Sentences with phrase «than war war»

He asks Cameron whether Syria crisis shows that «jaw jaw is better than war war»?

Not exact matches

If for no other reason than that I don't want to land on the same date as one of the «Star Wars» sequels,» Cameron said.

Airlines are warring over wealthy travelers, spending millions on plush first - class cabins that look more like flying hotel rooms than seats on a commercial airliner.

To put the importance of the overseas box office into perspective, all of the 10 highest - grossing films of 2016 made more money overseas than domestically (the top film, Disney's Captain America: Civil War, made almost 65 % of its $ 1.15 billion total through international release).

«I think we're not closer to war than a week ago, but we are closer to war than we were a decade ago,» National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster said Sunday on ABC News.

It's better to jaw - jaw than war - war, as Winston Churchill liked to say.

«Many on both sides focused more on trying to stay warm and dry, securing food, and avoiding death than pursuing the aims of their generals,» according to The Encyclopedia of World War I's entry on the Christmas Truce.

2 is impressive having earned more than all the other films combined,» said Paul Degarabedian, senior media analyst at ComScore, who noted that Captain America: Civil War accounted for more than half of the summer take at this point last year.

Troops bringing the American flag back to Iraq in 2003 or deploying to Afghanistan in the same time period received just a little more than their Persian Gulf War predecessors, with $ 1,064.70 for soldiers with less than four months of service and $ 1,150.80 for the seasoned veterans with four months or more under their belts.

Of course, complaints about the proliferation of sequels tend to be much louder in the wake of a high - profile flop than they are after the release of financially and critically successful follow - ups (see: Disney's Marvel and Star Wars franchises, or the Despicable Me and Hunger Games movies, to name a few — though, some movies still make a ton of money despite toxic reviews).

She also had moments of incredible and unconventional bravery as when she vowed to stay by his side during the Cuban missile crisis when the threat of nuclear war was greater than it has ever been.

As they took cover from the machine guns, they received word that the war would be over in less than an hour.

Prince William and his brother Harry did more than just play with lightsabers when they dropped by the set of the next «Star Wars» movie in April 2016.

The transfer shares a good part of the blame for the financial squeeze that leaves young adults unable to afford a family of more than one or two children, as journalist Duncan Hood discusses in «The war against the family.»

To put that a different way, by this one measure more innovation is occurring right now than during the post-Civil War portion of the Industrial Revolution and the post-WWII economic boom.

New prime minister Malcolm Turnbull brings with him a better working knowledge of how Western Australia functions than any of his predecessors since the days of war time PM John Curtin, who died in 1945.

The Internet makes it easier than ever to distribute text and video, which can be a big help for human rights activists trying to get the word out about horrific conditions in war zones or repressive regimes.

It will be a war more serious in terms of human suffering than anything we've seen since 1953,» Mattis said, also noting the danger to the heavily - populated South Korean capital of Seoul: «It will involve the massive shelling of an ally's capital, which is one of the most densely packed cities on earth.»

That will be an advantage for the Conservatives, who sit atop a larger war chest than the other parties, as Alice Funke recently noted in Maclean's:

In many ways, the combat in the new «God of War» feels more «Dark Souls» or «Bloodborne» than «God of War.»

At the end of the day, I have more appreciation for being able to make an impact on someone's life than I have for helping to liberate Iraq in one war.

The site of fierce battles during the Korean War, Gangwon's mountains remain a focal point for recovery missions searching for the remains of more than 7,700 American soldiers still unaccounted for, according to Pentagon figures.

Reaction from lawmakers was far more positive than anyone could have predicted during the Bush - era estrangement of France and the U.S. over the Iraq War.

The French president warned that trade wars, rather than trade deals, «destroy jobs» and raise prices for the middle class.

«Waging war is much more popular than negotiating, because there you need to compromise.»

That's more important than ever given Amazon just declared war on every supermarket and corner store in America.

Fikret Abdic was recently elected mayor of the western Bosnian town of Velika Kladusa, having served time for setting up prison camps during the war that housed 5,000 prisoners, more than 300 of whom were killed.

The civil war in Syria has been raging for more than six years as rebels fight to oust Assad, a brutal authoritarian who has terrorized Syrians for years.

De Beers spokesman Andrew Coxon estimated the value of conflict diamonds produced from three African states involved in civil war at more than US$ 255 million.

Irish research firm Eagle Alpha, for example, digested 7,416 comments on a Reddit gaming thread in October to predict that Electronic Arts (EA) would sell more of its new Star Wars videogame than it had projected; Electronic Arts soon raised its sales forecast, citing «excitement» over the game.

This is more than the Cold War's simple fixation on Russian villains, however, with StudioCanal producing, for example, «The Tracking of a Russian Spy,» which sees Logan Lerman play a journalist who travels to Russia and becomes a tool of the Kremlin, in a film which sets out to tackle ideas of fake news and disinformation campaigns.

It's far more important at this phase to win the standards war than to make money.

Speaking on Sunday, Fihn said the risk of nuclear weapons being used was now greater than during the Cold War.

If you've never seen Alec Guinness in anything other than «Star Wars,» you should watch this Oscar - winning performance he gives here.

«We've opened up a new front in the trade war, and while it's quieter than all of the bombast about tariffs that had people freaking out, there are still a ton of companies that can get hurt here,» the «Mad Money» host said.

There is now more reported «activity from Russian submarines than we've seen since the days of the Cold War,» Johnstone told Jane's.

There was no better way to release the upcoming Star Wars movie than in a 360 VR fly - through experience.

In the past year, major cities have occasionally seen bidding wars — not for homes but for prime rentals, with choice units renting for higher than asking price.

For more than two decades, Sudan has been ruled by the Islamist government of Omar Hassan Ahmad al - Bashir, who spent decades locked in a brutal civil war with Christian separatists in the south.

For both Apple and Google, the fight for dashboards is more than just part of their broader turf war to bring consumers into their respective ecosystems.

More than 310,000 people have been killed in Syria since the war began with anti-government protests in March 2011.

The Vietnam War was more than 10 years in the making.

Dalio explained that a so - called capital war, when a country uses its asset holdings such as bonds to inflict pain on its adversary, could be even worse than a trade war.

He will argue that seeking «peaceful solutions» is a better way of protecting Britain than «the kind of unilateral wars and interventions that have almost become routine in recent times».

For the smartphone wars aficionados: Samsung sold more than any other smartphone maker, moving more than 71 million units.

Nearly 5 million Syrians have fled the country in a conflict that has killed more than 300,000 people and pitted multiple warring sides against each other, including jihadists who have come to dominate the insurgency in many areas.

He declined to give further details but the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain - based monitor of the war, said the handover had happened on Monday and involved fewer than 10 villages.

According to Headlines & Global News, the film industry ended the year with more than $ 11 billion in domestic box office sales, buoyed by heavy hitters like Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Deadpool and Zootopia.

Snapping up Canada Safeway for $ 5.7 billion, Empire Co. is now looking at more than $ 24 billion in annual sales, making it a much closer second in Canada's grocery store wars — and No. 1 in booming Western Canada.

The market was more competitive than they expected, and they lost bidding wars on six properties.