Sentences with phrase «like military generals»

Pastors are leaders, but we need to lead like Jesus... not like a military general.

It ended with me standing on a stool holding a wooden spoon, dictating the recipe to her like a military general.

Wenger is ruling Arsenal like a military General and the board is happy with it.

But like a military general who overreaches his supply line and logistics, he lost not only his ability to keep his troops in line, but he lost the capacity to scare them into fighting for a bad battle plan.

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Of his decision to join the military, the general gives a typically low - key account: «I looked upon it as a kind of temporary relief [from family pressures] but once I got in there, I kind of liked it.»

Had Brown not been cut down, he may have grown into a more life affirming position; perhaps as an internationally renowned neurosurgeon, a nationally syndicated newscaster, a White House cabinet member, a military general, a preacher of the Gospel, or perhaps as a simple and ordinary man who loves his wife and leads his family well, like so many who sit in our congregations every Sunday.

Evidence they are like the tactically meat - grinding and military law abusing French WWI generals featured in Stanley Kubrick's Paths of Glory film?

Meanwhile, Luther had sad personal news to which he could respond only by letter, because his friends did not like the idea of him moving about the country alone, what with continuing military threats, and the general uncertainties.

But seriously, he's a 70 + year old who happens to be the only one who can fix the economy, understand the tax code, is smarter then the generals running our disastrous military and still find time to Tweet like an 8th grade girl.

Retired British generals like to write military history that understandably glorifies the British Army and tends to be critical of politicians and civil servants.

Making the disclosures during a briefing to strategic partners at N'djamena and giving an update of «Operation Amni Fakat», Force Commander, MNJTF, Major General Lucky Irabor observed that Boko Haram terrorism like other similar conflicts create complex emergencies which attract humanitarian, military and other interventions.

The sophomore lawmaker admitted she voted for Ohio Gov. John Kasich during the 2016 New York primary contest, but supported Trump during the general election because she cares about issues like economic growth, revitalizing the manufacturing sector and military investment.

This is pure military politics and decent men like General Adeti should not be roped into it,» one of the sources remarked.

The military created political party like NRC, SDP during Babangida's time; we would remember the five leprosy fingers of General Sani Abacha.

If a brilliant and charismatic military General like Emeka Ojukwu could not achieve Biafra i wonder how someone with no military experience even political experience like Nnamdi Kanu can lead the Igbo Nation AGAIN to war against the Nigerian state.

I support a strong military but favor a plan to «cut and run» (kinda like General Odom).

For if such a policy is like General de Gaulle's, based upon a deliberate and far - reaching politico - military strategy of national independence, past disengagement from NATO and détente in Europe, it merits the most careful examination.

The journalist disclosed that General Buratai had cautioned his team not to shoot but to plead even when the protesters were shouting and brandishing arms like Knives, catapult and clubs, in most provocative manner against the military convoy.

That range reflects differences in diagnostic criteria and potential factors like the timing of the assessment, says Nicholas Tritos, a neuroendocrinologist at Massachusetts General Hospital who is studying such disorders among both civilian and military populations.

Knowing an Aries is like having your own military general on call, always ready, willing, and able to help you plan your campaign.

It is also an interesting political take on the chain of command in the military, lampooning the superior officers as incompetent fools, despite having their hearts in the right place, the film manages to successfully create sympathy for Col. Berman (Ed Harris) in that despite his general inability to do the job, he is actually well liked.

Finally, dressed like Warren in his military garb, there is General Sandy Smithers (Bruce Dern), who stresses his rank to John Ruth, lest he not get the respect his title deserves.

It's a mood disorder he would like to get rid of so he can stop running from General Thunderbolt Ross (William Hurt) of the U.S. military and start concentrating on his relationship with Betty Ross (Liv Tyler).

Also, this film does a really great job of portraying the U.S. military in general — the jargon and the protocols feel real, and the soldiers never seem like jackasses in uniform.

Though it sounds like a smoothie option at the local mall or landscaping company, Green4U is focused on building electric vehicles for taxi fleets, municipalities, the military, and the general public.

The Massachusetts attorney general has sued another loan servicer, the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency, charging that it mismanaged a program under which students were entitled to have their loans forgiven after 10 years in public service occupations like nursing, social work, policing and the military.

Rescinding this memo opens the door to servicers like Navient earning lucrative new government servicing contracts in spite of past abuses — including illegal acts like overcharging 78,000 members of the military, and charges by both the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and multiple state attorneys general of steering struggling borrowers toward paying more than they had to on their loans.

Mixed in with the lectures on Global Warming are formulations of Crichton's more general environmental philosophy — that a new politico - legal - media complex has taken over control from the military industrial complex, and is dedicated to controlling the population by promoting a state of fear about false environmental scares like catastrophic Global Warming.