Sentences with phrase «successful war campaigns»

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A male soldier and a female prisoner of war Women could be taken as booty from a successful campaign and forced to become wives or concubines.

I pointed out above that the politicians who campaigned on a strident culture - wars theme were not particularly successful in electoral politics.

This was notably the case in the successful campaign against Negro slavery, in the many efforts, not so successful, to curb war and bring about international peace, in the Red Cross for ministering to the sufferers from war and from natural disasters, in the inauguration of the modern nursing profession, in the fight against the excessive use of alcohol, in the efforts to improve the care of prisoners and the insane, in the multiform endeavors, never before so numerous, to give larger opportunities to the underprivileged, and in some of the many programs for the thorough reconstruction of society.

He opposed the Iraq War, and was at the forefront of a successful campaign to recall Parliament in September 2002, attempting to organise an unofficial recall if the House would not formally sit.

Films like «The Broken Circle Breakdown», «War Witch» were big winners at Tribeca ahead of successful Oscar campaigns that resulted in nominations.

It seems to me these other successful campaigns worked either because we ran out of funds (ending certain wars), or there was majority public support (reducing smoking in public facilities), or there was the potential for expanded employment and large profits (Space Program), or.......