Sentences with phrase «nation against nation»

They will not lift up sword, nation against nation, neither will they learn war anymore.»

It also overcomes the barriers that in the past have set tribe against tribe and nation against nation.

The doses of sacred violence required to contain the profane violence grow larger and larger, reaching the level of nation against nation, genocide, massive pollution, and many other excesses of violence common in our time.

Estrangement and alienation are not biblical terms, but they are implied in the biblical description of the human predicament; the expulsion from paradise, the hostility between humanity and nature, the hostility of person against person, of nation against nation, and of the continuous complaint of the prophets against the rulers.

In fact, they would have» beaten their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning shears» and as a result, «they will not lift up sword, nation against nation, neither will they learn war anymore.»

Not exact matches

To hit this point home further and to commemorate the nation's annual celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, who spoke fervently against racial and economic inequality, here's a sampling of his thoughts on the subject:

With epic cinematography, «Amazing China» — produced by China Central Television and the state - owned China Film Group Co. Ltd. — articulates a message of how China would like to be seen as it pursues President Xi Jinping's vision of a globally resurgent nation, against a reality that doesn't always measure up.

«They go against the very principles our nation was founded on, and they have the potential to undo decades of progress toward greater equality.»

Together — against forces of nature — we gradually developed to become the leading economic nation as we spread across the country, while simultaneously retaining a sense of community.

Martin Louie, a First Nations leader from Nadieh, B.C., speaks to first nation protesters and their supporters as they gather outside the Enbridge AGM during their continuing protest against proposed oil pipelines in Canada's west coast, on Wednesday May 9, 2012.

He also relies heavily on claims made by human rights groups and the United Nations in supporting his case against the Assad regime — claims that some skeptics have said are made with zero verification.

Whether either man can shepherd a community of nations against the planet's most pressing threats is still very much an open question.

«We are inclined to view it as posing greater trade risk for all types of energy, particularly if other nations establish new trade barriers against U.S. products,» Washington - based research firm ClearView Energy Partners LLC said in a report Monday.

The rupee joins the rupiah (which had fallen more than 13 % against the U.S. dollar as of August), and Brazil's real in a spate of tough economic times for developing nations, particularly those with large current account deficits.

Russian President Vladimir Putin gave a wild state of the nation address to the country's elites on Thursday, and he chose to conclude the speech by hyping up a bunch of doomsday nuclear devices and threatening to retaliate against anyone who attacks the US with nuclear force.

While some countries have used offensive military actions as a distraction, to do so against Israel or any Western nation would be to invite a calamitous response.

This fast train to war was sidetracked, however, as Russia and China succeeded in blocking concerted United Nations action against both Iran and its ally, Syria (itself facing a massive propaganda campaign alleging atrocities that can not be independently or fully verified).

«Zeihan examines how the hard rules of geography are eroding the American commitment to free trade; how much of the planet is aging into a mass retirement that will enervate markets and capital supplies; and how, against all odds, it is the ever - ravenous American economy that — alone among the developed nations — is rapidly approaching energy independence.»

In the last month, there have been mass street protests, and a global network of nongovernmental organizations, the United Nations Convention Against Corruption, has joined the call for Mr. Najib's resignation.

UNITED NATIONS / TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters)- The United States threatened unilateral action against Iran on Monday after Russia vetoed a western bid for the United Nations Security Council to call out Tehran for failing to prevent its weapons from falling into the hands of Yemen's HouthiNATIONS / TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters)- The United States threatened unilateral action against Iran on Monday after Russia vetoed a western bid for the United Nations Security Council to call out Tehran for failing to prevent its weapons from falling into the hands of Yemen's HouthiNations Security Council to call out Tehran for failing to prevent its weapons from falling into the hands of Yemen's Houthi group.

Since taking office in 2009, Mr. Najib has drawn his country closer to the United States and has used his annual United Nations trips to promote Malaysia as a moderate Muslim partner in the fight against terrorism and as a strategic Asian counterforce to China.

If Jokowi prevails in the neck - and - neck race against his opponent, former military general Prabowo Subianto, he'll be leading the fourth largest nation on Earth.

Trump's threat to hit North Korea came as that nation — reacting to new United Nations sanctions against its nuclear program — warned the U.S. would «pay dearly» and said it was examining plans to fire a missile toward an American military base on Guam.

In The Wealth of Nations, Smith wrote: «People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public.»

We lived through a period in which nation - states competed against each other for glory and preeminence, and the results were not pretty.

«Our combat - hardened aircrews are at the tip of the spear for applying airpower against our nation's enemies,» said Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein.

The sanctions are the latest against third - country companies and individuals in an effort to exert greater economic pressure on Kim Jong Un's regime, which has conducted regular missile and nuclear tests in defiance of United Nations resolutions and has developed weapons that may be capable of hitting the continental U.S.

She is also a formidable voice for women's empowerment in Turkey, a nation with one of the worst gender gaps in the workplace; the university founded and chaired by Sabancı made headlines last year when it published a report on the impact of domestic violence against white - collar working women in Turkey.

Republican senators who had previously assailed the nation's debt burden — including Senators Jeff Flake of Arizona and James Lankford of Oklahoma — eventually fell in line to support the bill after efforts to include a backstop against growing deficits failed.

The tribe, which says it is prepared to seek damages against the companies in state court, notes in its suit that from 2003 to 2014, more than 350 deaths related to opioids occurred in the Cherokee Nation.

On Monday, barely a week after China voted in favor of tough new United Nations sanctions against North Korea, the Trump administration launched an investigation into whether China is pirating the intellectual property of American firms under Section 301 of the 1974 Trade Act.

For a nation that isn't officially at war against another nation, the United States dropped an awful lot of bombs on a pretty large number of countries last year, according to research by Micah Zenko, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, and research associate Jennifer Wilson.

The rest of the 15 - nation council, including Russia, voted unanimously against Israel.

Navarro, along with now - Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, have advocated for tough measures against «unfair trade practices» by China and other nations.

Then, this past October, Live Nation filed suit against Cohl for US$ 5.35 million, charging that he hadn't paid what was owed for the non-compete exemption.

The terms of his exit barred Cohl from competing against Live Nation in concert promotion, but he bought an exemption letting him work with a few artists — including the Rolling Stones, the deal's «crown jewel.»

'» And while the judgment halts prospecting only in the Kaska, it may be used by First Nations seeking injunctions against exploration elsewhere.

China, North Korea's biggest trading partner, has joined United Nations sanctions against the North that have cut trade between them by around 90 percent.

Aetna is the nation's No. 3 health insurer, competing against UnitedHealth, Anthem and Cigna to provide coverage for doctor and hospital visits.

«I know we are competing against every other metropolitan area in the nation,» said Greg Prestemon, CEO of the St. Charles County Economic Development Council (EDC).

Michael Sorkin, an award - winning architect and the architecture critic for The Nation, wrote a manifesto - length essay in response («Architecture Against Trump») that describes the AIA statement as «temperate, agreeable, indeed feckless.»

Crimes verging on genocide were being committed against the Rohingya minority in Myanmar, and those crimes bore «the fingerprints of the Myanmar government and of the international community», the United Nations special adviser on the prevention of genocide said on Tuesday.

The United Nations Security Council recently imposed more heavy sanctions against the regime in response to its missile testing, and Trump told reporters that the additional sanctions his administration was considering are «as strong as they get.»

The United Nations, Western nations and rights groups have decried a crackdown by Hun Sen against his critics ahead of a July general elNations, Western nations and rights groups have decried a crackdown by Hun Sen against his critics ahead of a July general elnations and rights groups have decried a crackdown by Hun Sen against his critics ahead of a July general election.

The European Commission is taking legal action against Ireland and Luxembourg for allegedly giving sweetheart tax deals to companies like iPhone maker Apple and burger chain McDonalds that allowed them to shift profits from other EU nations.

The United Nations Security Council was set to meet later on Monday to discuss fresh sanctions against the isolated regime.

For now, the best response is that a program such as the above — applied when necessary beyond Iraq, Syria, and ISIS to other challenges against the international order — would buy the Middle East time for the modernization and internal transformation needed to anchor the nation - state principle and provide homegrown disincentives to violence and upheaval.

Rosenstein, founder and managing partner at Jana Partners, has come out against the $ 6.7 billion deal, which would create the nation's largest natural gas producer.

A heavy union presence tends to work against states in our Workforce category, and Census figures show New Jersey remains among the most unionized states in the nation.

The ECB must be aware of this and accepting of the risk that the stand - off could lead to the publics in the peripheral nations rebelling against the notion of a European union.