Sentences with phrase «of a war zone as»

Bizarrely there's no wind noise, but quiet it certainly isn't — sitting in the cabin is like being in the middle of a war zone as 7.3 litres of AMG does battle with aerodynamics.

I think of a war zone as a class D neighborhood.

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The pattern of operations in 2017 in what the Obama administration used to call areas «outside of active hostilities» (or active war zones such as Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria) indicated that the US will continue the reinvigorated air campaign in these theaters in the coming years.

WestJet charges between $ 20 and $ 23 for a second bag on most routes, while Air Canada charges economy - class flyers $ 20 for a second bag within Canada and $ 25 for a single piece of checked luggage on flights to the U.S. Not surprisingly, the aisles of many flights now resemble a war zone as frantic passengers search for an overhead bin into which they stuff their bulging carry - ons, slowing down boarding times.

The biggest spenders on such ads are large makers of online games such as King («Candy Crush»), Supercell («Clash of Clans»), and Machine Zone («Game of War»).

Yet he decided to make the trek across town through military checkpoints, driving down streets littered with debris into what can easily be described as a war zone, to see the fate of his religious home.

As ISIS flees, some of the first frontline Christians already know how to follow Jesus in a war zone.

In fact this was demonstrated very effectively as recently as 1955, when, following World War II, the occupying Soviet Army voluntarily left the Eastern zone of Austria.

They also learned about how the cathedral's work continues today in war zones around the globe and through organisations such as the Community of the Cross of Nails.

It would not surprise me that their official version of this biscuit was more like hard - tack, as they did have to use it for rations in a war - zone closer to Hell than almost any other, and supply lines which mostly were inoperable.

be it england german or france, cause the citizens of the famous european countries do nt have as much fire or will to fight as the immigrant of war countries / financially «handicapped» sub-countries like sanchez put it rightly, these spoiled kids of the rich countries have bee too long in their comfort zones, while the secondos are had to fight for a lot of things while a lot of the citizens helped them another side of the citizens (people like you) confronted them with racial views and ridicule..

United will play in unfamiliar surroundings, travelling to Odessa, as Luhansk is a war zone and football has been taken to the west side of the country.

Finding out where some of the war - zone capitals or flooding disasters were was surely as important as discussing from text books how Hong Kong has changed, or thinking about the rainforest.

Funny old world how we talk about the working class so long as they are working, a lot of the lads coming back from the war zones will have the same treatment, your not part of society.

They also discuss how the roles of men, as active agents, and women, as passive victims, in war have been buttressed by current understandings of the use of rape in conflict zones and how this gendered understanding of conflict roles has negative consequences for the movement towards gender equality and the goal of eradicating rape in war.

As a result, the building looks like a war zone, everything is busted, there are live electrical wires hanging in the corridors (but the utility guys were nice enough to provide «DANGER OF DEATH DO NOT TOUCH» stickers).

As a man with a penchant for war zone tourism, Levy has trotted the globe in response to each new outbreak of conflict; ostensibly in order to attract public attention to the issue (and, arguably, to himself); each time proclaiming his solution to the crisis within a few weeks of arrival.

RWB also fights against censorship and laws that undermine press freedom, gives financial aid each year to 100 or so journalists or media outlets in difficulty (to pay for lawyers, medical care and equipment) as well to the families of imprisoned journalists, and works to improve the safety of journalists, especially those reporting in war zones.

Pigeons have been bred to serve as messengers across war zones and also as prize - winning specimens of spectacular and oddball plumage.

«PTSD, which is perhaps better known as a problem found in survivors of war zones and natural disasters, can develop when a person experiences a frightening event that poses a serious threat.»

The rapid turnaround time of the test could be ideal for resource - limited situations, such as war zones, remote areas, and during emergencies, the authors say.

Educational sites are more than just places for learning to read and count; they can also serve as refuges from the psychological impact of living in a war zone and as centers to furnish health information and instruction in protective measures, such as ways to avoid land mines.

But really stress, so working as a journalist in war zones was really not the smartest thing I could for myself and a huge part of the, you know, recovery process was learning how to manage this stress, but you know, the kinda of emotional aspect of it but also the physical aspect and you know, it was born of necessity as it is for so many of us, you know, the kind of wounded healer archetype that is so apt for --

From the smallest of things like a smile, a touch to the shoulder, a nod of respect and acknowledgement, sharing one's lunch, or a light to see with, to bigger things like using one's vacation time to volunteer as a nurse in a war zone halfway across the planet.

Memorial Day sets up the party zone as a moral equivalent to the war zone, hammers that connection home and then stops - content with offering an equation in lieu of an argument

[Gary] Shore's directorial debut breaths new life into the genre, taking this story back hundreds of years, delving into the unknown origin story of the innovator himself, Mr. Dracula... The way Vlad craves blood is well - judged, as we see him battle his conscious; a far more intriguing and entertaining battle than those in the war zone, which are unvaried and monotonous.

As is the case with many directorial projects by actors, the acting is uniformly solid in The War Zone; in fact, it's nothing short of extraordinary.

Part of the reason for the improvement is not only the higher budget, but also in replacing Stallone with Shane West (The Mechanic, Tomb Raider) as director, who isn't as interested in being as viscerally gory as Sly, but widens the scope of the impressively mounted battle sequences to look like a real war zone.

Meanwhile, what starts out as a simple contest for a chance at early class registration turns the peaceful campus of Greendale Community College into an all - out war zone.

Coming home from the war zone, Kyle, who had hopes of competing as an Olympic swimmer, suffers both physical and emotional injuries.

Fortunately for us, counter-programming is a beautiful thing, and while the multiplexes may be a war zone from now until Labor Day, the smaller movie theaters out there are going to be bustling with indie movies and some of the best foreign films as of late.

Here's the set - up: Eyepatched malcontent Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell) has just docked inside the penal colony / war zone of Manhattan Island circa, obviously, the future, but you'll laugh when the year is identified as 1997.

But we have, again, that annoying way of presenting relationships as a war zone, and men as predators and women as prey, which may resonate for some but which is hardly the only way to see the equation.

Once you realize, and it's quite early on when you will, that Snyder isn't going to do much more with these characters except give you more porn fetish outfits for them to try on and move them into a variety of increasingly over-populated action - war scenarios, you will find yourself doing what Baby Doll does in the film, zoning completely out and into the comfort of your own daydreams as the bullets fly and explosions erupt on the screen.

The title of that movie was The War Zone, and Winstone turned in a stellar performance as a father who's sexually abusing his teenage daughter.

The plot starts you off just as blue - skinned Genetic Infantry (G.I) trooper Rogue makes planetfall, tumbling out of a drop - pod and into the middle of a hellish war zone.

While cleaning up kennels for the K9 unit as punishment for a night of misbehavior, Megan becomes fascinated with the working dogs that trained to sniff out explosives in war zones.

Bred for war and betrayed by your superiors at the Quartz Zone massacre, you stalk the battlefield as a one - man squad, carrying the sentient biochips of three fallen soldiers in your rifle, pack and helmet.

These included Brian De Palma, who plumbed the nature of modern war as a compilation of artefacts in Redacted (2006), and Olivier Assayas, who explored globalised, internet - connected society and its abyssal zones of alienation and distancing very effectively in works like Demonlover (2002), Clean (2004), and Boarding Gate (2007).

The movie also allows some well - known Chicago luminaries to weigh - in on the burgeoning crisis, such as Jesse Jackson («This is a state of emergency; this is what a war zone looks like.»)

While Punisher: War Zone (2008) has its fair share of problems, Stevenson is able to portray Frank's pain and loneliness while still coming across as an unstoppable killing machine.

While not nearly as ambitious or powerful as The Big Short, War Dogs shows that a director can branch out of their comfort zones and deliver quality films.

Not just the way they drunkenly stagger through the war zones, or the way they constantly have their cameras out, ready for The Big Picture to need to be taken at any moment, or even the way they use their cameras as their only defense against the death squads that would probably enjoy killing them (Cassady and Boyle routinely get out of trouble by offering to photograph the petty fascists threatening their lives, offering to make them famous in exchange for not getting murdered).

It's happening inside the buffer zone on the border known as the Demilitarized Zone, or DMZ, at Panmunjom — the already - historic site of the signing of the 1953 armistice that ended the fighting in the Korean zone on the border known as the Demilitarized Zone, or DMZ, at Panmunjom — the already - historic site of the signing of the 1953 armistice that ended the fighting in the Korean Zone, or DMZ, at Panmunjom — the already - historic site of the signing of the 1953 armistice that ended the fighting in the Korean War.

The title of Boland's The Battle for Room 314 says it all: the author experienced his classroom as if it were a war zone.

Blood Brothers is the story of this difficult passage — for Weisskopf, Damon, Rodriguez, Isaacs, and hundreds of others — a story that began with healthy men heading off to a war zone, and continued through the months in Ward 57 as they prepared their minds and bodies for a different life than the one they left.

Think of jobs like oil rig worker, underwater welder / construction, working in war zones as a contractor, and more.

In many cases, these jobs are not in desirable areas as well (remote areas, war zones, underwater / at sea, in shady areas of town).

In Iraq and Afghanistan, our US troops, are drawn to nearby animals as a means of loving companionship and a vital way to cope with the emotional struggle and psychological hardships of every day life in a havoc - filled war zone.

Anthony discovered he really enjoyed traveling the world when he was sent to a former war zone for work - Kosovo - as his first venture outside of Australia and New Zealand.