Sentences with phrase «experience led him to fight»

Cruise and Oliver Stone take on the story of Ron Kovic, a Vietnam War vet whose post-war experience led him to fight for better veteran care.

Not exact matches

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.

i have been very affected by the control of the amygdala, so it is extra important that i call my fears and adrenalin release in to question... others may be less aware of how the brain works and leads them because they have not experienced the damaging effects of fight or flight quite so dibilitatingly... as i understand it, it drives us all to some degree.

But for other students, those whose backgrounds have led them to experience that fight - or - flight reaction not just in occasional high - stress moments but all the time, developing a sense of belonging and connection in school may require a more immersive intervention.

Yanna Lambrinidou, affiliate faculty in the Department of Science and Technology in Society at Virginia Tech and founder of the non-profit organization Parents for Nontoxic Alternatives, drew on her personal experience with lead in drinking water in Washington, D.C., where she was active in the fight to expose the issue.

The team, led by center director Dr. Alessio Fasano, hypothesizes that a person with gluten sensitivity experiences a direct reaction to gluten — i.e., your body views the protein as an invader and fights it with inflammation both inside and outside your digestive tract.

Moderate amounts of marijuana may also help in fighting memories of negative experiences which may lead to decreased performance.

On the basis of ample experience of one of its lead partners, the Barcelona / Medellin / Washington DC organization entitled «Ideaborn», which already carried out similar projects in Central America and in Africa, ICPS has promoted development of a programme to use culture and sport as tools to fight crime in the City of Cartagena.

«It was important to me to be able to call on the advice and experience of people at all levels of our party and I believe we have an excellent team to lead the Lib Dem fight back.

But there's good game design behind all the feathers, too - witness this smart approach to the genre on cellphones: «Because of the extreme control limitations every mobile game faces, it was clear to us that trying to emulate arcade - style fighting would just lead us to an over-bloated and clunky experience.

It has led to some frustrating fights when grinding experience.

Every fight you complete earns experience which in turn leads to new and better gear to equip.

Gunnoe continues to be a leading voice in the fight against MTR and will be speaking about her experience with the coal industry tonight at a public event, «The Goldman Prize at 25» at the Commonwealth Club of California in San Francisco.

It seems to me that most lawyers are still yelling about how experienced they are, how hard they fight, and generally how great they are, and missing the tribe building and leading idea.

The experience fighting Kinder Morgan in court led Alan to build a new more focused organization to fight for law reform and anti-SLAPP suit legislation to stop large corporations from using civil suits to stop public participation and deny Charter rights.

In this instance, the experienced personal injury attorneys at Altman & Altman LLP will aggressively pursue the manufacturer of the faulty product and fight for your right to earn compensation on the basis of a faulty product which led to a serious health risk and exposure.

But a great user experience is a game - changer: not only is it hard to replicate, it almost inevitably leads competitors to imitate rather than fight.

This increase in risk in the very preterm group is consistent with the sparse literature describing the association between gestational age and parent's mental health, where others have also suggested that degree of prematurity is an important factor for maternal depressive symptoms.41 Suggested antecedents of PD include a trigger event resulting in a stress (fight or flight) response, symptoms (eg, fatigue), perceived loss of control and ineffective coping.10 This may fit the pattern of parents who experience a very preterm baby leading to an increased risk of PD, and this PD may result in symptoms that would more commonly be recognised as symptoms of postnatal depression or mood disorder (such as anxiety, depression, withdrawal from others and hopelessness).