Sentences with phrase «ruinous military»

One thing is certain though: from the impulsive bent of yore, epitomised by the with - immediate - effect temper of the ruinous military years, Nigerians would tend to have become more tempered.

So while there are few checks and balances on the abuse of power, the leadership's priorities remain the same: keep the country relatively stable, head off political risks, and avoid a financially ruinous military conflict.

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The rougher, former military - industrial buildings include such meditations on conflict as Mr. Storr's choices of Italian artists Paolo Canevari, whose «Bouncing Skull» (2007) features a child kicking around a skull in front of a gutted tower block in the former army HQ in Belgrade, and Gabriele Basilico's sumptuously ruinous cityscapes, «Beirut 1991» (2003).