Sentences with phrase «firing squad in»

She is unafraid to address controversial subjects, from a colonial war for independence in «The Woman of Algiers» (2001) to «The Widow» (2013) in which Pauline Lumumba can be seen walking bare - breasted through the streets of Léopoldville, in mourning for her dead husband, Patrice Lumumba, the former prime minister of Congo who was executed by firing squad in 1961 by Katangan forces, as well as themes derived from newspaper articles, religious imagery, the adult entertainment industry and the artist's imagination.

She was killed by German firing squad in 1915; a year later, Canada renamed the 11,033 - foot «Mountain of the Great Crossing» in her honor.

In 1945, Vidkun Quisling was sentenced to death in Norway for collaborating with the Nazis (he was executed by firing squad in October 1945).

And we sure as hell can not afford this circular firing squad in the face of what I believe is an enemy force.

«Normally, Democrats form a firing squad in a circle and just shoot each other.

We also have contractual agreements with the military in the state to get near - instant relief for overworked fire squads in the form of military trained fire relief, plus the added bonus of military grade equipment, such as dump planes that scoop water out of the Pacific.

Not exact matches

After a 10 - year moratorium, the death penalty became a part of the US criminal justice system again in 1977 when a firing squad killed the murderer Gary Gilmore.

The goal of a new computer system, says experiment leader Colonel James Lasswell, is to get enough of this information back to the squads so they can make better decisions about where to call in fire.

Normally, squads remain within sight and radio range of one another, avoiding the disaster of inadvertently calling in artillery fire on another squad's position.

But the regulations first in line for the new administration's firing squad appear chiefly onerous to large corporations, particularly in industries like energy.

They ki11ed more than 90 million people in peace time usually by firing squad because they disagreed with them politically.

If they don't then you may as well put the minority in front of a firing squad.

A man convicted of murder in Utah will soon be given the opportunity to choose how he wants to be executed: by lethal injection or by firing squad.

More than 3,700 men and women now reside on America's 39 — one federal and 38 state — death rows; 717 individuals have been executed by lethal injection, electrocution, poison gas, hanging and firing squad since Gary Gilmore's death in 1977, and the 85 individuals put to death last year ranked the United States third in the world, behind China and Saudi Arabia.

So as reported by the Evening Standard, Anelka thinks Wenger should show the same faith in Olivier Giroud, declaring that Arsenal have much more creativity and fire power in our squad than people seem to realise.

This makes it two weeks in a row that the Cliq / 1871 squad has earned a W and they are catching fire at the perfect time!

Wenger has come under fire for his tactical choices and substitutions this season, but why have two such brilliant experienced players like Podolski and Rosicky (and Campbell I guess) in the squad — but fail to utilise them?

Our strike force has increased even with the loss of Giroud we now have a stronger fire power, we now have more finishers in the squad which goes well with the persons who can provide an assist.

Nicholas also played up the importance of Ryan Giggs and his role within the coaching staff, as he believes that the Welshman's furious reaction after the loss to Stoke City as he stormed off the pitch may well have fired up some of the attacking players in the squad.

With Jose Mourinho under fire and facing plenty of criticism for his handling of the squad and performances as well as the result against Sevilla in the Champions League, tensions are seemingly high and things are getting progressively worse with pundits and supporters launching attacks.

With his six goals and 19 assists now finding a willing squad to fire in the goals.

It's arguably going to take a coach with Conte's fire, experience, winning mentality and grit to get the best out of this Milan squad, as after splashing out on 11 new players last summer, the quality is there but it's not leading to acceptable results for a club steeped in such history and prestige.

let's line the team up against the stadium, execute them by firing squad and burn wenger and the board in a whicker man!

its clear to all that even with a full squad which i believe is good enough to challenge for the title is miss firing, we are kittens in the first half and lions in the second half, so i think its time for AW to bow out its the right thing to do, we need a Klopp type manager full of passion and caring manager, caring because we have a few babies in the team that needs hand holding and cuddling

Bayern Munich manager Pep Guardiola showed how to make the most of things this evening — taking a smiley selfie whilst still wrapped in a blanket after his squad were evacuated from their Moscow hotel due to a fire alarm.

Our manager is too laid back and expects arsenal form will come eventually, the players attitude on the field shows that they have the same mentality with exception of sanchez, we need more fire in the squad and it has to begin from the manager

In turn, it looks as though Messi was right to pursue him and the pair, along with the rest of the squad, will now push on and try to enjoy a successful year amid plenty of talk and speculation over problems at the club at all levels, with president Josep Maria Bartomeu coming under fire too.

I saw that Martin Keown thinks Klopp is the best manager in the PL, I have to say I am impressed with Conte and love Pep, either way, all three seem to have a way of firing up their squad and fans with their passion and ability to manage during half time and intra game.

If he thinks that this squad can win the League then he is placing a lot of faith in our current strike force of Giroud, Walcott (haha), Welbeck and Sanchez to fire us to the title.

We have a big squad we have a complete team unless some move out i belive we wount buy having said that i hope our team remains united and no one leavs I think the answer is in this question could we lone out serge Ganabry and or chupa Akpom for more fire power and or the question on the condition of Abo Diaby

And with the Arsenal forwards struggling to find the net in recent weeks, the fact that the United defence is the area of the squad that has been hit hardest by injuries could be just the thing to get us firing again.

Little wonder that in Memphis, as the BC squad scampered down a hotel fire escape during a false alarm one afternoon before the game, wide receiver Gerard Phelan yelled, «Women, children and Doug Flutie first!»

UTD's defense have left De Gea feeling like he is in a firing squad but he has managed to stop a lot of goals and save their sorry asses.

Arsenal may have «shot themselves in the foot» (as Wenger said) by not being ready for our first two League games but with the campaign restarting in earnest next week, we should have a fully fit squad firing on all cylinders when we play Southampton next weekend.

This is a no Brainer and yes, we need that kind of fire power in our squad.

But when people are saying we should sign X-player who contributed well last season while playing every single game for «depth» sure, on paper it looks great, but a lot of players hit patches of form that may not necessarily be given that opportunity here, as there may be someone else in the squad who hits the ground running and contributes straight away... If Coquelin, Arteta, Flamini, Wilshere, Ramsey, AOC, Ozil, Cazorla, Rosicky are all fit and firing, I think you're sorely mistaken if you think anything but a truly world - class midfielder would be looking at those names and not potentially evaluating their first - team opportunities.

If we need to try and buy Rabiot as a replacement, having ~ 30m less to do it isn't ideal since I would expect PSG to hold any PL team's feet to the fire in negotiations for a starter on their squad.

Coming off of their win from just hours before they just didn't have enough Stops in them to prevent Team Wilneff from getting the W. Wilneff's squad was led by Brad «he's on fire NBA Jam style» Schwartz who had 21 and Anthony «grizzled vet» Maione's 20.

Benitez will be looking to strengthen his squad ahead of their return to the Premier League after securing promotion, and Abraham could now be tasked with firing in the goals to keep them up as this will undoubtedly be a step up for him after last year.

A fit and firing Ramsey is one of the few players in the current Arsenal squad that I can see getting anywhere near the next award, assuming that the former Barcelona forward continues to play the way he has been doing.

Drafted in 2000, he won Rookie of the Year for the»00 Fire squad which won the US Open Cup and came one unbelievable Tony Meola performance away from winning MLS Cup.

Kevin: I think it's definitely a good thing; Spalletti's already had about a half season to readjust to life in the capital, and this squad (assuming it's kept together) is firing on all cylinders heading into next season, having won five straight matches to close out this season.

Decent squad player i guess.Ings & Austin both came up from the championship & done pretty well for themselves.I guess it is a gamble you take sometimes.Not sure, depends what other irons we have in the fire i guess.But whats to say he wont stay at Bournemouth now they are Prem team.

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Yesterday at 09:39 am - The biggest Peterborough United fire sale since the late, great Noel Cantwell put his entire squad up for auction in the 1970s will take place in the summer...

The fact that Marcus Rashford and Timothy Fosu - Mensah were promoted to the first team also sees these two missing from the squad, so the U18's might be firing goals easily, the U23's have a serious lack of talent in their squad this season, which requires some attention in January, or the decline will continue further at this level, at least until some of the talented U18 players are promoted.

Judging him to be part of the robbery squad, they opened fire, hitting him in the thigh.

Rather than commit to the usual circular firing squad, the Democrats in the area have rallied around Bramson, a former state assemblyman.

Three men executed by hanging and firing squad were convicted of involvement in killing senior military figure Mazen Faqha

Klein has compared his former Democratic colleagues to a «circular firing squad,» and they have in turn likened him to a petulant child.