Sentences with phrase «preside over a war»

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He presided over fiscal policy at a time of major expansion of the Vietnam War, eventually lobbying vigorously in 1968 for a 10 percent tax increase that many analysts said should have been imposed sooner.

In a letter announcing his retirement from the army at the close of the War, he wrote: «I now make it my earnest prayer, that God would have you, and the State over which you preside, in his holy protection, that he would incline the hearts of the Citizens to cultivate a spirit of subordination and obedience to Government, to entertain a brotherly affection and love for one another, for their fellow Citizens of the United States at large, and particularly for their brethren who have served in the Field, and finally, that he would most graciously be pleased to dispose us all, to do Justice, to love mercy, and to demean ourselves with that Charity, humility and pacific temper of mind, which were the Characteristicks of the Divine Author of our blessed Religion, and without an humble imitation of whose example in these things, we can never hope to be a happy Nation.»

From Ryan Lizza's enlightening profile in The New Yorker, I learned that Michele Bachmann's influences include spiritual and political mentors who preach the literal «inerrancy» of the Bible, who warn Christians to be suspicious of ideas that come from non-Christians, who believe homosexuality is an «abomination,» who portray the pre-Civil War South as a pretty nice place for slaves and who advocate «Dominionism,» the view that Christians and only Christians should preside over earthly institutions.

Highest of the Norse gods; he presided over art and wisdom, war, and death.

No, instead, Mr. Rangel deserves some sympathy because after four decades in the House of Representatives, building a political machine that has seen scores of friends and protégés win high office, serving a district that has been represented by only two people since World War II, he is now presiding over that district's dissolution.

So, after clinging on for a full five years Major goes to the polls, Smith wins with ease, presiding over a Labour majority of 150, an even bigger margin of victory than that achieved by Clement Attlee after World War II.

The Chairman of the committee, Herman Hembe and the immediate past Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim were locked in a war of words after Anyim objected to Hembe presiding over the hearing.

Even Jack Straw, the foreign secretary who presided over the Iraq war, is lobbying MPs for change.

He was the chancellor who presided over the most catastrophic financial crash since the second world war and he was a senior member of the cabinet that subsequently took Labour to its second worst defeat since the first world war.

This is a Conservative - led government presiding over the highest tax burden since the end of the second world war and the smallest standing army since Victorian times.

For the past two months, Donald Trump has presided over a political team riddled with turf wars, staff reshuffling and dueling power centers.

Language: English Genre: Biography / Drama MPAA rating: PG - 13 Director: Steven Spielberg Actors: Daniel Day - Lewis, Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones Plot: Steven Spielberg's long - in - the - work biography of the sixteenth President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, as he presides over nation, and family, during the Civil War.

Much of Hongi's tribe is slaughtered, and after belabored stressing of the fact that ancestral virtues of honor and legacy have been breached, a war breaks out that calls on this inexperienced and newly orphaned boy to enlist the assistance of the Warrior (Lawrence Makoare), a monstrous cannibal who presides over the film's titular death trap.

January 9, 2015 • Mahinda Rajapaksa, who presided over the end of the island nation's long and brutal civil war, lost to a former ally and Cabinet minister, Maithripala Sirisena.

Steven Spielberg's long - in - the - work biography of the sixteenth President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, as he presides over nation, and family, during the Civil War.

The shimmering towers, bustling streets and sprawling grasslands of Wakanda, the fictional east African country presided over by our hero King T'Challa (a suitably regal Chadwick Boseman), look almost nothing like Star Wars or Blade Runner — and in the current Hollywood sci - fi canon, that makes its sights virtually unique.

Thunderstruck presents a vibrant portrait of an era of séances, science, and fog, inhabited by inventors, magicians, and Scotland Yard detectives, all presided over by the amiable and fun - loving Edward VII as the world slid inevitably toward the first great war of the twentieth century.

Steely and implacable, Jerene presides over her family's legacy of paintings at the Mint Museum; Duke, the one - time college golden boy and descendant of a Confederate general, whose promising political career was mysteriously short - circuited, has settled into a comfortable semi-senescence as a Civil War re-enactor.

In 1996 he became a founding partner of 3BM Television, of which he is now chariman, and has presided over a stream of high quality historical and investigative documentaries ranging from «Cannibal», «A World in Arms» and «The Age of Terror» (winner of the Broadcast multi-channel award) to «World War One in Colour» and «Ten Days to D - Day».

The castle presided over many years of important Scottish historical events, such as the Wars of Scottish Independence in the 14th century and the Jacobite Rising of 1745, and was a royal residence right up until 1603.

The castle presided over many years of important Scottish historical events, including the Wars of Scottish Independence in the 14th century and the Jacobite Rising of 1745, and was a royal residence until 1603.

If you're just joining us, God of War 3 starts with the repeatedly wronged Kratos on the cusp of crushing Zeus, the manipulative god presiding over Mount Olympus and a whole interactive diorama built out of bloody Greek mythology.

In some works, central figures preside over mounting chaos below; infinitesimal creatures, soldiers, and machinery collide with their larger counterparts, and forge a wars cape void of time and place.

The left hates George Bush because he's a simpleton who got us into two unfunded wars and presided over one of the great financial collapses in our history.

Guess which one survived the war physically, which one rallied his people, which one, with help from other by - then threatened countries» leaders, eventually presided over the defeat of the bully?