Sentences with phrase «followed by the communist»

Morrow's complicated, parallel - time, intrinsically musical tale details Prague's suffering during two world wars, followed by Communist rule and the Velvet Revolution, as a present - day pianist searches for the lost sections of a sonata.

It's a complicated, parallel - time tale with multiple characters, and it details Prague's suffering during two world wars, followed by Communist rule and the Velvet Revolution.

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Netizens just can't seem to work out why Li, who had returned Tuesday to her hometown of Hubei following her second Grand Slam win, wouldn't at least feign some type of excitement when being given a check for such a huge amount by Hubei Communist Party chief Li Hongzhong.

Much of the decline has been self - imposed as communist leaders try to steer China to more sustainable growth driven by domestic consumption following the past decade's explosive expansion based on trade and investment.

Renewed efforts to rein in shadow banking by China's financial watchdogs began in earnest last year following the Communist Party's 19th National Congress in Beijing.

Whether it be conflict from his childhood when he was raised in Muslim household, or from his time in Hawaii when his Communist mentor likely eschewed any religion, or during college bringing him closer to a community likely agnostic at best, atheist perhaps, followed by years in which he sat listening to Black Liberation Theologian Wright, his relationship with Christianity's basic tenet is uneasy to say the least.

We have been moving toward globalization for centuries, but the process was interrupted by the communist revolution in Russia, the Great Depression, World War II and the cold war that followed.

Stalin followed the position adopted by Lenin that religion was an opiate that needed to be removed in order to construct the ideal communist society.

The latter has only the option to follow the directives set by the Communist Party, while trying to carve out space for its own authentic Roman Catholic and Protestant selfhood amid overbearing constraint.

It is a type of anti-communism distinguished by the following characteristics: it has no understanding of the causes of communism and emphasizes only self - defeating methods of opposing it; its starting point is a type of economic individualism that can not tell the difference between the modest institutions of the welfare state in this country and the first stages of communism; and it closes minds to the changes that have taken place in the Communist world.

From the first planting by their grandfather in the 1960s, while under the communist system, they have followed this approach and the winery has come a long way.

At the war's end, following the October Revolution, American authorities saw the threat of Communist revolution in the actions of organized labor, including such disparate cases as the Seattle General Strike and the Boston Police Strike and then in the bombing campaign directed by anarchist groups at political and business leaders.

By tracking the large influx of Russian mathematicians into the United States following the Communist regime's demise, they found a number of significant effects.

Trying to explain the plot is like trying to recant a strange dream - with a twist that sees Clooney kidnapped and held at ransom by a group of communist writers (including Frank Pickle from Vicar of Dibley) the plot is difficult to follow.

Liman and his screenwriter, Gary Spinelli (Chaos Walking, Stash House), apparently play fast and loose with the facts of Seal's life («dramatic license» in case you're wondering), but hew relatively close to the general contours and parameters of that same life, following Seal as he settles in Mena, Arkansas at the behest of his careerist handler, expands his drug - smuggling business with Schafer's willful ignorance as an ally, and turns a massive property (also bestowed by a generous federal government) into a training ground for the Contra rebels who fought against the Communist - allied Sandinista regime in Nicaragua in the «80s.

The scenes of training, followed by a beer - hall celebration, feels like some sick secret society where a weapons practice and fascist ideology just whet the appetite for a cold one with the boys, but he's a true believer who puts his training into practice with an assignment to assassinate a Communist troublemaker.

Initially, the decision during the late 1970s by the ruling Communist Party to set a baby quota for each couple was meant to counter the population boom that had occurred following the nation's official independence as the People's Republic of China in 1949.

Following the outbreak of WWII, President Edvard Benes formed a Czechoslovak government in exile in London and negotiated an official renunciation of the Munich Agreement and its consequences; he also gained the cooperation of Czechoslovak communist exiles by promising them concessions after the war.

As for the metrics that you've described in measuring the «professional» standard, they are flawed in the following respects: Professional via publication — publishers are profit - driven, not a good indicator of excellence; Professional through number in print — numbers can be altered with marketing and time (by this logic, the Bible, Kuran, and the Communist Manifesto are perhaps the most professional work ever written); Money — there are plenty of professional idiots out there with more money than deserved; Peer review — depends on the peer.

In the 70's, David Rockefeller extended his praise to communist dictator of China, Mao Zedong, in an article published in the New York Times, for his country's one - child policy, which will be the model for the Western nations to follow in the future — hence China's «Most Favored Nation» status granted by the UN.

Resorts and Beaches are Top Picks for Americans Interested in Visiting the IslandWhile almost half of Americans are now interested in traveling to Cuba following the U.S. government's easing of travel restrictions and improved diplomatic relations, a survey by leading travel insurance provider Allianz Global Assistance found 70 percent of survey respondents were currently unlikely to do so — citing safety concerns, lack of traveler information and trepidation over visiting a communist - governed country.

While almost half of Americans are now interested in traveling to Cuba following the U.S. government's easing of travel restrictions and improved diplomatic relations, a survey by leading travel insurance provider Allianz Global Assistance found 70 percent of survey respondents were currently unlikely to do so — citing safety concerns, lack of traveler information and trepidation over visiting a communist - governed country.