Sentences with phrase «many civil wars»

We've been there before, and it is amazing, given how the North let the South off the mat so quickly, how little the Civil War actually resolved compared to how much blood was shed.

To put the importance of the overseas box office into perspective, all of the 10 highest - grossing films of 2016 made more money overseas than domestically (the top film, Disney's Captain America: Civil War, made almost 65 % of its $ 1.15 billion total through international release).

«There would be civil war,» Blanco says.

Some arrived with Otto and may have wanted to work at a startup, but Recode reports what one source calls a «mini civil war» between engineers who arrived with Otto and those who were hired by Uber.

As the Communist Revolution swept over the mainland during the Chinese Civil War, the capitalists fled to Formosa (the island of Taiwan), but neither ceded statehood.

Club president Josep Sunyol, a militant pro-independence Catalan, was assassinated during the Spanish Civil War, and is now memorialized in the club's museum, which draws about 2 million tourists a year.

TORONTO — The Toronto stock market closed slightly higher as the Syrian civil war continued to cast a shadow over trading.

2 is impressive having earned more than all the other films combined,» said Paul Degarabedian, senior media analyst at ComScore, who noted that Captain America: Civil War accounted for more than half of the summer take at this point last year.

In fact, you could say we're still fighting the Civil War, and you wouldn't be wrong.

In fact, the Siege of Veracruz was full of names that would eventually become essential pieces of the Civil War, including future Generals Meade, «Stonewall» Jackson, and Longstreet.

Both generals would earn historical prestige leading their respective armies against each other during the American Civil War, but they weren't always enemies.

The Easter egg - colored row homes near Charleston's historic waterfront have stood proudly since the late 1700's, surviving the Civil War and the reconstruction.

While Army private pay in the Spanish - American War was still $ 13 like it had been in the Civil War, a period of deflation had strengthened the purchasing power of that monthly salary.

The United States and the Saudi - led coalition that intervened in Yemen's civil war in 2015 accuse Iran of providing the missiles to its Houthi allies, which Tehran denies.

She told me about her ancestors at the time of the Civil War.

Stark's motives made «Captain America: Civil War» a better movie: choosing sides was a huge conflict for fans, and added a lot more depth to the MCU and the Avengers as individuals.

Yet Saudi Arabia is not without its critics, who lament its poor record on human rights, draconian executions of political prisoners and military intervention in the civil war in Yemen, a conflict that has caused a humanitarian disaster in the country and one which is seen as a proxy war between the kingdom and its regional rival, Iran.

The best thing about Ultron is that his origins paved the way for Stark and the heroes in the MCU to face serious consequences for their actions, starting with «Captain America: Civil War.»

But that doesn't mean that all of these MCU villains are bad: they're just forgettable, even in some of the best movies to date including «Iron Man 3,» «Ant - Man,» and «Captain America: Civil War.»

Shortly after our ghost was gone, we even heard the distinct sound of a Civil War cannon reverberate on nearby Cemetery Hill.

The Spanish Civil War and the 36 years of Francisco Franco's fascist dictatorship feature heavily in his discourse.

But they were the first US strikes on the Assad regime since the Syrian civil war began in 2011.

The civil war in Syria has been raging for more than six years as rebels fight to oust Assad, a brutal authoritarian who has terrorized Syrians for years.

He added that «much remains to be done» in U.S. foreign policy, pointing to efforts to end a civil war in Syria and ensure stability in Iraq.

As Dale Carnegie noted in his biography of the 16th president, «Lincoln the Unknown,» Lincoln once drafted a stern rebuke of General George Meade, who'd disobeyed Lincoln's orders during the Civil War.

This turned into a civil war from 2013, with rebel forces trying to bring down the Bashar Assad government.

De Beers spokesman Andrew Coxon estimated the value of conflict diamonds produced from three African states involved in civil war at more than US$ 255 million.

The Republic of China lost to the Mao Zedong - led People's Republic of China in the country's civil war ending in 1949 and had to flee to Taiwan.

Trump's focus on Saudi purchases of U.S. military equipment came amid a bipartisan effort to limit the United States» role in Yemen's civil war and protests in several U.S. cities over the Saudi - led invasion, which has contributed to a humanitarian crisis.

He was a producer for the Fox News show hosted by Andrew Napolitano, a judge and legal analyst who has promoted 9/11 conspiracy theories and Civil War revisionism.

China sent weapons to 9 sub-Saharan countries and was the only one in the top three to send arms to South Sudan, a country whose oil industry and international standing are both threatened by an ongoing civil war.

The Civil War, Baseball and Jazz are just a few of the incredible deep dives he has done into the eras and moments that define who we are as Americans.

For more than two decades, Sudan has been ruled by the Islamist government of Omar Hassan Ahmad al - Bashir, who spent decades locked in a brutal civil war with Christian separatists in the south.

Meanwhile, it is unclear what strategy Trump will adopt with regard to the years» long Syrian civil war between President Bashar al - Assad and rebel forces who want his ouster.

Hahn is talking about the Civil War and Reconstruction, and most people obsess with Abraham Lincoln — if you're lucky, Frederick Douglass, Robert E. Lee.

The ongoing civil war in Yemen is akin to a proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran and their competing ideologies of Sunni and Shia Islam, respectively.

Despite the threat of ISIS and the spread of civil war, big companies are doubling down on the region.

Award - winning filmmaker Ken Burns is responsible for such genre - defining and genre - defying documentary series as The Civil War, Baseball, and Jazz, to name a few.

«I have consistently taken the best course that I can to try to end the civil war, while having also to take into account the long - term national security interests of the United States,» Obama said.

Talks will center around the European refugee crisis, Syria's civil war, the recent Iranian nuclear arms agreement, and climate change.

This is one of Richmond's oldest neighborhoods — the red - brick row houses date from around the Civil War.

The president then explained that he and his advisors spent «days and weeks» worth of time meeting about Syria and trying to find a way to ease the suffering and end the civil war.

That might seem impressive until you hear how Captain America: Civil War grossed $ 408 million domestically.

Europe is has seen 500,000 migrants enter the region so far this year, many fleeing from civil war in Syria in the Middle East, according to Frontex, the EU's border protection agency.

Chambers — who says the name of his Birmingham, Alabama, company is meant to evoke a spirit of rebellion, not the Civil War — calls Harley - Davidsons «conformist.»

The movie ticket sales site said on Wednesday that pre-sale tickets for Black Panther outpaced the first - day advance sales of 2016's Captain America: Civil War, which previously had the best first day of pre-sales for a movie from Walt Disney's Marvel Cinematic Universe.

He did so by overcoming some serious adversity; he was a refugee during the First Liberian Civil War, according to The Guardian.

It also held Confederate prisoners during the Civil War.

The Republican civil war that erupted over the Tea Party's disregard of big business's agenda threatens to turn (big) business brother against (small) business brother in the 2014 Republican primaries.

The character first appeared onscreen in Civil War last year, and the new film is already generating loads of buzz thanks to director Ryan Coogler (Creed) and a loaded cast that also includes Lupita Nyong» o, Michael B. Jordan, and Angela Bassett.