Sentences with phrase «old soldier in»

, I thought Major Pettigrew was a brave old soldier in his relationship with Mrs. Ali and his community.

Private Adam Winfield was a 21 - year - old soldier in Afghanistan when he attempted, with the help of his father, to alert the military to his unit's heinous war crimes: killing Afghans for sport.

He's an old soldier in a world that's nothing but battlefield, an exile with no home to go back to.

Given that many soldiers on the front lines are in their late teens or early 20s, the researchers wondered whether groups with younger soldiers might benefit from the inclusion of a slightly older soldier in his mid - to late - 20s.

Not exact matches

It comes five years after a 21 - year - old soldier died at Castlemartin when he was shot in the head while relaxing at a safe location just outside the training range.

We see Peggy in old age in «Captain America: The Winter Soldier,» but she passes away in «Civil War.»

In the movie, Mark Rylance plays such a character, an older man who takes his weekend boat to rescue stranded soldiers.

He sent soldiers to kill al the boys in and around Bethlehem who were two years old and under, because the wise men had him the star first appeared to them about two years earlier.

While news media like Time and 60 Minutes cast Grey in the role of David fighting the Goliath of the gambling industry, he prefers a different Old Testament story, comparing himself and his followers to Gideon and his unlikely band of soldiers handpicked to do God's will.

Nebuchadnezzar may be said to have had a «bad press» in the Old Testament, but he was an able and enlightened monarch — statesman, soldier and builder.

One of American fiction's most attractive characters is the 13 - year - old Esme in J. D. Salinger's «For Esme — With Love and Squalor»; her unaffected charm and solicitude rescue the soldier - narrator from a World War II emotional and spiritual hell.

Contemporary warfare has in fact taken the form of local conflicts, more often than not civil wars, in which no great alliances of nations are involved; these have been wars fought for reasons based in local rivalries, typically inflamed by historical animosities, ethnic disparity, or religious difference, rather than for reasons of global Realpolitik; they have been fought not with nuclear weapons (or, indeed, other types of weapons of mass - destructive capability) or the latest in military technology, but instead with conventional weaponry, often of old design, and often limited to rifles, knives, grenades, and light, crew - served weapons which individual soldiers can carry on their persons.

Eleven days before Eamonn McCormick finally died, an 18 - year - old soldier called Keith Bryan from Bristol was shot dead by the IRA while on foot patrol in the Lower Falls area of Belfast.

So we bid farewell to Henry — not a military officer, but in his way very much the old soldier, as well as a scholar, a visionary, and a Christian gentleman.

Similar substitutions should be made in the passages where Jesus deals with the centurion of great faith (Matthew 8:5 — 13, Luke 7:1 — 9), where Peter brings the gospel to gentiles for the first time via the centurion Cornelius (Acts 10), and where the writer of Hebrews commends to his Christian audience the acts of force used by noble soldiers in the Old Testament (ch.

As a professional soldier, I observed that the old saying there are no atheists in a foxhole is a truism.

When the first contingent arrived at Letchworth Garden City in Hertfordshire, they seemed dazed for they had been «hiding for a fortnight or more behind hedges and in woods»; «one old woman had been driven out of her bed by the German soldiers, and actually arrived in London in her night clothes.»

Standing alongside his fellow Scots Guardsmen resplendent in their bearskins was Sikh Jatinderpal Singh Bhullar — the first soldier in his 180 - year - old regiment to swap the traditional headwear for a turban.

The road winds down through the camp's shooting range, past an old Patton tank (used by Iraqis in 1948) and other recognizable targets, such as metal figures cut in the shape of 1920s - era soldiers.

Mostly they came, I think, because, he loved them and could tell them so, yes, even those vast, milling throngs; there was a touch, a sense, a spirit moving in, across, among those mobs of eager people, told them here at last they had a man who was concerned not for himself, who was not out to get himself elected, but who cared for every single one of them, and tottering old dames, lepers, whores, soldiers, robbers; I've seen them all transformed by seeing him.

Indeed, he creates a virtual phantasmagoria of suffering from actual instances of human barbarity that he has read about in Russian newspapers: Turkish soldiers cutting babies from their mother's wombs and throwing them in the air in order to impale them on their bayonets; enlightened parents stuffing their five - year - old daughter's mouth with excrement and locking her in a freezing privy all night for having wet the bed, while they themselves sleep soundly; Genevan Christians teaching a naive peasant to bless the good God even as the poor dolt is beheaded for thefts and murders that his ostensibly Christian society caused him to commit; a Russian general, offended at an eight - year - old boy for accidentally hurting the paw of the officer's dog, inciting his wolfhounds to tear the child to pieces; a lady and gentleman flogging their eight - year - old daughter with a birch - rod until she collapses while crying for mercy, «Papa, papa, dear papa.»

I was 15 years old, playing basketball on a military base in Oklahoma and was fortunate enough to play with a few friends and a few soldiers in a game of pick - up.

Minus some flashes from both Sead and Iwobi, and a workingman - like effort from Elneny, we learned very little... so here are a few of my observations from today's game, which highlight my concerns about this team moving forward... the fact that Mertz started this game, regardless of our injuries or those being «rested», should be a serious red flag for any true Arsenal fan... if Wenger is preparing to use Mertz with any regularity then the whole thing is a moot point because we are in deep shit... the fact is no quality team would ever have this tin soldier anywhere near there starting eleven except to groom their youthful players, who in turn should be playing in this type of game instead... I can only hope he was simply throwing him a bone for the FA appearance and for agreeing to stay on following the season, but I think the most likely answer is that Wenger's fragile relationship with the fan - base can't be ignored so he felt his experience was a safer bet... unfortunately not a positive choice for a team trying to move forward (same old, same old)

In an absolutely heartbreaking interview, the 24 - year old pregnant widow of one of the soldiers killed in Niger talks about her husband, how she's dealing with her loss, and how she felt when Trump called heIn an absolutely heartbreaking interview, the 24 - year old pregnant widow of one of the soldiers killed in Niger talks about her husband, how she's dealing with her loss, and how she felt when Trump called hein Niger talks about her husband, how she's dealing with her loss, and how she felt when Trump called her.

After a season away, the Bears are happy to be back in their old lakefront neighborhood, and their Museum Campus Chicago neighbors are happy the Soldier Field construction is ending.

Jones and his current partners in C3, 40 - year - old Charles Attal and 36 - year - old Charlie Walker, also have forged contracts with the Congress Theatre to book shows at the 4,200 - seat theater and with the Philadelphia - based facility management firm SMG and the Chicago Park District to bring events to Soldier Field.

Dear Abby: I am a 21 - year - old soldier stationed with the U.S. Army in Heidelberg, Germany.

«As a 20 - year - old soldier wrote just a week before he died: «But for this war I and all the others would have passed into oblivion like the countless myriads before us, but we shall live for ever in the results of our efforts.»

NPP branch secretary in Eshiem, Mr Daniel Appiah, popularly called Old Soldier, who's also the owner of the building said, looking at what the NDC Parliamentary Candidate for the area, Sam Kwesi Fletcher is doing for the constituents there's no way the sinking NPP candidate (Lawyer Abban) can win the seat.

• I get N1000 per trip — fake soldier By Evelyn Usman and Faith Ake CLAD in a complete Military regalia, 24 - year - old...

A 19 - year - old man has been arrested in connection with the murder of two British soldiers at a barracks in Northern Ireland last month.

This has led to high levels of drop - outs, with one in every two soldiers aged 16 to 22 years old leaving the army.

In a brief address, the 72 - year old raised the expectation of party foot soldiers.

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS — Northern Manhattan paid tribute to a fallen soldier Sunday afternoon, by naming an intersection after a 23 - year - old Army sergeant from the neighborhood who was killed while fighting in Iraq.

The Northern Regional Command of the Airbone Force has handed over three of the five soldiers who brutally assaulted a 16 - year old boy, Christopher Bama, in Tamale, to the Northern Regional Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service for a thorough investigation into the matter.

Take a green 18 - year - old, stick him in a uniform, ship him off to a war, and expose him to something truly horrific even by the standards of human violence — say, a battle in which he's the only soldier in his entire unit to survive.

Americans may cite smoke signals, or lanterns placed in the tower of Boston's Old North Church to warn revolutionary Paul Revere which route British soldiers would take to try to seize rebel supplies.

On a chilly morning in September 1987, in the waning days of the Iran - Iraq War, an 18 - year - old Iranian soldier named Seyed Naser Emadi drove from a battlefield in northwestern Iran to a hospital in Nagadeh, a city a couple hours away.

It all started back in World War 2, when according to one old tale, doctors giving blood transfusions to wounded soldiers realised they'd run out of saline solution to replenish their blood electrolytes.

When eight - year - old Myles Eckert found $ 20 in a Cracker Barrel parking lot, he didn't spend it on a video game - he gave it to a soldier to thank him for The little boy who froze with emotion when his soldier father returned home had forgotten what he looked like and even asked a stranger «Are you my daddy

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In 1971, during the height of the pitched battles between draftees in the British Army and groups of Catholics, we are led to understand that while many British soldiers did not want to be fighting there, «oppressing» the Catholics, and on the Catholic side were young radicals called provisionals that wanted no peace and nothing less than pitching the Brits out versus the older moderates who believed in negotiationIn 1971, during the height of the pitched battles between draftees in the British Army and groups of Catholics, we are led to understand that while many British soldiers did not want to be fighting there, «oppressing» the Catholics, and on the Catholic side were young radicals called provisionals that wanted no peace and nothing less than pitching the Brits out versus the older moderates who believed in negotiationin the British Army and groups of Catholics, we are led to understand that while many British soldiers did not want to be fighting there, «oppressing» the Catholics, and on the Catholic side were young radicals called provisionals that wanted no peace and nothing less than pitching the Brits out versus the older moderates who believed in negotiationin negotiations.

LANGUAGE 6 - About 12 F - words, 3 sexual references, 10 scatological terms, 2 anatomical terms, name - calling (old, irresponsible, flaky, crazy, mumbo jumbo, mental), stereotypical references to men, women, non-working boyfriends, news reporters, looters, police officers, wait staff, estranged fathers, prisoners in jail, retired soldiers, 1 religious profanity, 15 religious exclamations.

Yet as much as Francine seems to be in love, she's fallen for a traumatized soldier who, along with Solange's husband, Clovis (Olivier Rabourdin), and Georges» older brother, Constant (Nicolas Giraud), has suffered a significant amount of shell shock.

The closest thing to a bold departure in Burke's plodding treatment is the somewhat marginalized exposure given to unit leader Yoni Netanyahu (Angel Bonanni), the older brother of current Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and the only Israeli soldier killed in the raid.

However, things don't quite go as planned, and though they do make it to a military installation at which Rosalie initially agrees to wait for the next train back to civilization, instead Blocker finds himself not only continuing to look after her, but adding an old friend to the mix in the form of a disgraced soldier heading for the gallows named Sgt. Charles Willis (Ben Foster).

Oh, just that old chestnut about a soldier sent back in time to protect the mother of humanity's savior from futuristic robot assassins.

While Christopher Nolan has enlisted a number of A-list stars for his upcoming World War II epic Dunkirk, 19 - year - old newcomer Fionn Whitehead (Him) is set to take on the lead role in his feature film debut, and Entertainment Weekly has released a new image of his character, the young British soldier Collins; check it out here... -LSB-...]

The mismatched duo are barely ensconced in their new digs before a cyborg from the future — or, as Wade describes him, «a grumpy old fucker with a Winter Soldier arm» — named Cable (Josh Brolin), shows up and tries to murder Russell.

The 29 - year - old beauty stars alongside the pair in the forthcoming sci - fi movie — which sees Bruce play an older version of foot soldier Joseph Simmons and Gordon - Levitt portray the younger version of the character — and she was fascinated watching the 31 - year - old actor impersonate his older colleague.