Sentences with phrase «fought for independence from»

Everywhere I went in Burma, I saw images of Suu Kyi as well as her father, Aung San, who fought for independence from the British before being assassinated in 1947.

who fought for independence from the Turks and later for union with Greece.

A sweeping romantic adventure of love and honor, of tragedy and triumph set against Mexico's fight for independence from the iron fist of Spain.

In Philadelphia, teenage boys find ways to impress girls using a mode of transport obsolete since the 19th century; a young man's fight for independence from his mother would be normal for most kids, except for some special circumstances.

At the time, Algeria was fighting for independence from France and Ottaway found himself covering it firsthand.

Hauntingly beautiful free verse breathes life into this finely crafted story that illuminates Cuba's fight for independence from Spain in the 1800s.

The provinces involved border Malaysia where very few tourists visit and there is no evidence that foreigners are targeted by those fighting for independence from the Kingdom of Thailand.

Not exact matches

As for your own personal experience, you say that you had the normal fight for independence which characterizes healthy teen - agers, that you loved your parents but welcomed escape from their daily supervision, that you are now on your own and outwardly in charge of your life, but this, you say, does not solve the problem of conformity.

The members of the P.U.S.A. joined in the fight for independence, but when the fight was won they turned against the Indonesian Republic and tried to secede from it.

Since May, Cuomo's state Democratic Committee has served as the conduit for all things anti-Astorino: His fight with the Department of Housing and Urban Development over affordable housing, his conservative stance on abortion and a lawsuit filed against him stemming from the obscure battles within the Independence Party in Westchester County.

We tried and it was a beautiful experiment that I thought was very important but those in power managed to sabotage its reputation by just constantly hammering that a new constitution should never be ratified in dispute which was complete bollocks (for more on the dispute manufactured by the Independence Party see the «An Unexpected Hiccup» section of From the people to the people, a new constitution) because those in power will always fight against anything that brings more liberation and more rights to the public and thwarts their unconditional power.

As Younes learns at a meeting of the mosque's underground Resistance, these young North Africans want to destroy fascism and fight for equality, with the hope that when victory comes, they too will be able to secure independence from their colonial oppressors.

Read an exclusive extract from David Torrance's insider account of the fight for Scottish independence.

EliteSingles «resident psychologist and researcher, Dr Wiebke Neberich, thinks this is due in large part to the fact that `' women today have long fought for social and financial independence from men, and rightly treasure this achievement.»

According to ELITESINGLES «in - house psychologist, Dr Wiebke Neberich, this can be attributed to the fact that `' women today have long fought for social and financial independence from men, and rightly treasure this achievement.»

According to psychologist Dr Wiebke Neberich, this can be attributed to the fact that `' women today have long fought for social and financial independence from men, and rightly treasure this achievement.»

His initial persona lines up almost completely with a generic Robin Hood fable, as he was an anti-government militant stealing from the rich, giving to the poor, opposing governmental oversight and control, fighting for ideals of liberty and independence, and using these tenets to justify his many crimes including thievery, burglary and murder.

Mariam Bakacho Khatchvani (co - writer / director), Vladimer Katcharava (co - writer / producer) and Irakli Solomanashvili (co-writer) / Dede (Georgia): As Georgia fights for its independence after the collapse of the Soviet Union, a young woman struggles to make a life in the remote, isolated villages high in the Caucusus Mountains, where ancient patriarchal laws threaten to separate her from her daughter.

This bundle contains 42 PAGES of ready - to - use American civil war worksheets that are perfect for students to learn about this devastating war widely known in the United States as simply the Civil War, which was a civil war fought from 1861 to 1865 to determine the survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy

But let me just say that the [State Board of] Regents... have spent decades fiercely fighting for their independence in education policy from the governor... It's not gubernatorial control.

London About Blog The mission of Better Off Out is to explain why the United Kingdom would be Better Off Out of the European Union and to fight for the UK to regain its freedom and independence from the unelected and unaccountable EU.

Players have a number of campaigns to choose from in Story Mode that detail the struggles of different Japanese clans fighting for their independence, land or survival.

Consider using the Vietnam war as a model, the way WW2 was used as a model for VC1; there's a lot of good storytelling to be had there, from the perspective of a nation trying to maintain its cohesion and independence as two massive powers fight over it like a dog over a bone.

He recalled the lesson learned from the episode to Frieze magazine: «I think it's important to earn and to fight for one's intellectual independence, day by day.»

Whether or not to declare independence, or establish a federal constitution, or secede from the Union — all these great issues had multiple factions who fought for what they thought was right for the country.

Apart from the issue of garnering sufficient resources, administrative courts face a more compelling hurdle — fighting the battle for judicial independence.

London About Blog The mission of Better Off Out is to explain why the United Kingdom would be Better Off Out of the European Union and to fight for the UK to regain its freedom and independence from the unelected and unaccountable EU.

She has committed the commission to four goals: helping usher in a new era of indigenous rights, ensuring that everyone in Canada can fight for their rights, affirming the commission's independence from government, and becoming the national voice on human rights.

The Administrative Council plays a key role in the «reign of terror» that tries to discourage EPO staff, including judges, from fighting for basic human rights and one of the most fundamental values of the civilized world: judicial independence.

Again, the Fourth of July celebrates our country's bloody fight for independence... not your finger's grisly liberation from the rest of your hand.

As Spain is currently undergoing through institutional crisis, Catalonia, which is currently fighting for having its own separate statehood recognition and gaining independence from Spain, is said to weigh options and consider for having its own digital currency and a separate e-residency program similar to the of Estonia.

Testing limits, fighting for independence, and separating identity from parents is all very typical of adolescence and pre-teens.

London About Blog The mission of Better Off Out is to explain why the United Kingdom would be Better Off Out of the European Union and to fight for the UK to regain its freedom and independence from the unelected and unaccountable EU.