brave» (1956) and as the trainer of a wild Arabian horse in» The Black Stallion» (1979).

Owen is well - cast as the weathered soldier - for - life, and Freeman makes the most of his limited screen time, but both men deserve better than this.

Soldiers have better movement range than many ground units, are able to capture structures, and their low cost means that they can be safe and cost - efficient to produce in great numbers.

Yet Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, the Swedish director's adaptation of John le Carré's seminal spy novel, is something a good deal more than a clever segue from one genre film to another.

The military devise a new scheme: rather than sending in soldiers, perhaps the better option would be to give a group of scientists gun training and send them into the shimmer, so their knowledge can help them figure out what is happening inside this strange phenomenon.

At the center of it all is Paula Beer as Anna, the young fiancée of the deceased soldier, her ability to see the bigger picture yet still understand sometimes a sincere fiction is better than a merciless truth the key element around which everything else revolves.

The production of Universal Soldier, given its strange history as a franchise and the apparent idiosyncrasies of this new iteration, is well - worth exploring in detail, but, to that end, a talky commentary track from John Hyams and co-star Lundgren provides more substantial context and on - set anecdotes than anything in the stand - alone featurette.

Victor Rasuk probably fares the best of the bunch in his limited role as a battle - scarred (but surprisingly upbeat) soldier, while Phillippe is better than usual.

Jeff Shaara is the New York Times bestselling author of thirteen books, including No Less Than Victory, The Steel Wave, The Rising Tide, Rise to Rebellion, and Gone for Soldiers, as well as Gods and Generals and The Last Full Measure — two novels that complete the Civil War trilogy that began with his father's Pulitzer Prize — winning classic The Killer Angels.