Sentences with phrase «fought open wars»
In some cases these groups of escaped slaves fought open wars against colonists» forces, as is the case with one famous instance in Florida, when a group was granted freedom in an agreement that predates the Emancipation Proclamation.
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That can be difficult to address, as anyone who has fought a war over the thermostat can attest, but sometimes it's as simple as opening the windows.
The fight for Afrin, a once stable pocket of northwest Syria, has opened a new front in Syria's multi-sided civil war and highlighted the ever greater role of foreign powers in the seven - year - old conflict.
The fight for Afrin, a once - stable pocket of northwest Syria, has opened a new front in Syria's multi-sided civil war and highlighted the ever - greater role of foreign powers such as Turkey in the seven - year - old conflict.
The problem with arguing that Afghanistan will become a haven for terrorists is that it is exactly the kind of open - ended, fight everywhere justification for forever war that the American people have opposed since at least 2008.
What's more, the same select major events that Grantland Rice and Ted Husing faithfully covered before the war remain preeminent: the Triple Crown horse races, the Indianapolis 500, heavyweight title fights, the Olympics, the U.S. Open and Masters golf tournament, the World Series, the bowl games, the Wimbledon and U.S. tennis championships.
Sen. Cory BookerCory Anthony BookerDem lawmaker spars with own party over prison reform A country as wealthy as the United States should make affordable housing a right Democrats urge colleagues to oppose prison reform bill MORE (D - N.J.) criticized Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen NielsenKirstjen Michele NielsenOvernight Defense: Over 500 amendments proposed for defense bill Measures address transgender troops, Yemen war Trump taps acting VA chief as permanent secretary Defense bill amendment would protect open transgender military service Hillicon Valley: Lawmakers target Chinese tech giants Dems move to save top cyber post Trump gets a new CIA chief Ryan delays election security briefing Twitter CEO meets lawmakers MORE as complicit with President TrumpDonald John TrumpMexican presidential candidate vows to fire back at Trump's «offensive» tweets Elizabeth Warren urges grads to fight for «what is decent» in current political climate Jim Carrey takes aim at Kent State grad who posed with AR - 10 MORE for saying she did not hear him say the United States should not accept immigrants from «shithole countries.»
The story of Army hero Charles N. DeGlopper reads like a Hollywood script: A small town boy joins the Army in World War II and gives his life to save his platoon, stepping out into the open to fight the Germans alone and stopping them from taking control of a strategic bridge in the Normandy campaign.
The ancient war between humans and a race of giants is reignited when Jack, a young farmhand fighting for a kingdom and the love of a princess, opens a
Director Hood (Tsotsi) opens strong, with a wickedly crafted opening - credits sequence that shows young mutant Logan and his more feral half - brother, Victor, aka Sabretooth (Schreiber), emerging from Canada's Northwest Territories, circa 1845, to fight side by side in the Civil War, both World Wars, and Vietnam (what, Korea wasn't badass enough?).
Perhaps the character - screen time ratio will be addressed better when Infinity War: Part 2 hits cinemas in 2019, but this half really is Civil War on steroids, landing us in the thick of it from the opening credits and itching for a fight even in its quieter moments.
The film opens on the island of Themyscira, a paradise island created by the god Zeus and hidden from the real world by a protective shield, and the film stays there for a while as we follow Diana from curious little girl to fully trained warrior princess but once Steve Trevor's fighter plane crashes there and Diana realises there is a war being fought in world she does not know of that is not too far away then we swiftly get brought into London in 1918 and this shift from fantasy into a «real world» scenario gives the film a greater sense of depth, and when combined with characters that you actually care about then Wonder Woman is head and shoulders above all of the other DCEU movies on the strength of that alone.
Berlin Airport fight, «Captain America: Civil War» Opening credits, «Deadpool» «Would that it were so simple» with Ralph Fiennes and Alden Ehrenreich, «Hail, Caesar!»
It opened the door to the wider Marvel universe for him and set the stage for his future to help the Avengers fight Thanos in the upcoming Infinity War.
Below, on Charlie Rose, she also talks about how she digs back into the Holocaust (as she did for one of her favorite roles as an Mossad spy in John Madden's «The Debt») in order to play elderly Jewish woman Maria Altmann, who 60 years after she fled Vienna during World War II, fought to retrieve family possessions seized by the Nazis, among them Klimt's famous painting «Portrait of Adele Bloch - Bauer I.» The Weinstein Company now opens Simon Curtis's «Woman in Gold,» co-starring Ryan Reynolds, on April 1.
The film opens to the Civil War, where soldiers are fighting for their lives, and their hopes.
The third film in the franchise, «Captain America: Civil War» pits the patriotic hero against some of his Avengers counterparts that escalates to an open fight between Iron Man and Captain America.
The film opens with Vinny «Paz» Pazienza, played by Miles Teller (War Dogs, 2016), his family and his trainer helping him recover after losing a fight with the champion Roger Mayweather (Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s uncle).
The Vietnam War is never truly over (and at times it will feel to a viewer like «The Vietnam War» is never over, either), but, as Bao Ninh, a writer who fought for the communist North Vietnamese army, thoughtfully observes in the film's opening moments: «It has been 40 years. . . .
The story mode explains about the fighting system, the era of war in the region, and the multiplayer mode sets you on an open ground gameplay to test your skills.
Crowe opens the movie dramatically with scenes from the battle, demonstrating the trench warfare that was the fashion of the times, a fight lost by the Anzac powers of Australia and New Zealand, the battle lost but the war eventually won.
While the cops are dismissed, the perceived betrayal acts as an opening salvo to a much larger war, with the frat staging party after earth - shattering party and the married couple fighting back in turn.
The parents of an Israeli soldier receive the knock on their door that no parent wants to receive in the opening of «Foxtrot,» a deeply profound drama about wars fought in the field and at home.
Amazon has apparently also decided to pick a fight with Disney, thereby opening up a war on two fronts in flagrant disregard for historical precedent.
But none of these fights come close to being as gripping as the opening Hydra battle in the first God of War, or as mind warping and elaborate as the battle with the Sisters of Fate in God of War II.
The War of the Factions will continue into the open beta giving even more players a chance to fight for one of the three Factions — Knights, Samurai and Vikings.
Wage war in space - Fight your way through the enormous, open environments of the space station.
Open PVP — Fight to the death in tournaments, towns and castles sieges and epic wars where entire armies collide!
The all new War Games map highlights the civilian shops, tall buildings for window - to - window fighting, and city streets for Titan combat from the Battle of Angel City, and the large, open tank garage facilities for hand - to - hand Pilot combat from the Battle of Airbase Sierra.
• Play with thousands of online gamers • Quest Maker — allowing you to make your own quests for others to play • 3D Open world sandbox environment allows you to free roam an entire school • Fully customize your character with over 5 billion different possibilities • Real - time market that enables true economy • Over 30 different fighting moves to crush your enemies with in real - time • Loads of weapons and armors to aid you along your journey • Upgrade your equipment to make them more powerful • Meet friends, or enemies • Create or join a clan to wage wars • Buy houses, furniture, then throw a house party with friends • Buy pets and train them to fight for you • Craft rare items of various types • Actively under development which means this game will evolve greatly to meet your MMORPG desires
Join the fight against the evil Third Reich in open - ended missions across war - torn Europe.
God of War introduces basic fighting, ground throws, air throws, opening hatches, walking tightropes, a boss fight, special finishing moves, and use of magic all within the first few minutes.
In this free - to - play, cross-platform military game you'll be fighting across the open sky in armored vehicles from World War II and the Cold War era.
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The FPS will cast players as US Marines battling in «claustrophobic streets, metropolitan downtowns, and open, vehicle - friendly landscapes as you fight your way through the war of tomorrow».
Opening: «Bazm and Razm: Feast and Fight in Persian Art» at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Food and war, always popular topics in art, are the subject of «Bazm and Razm,» a show of art from pre-Islamic, 15th - century Iran to the present day about those themes.
Our dear administration, for example, only sees a world where oil is king, and we have two oil men in Bush and Cheney in power, who would rather fight wars to keep oil supplies open then look at rational energy policy.
Fallout 4 is no exception, and its massive open world gives you total freedom to fight and scavenge your way across a post-apocalyptic wasteland in an alternative universe where civilization has been devastated by a worldwide nuclear war.