Sentences with phrase «in war time»

Nuclear power stations make a much better target than solar or wind power stations in war time because so much can be destroyed by one or a few well aimed bombs.

They die for us in war time.

(Joanne Harris) Read this in hardcopy, and thoroughly enjoyed this quirky family saga, with its roots set in war time France.

We have Elsie's life in the war time as the picture of the traditional roles applied to women and men and saw how that was so unfair so often for Elsie, her sister, and her mother.

They say that in war time people read short stories rather than novels.

Hitler = Christian = Top Mass Murderer in war time, but 99.99999 % of Christians don't behave like Hitler.

In modern times when men believe in but one god, his militant character always comes to the front in war time, and his more pacific character is played down.

I'll be brief... Serious judgment comes in war time... here are the reasons why.

«In war time it is a crime to hoard food, and fines and imprisonment have followed the exposé of such practices,» Peters wrote.

Sure a speech from the Prime Minister / President could inspire some people but most people in war times blame the government for them not succeeding at this point in time also about half the country wouldn't have voted for them.

GCSE lesson designed to support student evaluation of the JWT, looking at how easy / realistic it is to apply in war times.

Not exact matches

She writes in the Asia Times, «the first stage of this war on Iran is Syria; the first campaign in a much wider sectarian power - bid.»

Even though so many others died around the same time, the commander of the American Expeditionary Force General John J. Pershing declared that Gunther would be known as the last man killed in action in the war.

Troops bringing the American flag back to Iraq in 2003 or deploying to Afghanistan in the same time period received just a little more than their Persian Gulf War predecessors, with $ 1,064.70 for soldiers with less than four months of service and $ 1,150.80 for the seasoned veterans with four months or more under their belts.

In a New York Times article last year, Perdue compared Trump to Winston Churchill, the former UK prime minister, saying that like the legendary World War II - era leader, Trump was «nobody's choir boy» and «a historic person of destiny at a time and place in America when we've got to make a right - hand turn here.&raquIn a New York Times article last year, Perdue compared Trump to Winston Churchill, the former UK prime minister, saying that like the legendary World War II - era leader, Trump was «nobody's choir boy» and «a historic person of destiny at a time and place in America when we've got to make a right - hand turn here.&raquin America when we've got to make a right - hand turn here.»

During his time as a war correspondent for the Associated Press, Steve Hindy's interest in home brewing was sparked by a group of American diplomats he met while he was working in the Middle East.

New prime minister Malcolm Turnbull brings with him a better working knowledge of how Western Australia functions than any of his predecessors since the days of war time PM John Curtin, who died in 1945.

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain foresWar II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain foreswar on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

The time change report confirmed news from South Korean officials on Sunday that Kim pledged to scrap the northern time zone, which was created in 2015 to mark the 70th anniversary of Korea's liberation from Japanese rule after World War Two.

«Infinity War» unites the Avengers and the «Guardians of the Galaxy» on screen for the first time, and further weaves in new characters, like «Doctor Strange» and «Spider - Man» into the Marvel Universe.

Between the level of detail in everything, the incredibly impressive shadow work, and the fact the game runs smoothly 99 % of the time, «God of War» is a technical triumph.

Sony's Santa Monica Studios did something with «God of War» that's never been done before in a video game: It's made a complete video game that takes place in one continuous shot, in real time, with no loading screens at all.

For the first time, Kratos is a fully fleshed - out character in «God of War.»

The Cupertino, Calif. tech titan has stolen the South Korean electronic giant's thunder in the smartphone sales war for the first time since 2011.

The film, which will be released on Dec. 15 of this year, will pick up after the action of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the franchise's huge 2015 release that shattered box office records and marked the space opera's return to theaters for the first time in a decade.

«When we have a world where you have ISIS chopping off heads and, frankly, drowning people in steel cages, where you have wars and horrible, horrible sights all over, where you have so many bad things happening, this is like medieval times, we haven't seen anything like this, the carnage all over the world,» Trump said.

Affirmative action opened the door to higher education for the pan-Asian community in the aftermath of the Chinese Exclusion Act — which was in force from 1882 to 1943 — and Japanese American internment during World War II, at a time when systemic racism barred our grandparents and parents from accessing a better life for themselves.

Nuclear weapons have been used exactly twice in combat — both times by the US, and both times dropped by a propeller aircraft over largely unprotected Japanese airspace at the close of World War II.

It was actually the first time the «Star Wars» co-stars met in real life.

This has not gone unnoticed by NATO officials, who have warned several times in recent years that Russian sub activity was becoming more sophisticated and reaching levels not seen since the Cold War.

While the cabinet members felt at the time that they were seriously involved in the war effort, the unnamed former minister, in retrospect, said he realized how little power and influence they actually wielded.

He will argue that seeking «peaceful solutions» is a better way of protecting Britain than «the kind of unilateral wars and interventions that have almost become routine in recent times».

The companies that make those beers, Boston Beer (sam) and Molson Coors (tap - a) respectively, have found themselves in a war of words after The New York Times published an op - ed by Boston Beer founder Jim Koch in which the brewer lamented the effect Big Beer mergers have had on the craft beer industry.

Tensions escalated on Sunday as the U.S. army brought down the jet near Raqqa and Iran launched missiles at Islamic State targets in eastern Syria — the first time each state has carried out such actions in the multi-sided Syrian war.

«But that is very far from the kind of unilateral wars and interventions that have almost become routine in recent times.

Ford's father was a travelling salesman, the Pulitzer - winning American novelist tells us in the introduction to this collection of short fiction, and he kept that job through the Depression, the Second World War, and the entire 1950s, a time when your job was in some ways synonymous with your character.

The Department of Defense has only classified these figures once before — in 2015, when the Obama administration «was trying to portray the war in Afghanistan as all but over,» as the New York Times put it; today, the Afghan government appears to be playing defense, as well.

When prime - time hosts — who have never served our country in any capacity — dismiss facts and empirical reality to launch profoundly dishonest assaults on the FBI, the Justice Department, the courts, the intelligence community (in which I served) and, not least, a model public servant and genuine war hero such as Robert Mueller — all the while scaremongering with lurid warnings of «deep - state» machinations — I can not be part of the same organization, even at a remove.

They hadn't gone back to raise money in a few years, so maybe that would have been a good time to go to market and raise a war chest and set aside a bunch of people to try and do the full innovator's dilemma salvation plan.

A quarter century after the Iron Curtain that once divided Europe opened, the European Union nations and Russia are again involved in a tug - of - war, this time over six former Soviet Republics.

You graduate from this academy in a time of war, taking your place in an American military that is powerful and is honorable.

It marked the first time since the end of the Korean War in 1953 that a North Korean leader crossed the border into the South.

This won't be the first time Ewing and Keep have returned to South Korea, traveling to the peninsula in 2006 and 2015, respectively, thanks to the Revisit Korea Program organized by the South Korean government to invite Korean War veterans back to the country.

Somehow, Emmy winner Peter Dinklage squeezed enough time into his «Game of Thrones» schedule to make an appearance in «Infinity War.»

Her journey is considered a milestone of historic significance — she was the first member of North Korea's ruling family to visit the south since the Korean War in the 1950s, according to The New York Times.

Former CIA officer Ned Price found a series of news reports, including from the New Yorker, the Wall Street Journal, and the L.A. Times, that referred to Pompeo serving in the Gulf War.

To be fair, there have been a several times that markets didn't recover as quickly after seismic geopolitical events such as the invasion of France in 1940 and the Yom Kippur War (which led to a complete realignment of control over global oil), according to the Credit Suisse team led by Keating.

At McCann back in 2006, Edwards helped make the influential «Mad World» spot for Gears of War, which sold 2 million copies in six weeks, reportedly increased Xbox Live subscription by 50 % in that time, and made the song «Mad World» the top seller on iTunes.

Still, it's worth taking this time to look at Thiel's rise to fame in the tech capital of the world — a saga that includes his effort to stop aging and death, his controversial thoughts about college, and his war with the media:

The CIA told Splinter News that «Director Pompeo was in the U.S. Army at the time of the Gulf War — serving until 1991.