Sentences with phrase «violent conflict with»

When a relic is discovered, one capable of linking the Fellowship to the slaughter of the Aroostook Baptists, Parker is forced into violent conflict with the Fellowship and its enigmatic leader.

Angelina continued: «I was taken by Eric's beautiful script about a man drawn into the violent conflict with elephant poachers who emerged with a deeper understanding of man's footprint and a profound sense of responsibility for the world around him.»

«I've felt a deep connection to Africa and its culture for much of my life, and was taken with Eric's beautiful script about a man drawn into the violent conflict with elephant poachers who emerged with a deeper understanding of man's footprint and a profound sense of responsibility for the world around him,» Jolie says in a statement carried by Variety.

Palestine can not force itself to come into existence (like Israel did in 1948) because it has no military and would lose badly in any violent conflict with Israel.

That they were able to do this because the nomadic traditions of their race had come into violent conflict with a more sophisticated civilization, so that, in the name of conservatism, they could appeal to old folk - ways against the new commercialism, does not detract from their credit.

Not exact matches

The International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva, Switzerland, appears to be acting as a go - between for Bergdahl and his family, part of its mission is to protect victims of armed conflict and other violent situations and provide them with assistance.

In Canada, the provincial government of Ontario appointed a royal commission to study (among other things) «the increasing exhibition of violence in the communications industry; to determine if there is any... relationship between this phenomenon and the incidence of violent crime in society...» Two of the commission's research studies found that 24 per cent of the news items on television and in newspapers dealt directly with violence and 40 per cent were violence - related, while radio news was concerned with violence and conflict almost 60 per cent of the time!

Having come to associate the direct application of Scripture to governance with violent conflict and political instability, English Protestants were primed to turn to Enlightenment ideals that promised a reasonable path to tolerance and peaceful governance at the expense of biblical authority.

He concludes that the ways in which men will deal with conflict are not determined; and human intelligence and control may make possible a world order which can prevent the terrible destruction of violent warfare.22

The project began in 1992 with a conference occasioned by growing and often violent conflicts between Catholics and evangelical....

That Paul was a violent persecutor of early Christians, and came into theological conflict with Peter and James at Antioch over the larger question of allowing Gentiles to be believers without following Mosaic Law is unquestioned.

We are faced with violent situations although conflict is beneath the surface.

The president, Col. Moammar Gadhafi, retaliated against protesters with violent attacks, leading to an armed conflict that currently has Gadhafi on the run and the rebels in a tenuous control of Libya.

So where the biblical depictions of God conflict with what is seen in Jesus, we don't make Jesus to be more like that violent and bloody god, but should seek to understand what Jesus is telling us about that violent and bloody god....

Toddlers imitate their parents» behavior and follow violent acts to settle conflicts with other toddlers.

The minister noted that the meeting was a follow - up to a parley with state governors two weeks ago over the violent conflicts between farmers and herdsmen in Benue State and other places.

«While there is an urgent operational need to ascertain information from Musa Kusa with respect to the present conflict in Libya, the relevant authorities, including the police, should in time be able to ask him all the necessary questions about Libya's violent history, not least on British soil.»

Research by the AAAS team, including insights to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, is «hitting at a huge and very important question,» said Noel Dickover, senior program officer at the PeaceTech Lab, which is affiliated with the United States Institute of Peace (USIP): «What if peace - builders had access to geospatial information in near - real time to look at incidents of violent conflicts before they arise?

Developed in consultation with foreign ministries, defense and education officials, and the International Committee of the Red Cross, among other groups, it stipulates that countries agree to assist victims of attacks on schools; help to keep classes running; investigate violent incidents; promote «conflict - sensitive» education policies to lessen tension among diverse social or ethnic groups; and implement various other measures.

What screenwriter Mark Perez («Herbie Fully Loaded») and co-directors John Francis Daley («Vacation») and Jonathan Goldstein («Horrible Bosses») put them through is an absurdly complicated, violent and self - aware farce — a night - long chase through the mean streets, often in conflict with real bad guys whom they don't realize aren't just «actors» with Murder We Wrote, the mystery staging party company.

Mockingjay Part 2 doesn't quite reach those heights, but plays out like a gripping recap of the best bits of the rest of the franchise: the gulf between rival suitors Gale and Peeta is clearer than ever, thanks to their conflicting ideologies; the clash between dictatorship and democracy is brutally violent; and the action sequences buzz with thrill and ingenuity not seen since Catching Fire.

With its sprawling desert vistas and violent frontier conflict, the Outback of old isn't so far removed from the Wild West of American legend — which is why, of course, there's a whole subgenre of Aussie oaters.

Perhaps having lived in Southern California for most of my life, I tend to think that the screenplay by New York native LaGravenese grossly overstates some of the depictions of the community here as largely violent and filled with racial tensions that cause conflicts on a daily basis in nearly every classroom and city block at all times.

A crowded Dickinson-esque orphanage under selfish rule can hardly be called unique, but with the recent parade of kid's movies dwelling on bathroom humor and violent conflict, this familiar formula is refreshingly devoid of sexual innuendo and flatulence jokes.

Té, from North Richmond, falls in love with Harmony, from Central, amidst the violent conflict between these communities.

A computer game created by a federal agency aims to teach children conflict - resolution skills and offer an alternative to violent computer and video games that have become popular with young people.

It's hard to imagine a world in which there's no violent conflict, where people solve their differences with words and not violence.

Suffering a strange disorder that causes her to hear a «stream of chatter,» Anna flees her intolerable marriage with her sweet and resilient six - year - old daughter, Lena, traveling from Alaska to Maine, only to be tracked down by her vicious, ambitious husband, who escalates their violent family conflict into a war of cosmic proportions.

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As the British pushed into the interior of the country, there were numerous violent confrontations with the Maya (see Mayan Emigration and Conflict, ch.

Assume the role of Sam Contino, an idealist dragged down the rabbit hole of vigilantism, and drawn into conflict with three deadly criminal organisations after intervening in a violent mugging.

Even though the raspy voice is his trademark, he also did a great job with range of emotions Solid Snake goes through, from violent and conflict - loving to more human and compassionate.

Like most of Ubisoft's reveals, Valiant Hearts depicts gruesome, violent scenes in which characters butcher each other with various weapons; yet, the game is remarkably beautiful, and it goes beyond the senseless violence to tell a about a few soldiers trying to survive and make sense of the conflict.

Known for his opulent aesthetic featuring colorful scenes inlaid with enamel, glitter, and semi-precious stones, Shaw's phantasmagorical dreamscapes often depict characters in conflict and commonly draw from the artist's own «diaries» alongside the violent and erotic.

The conflicts for territorial control spread throughout the world, and each time they become more violent, while they confront local communities with financial giants and transnational industries searching the planet for new sources of profit.

The theme of the violent enforcement of cultural conformity in these series — cutting, trimming, and stretching to fit, and the codification of human transgressions — is in constant conflict with the singular nature of the artist's desire for truth and escape from illusions.

With less emphasis placed upon the aesthetics of the object, All the Actors Have Withdrawn depicts, rather, a violent conflict carefully paused at an opportune moment.

While there was a certain honor and set of mores among the samurai culture, pre-modern Japan's history was loaded with endless violent conflicts between rival warlords, who used every means possible to win, including deceit, ambush, assassination through poisonings or raids by ninja on sleeping competitors and their families.

Climate change policies, particularly those associated with changing rights to resources, can also increase risks from violent conflict.

It could endanger global water and food supplies and flood coasts with rising seas; these impacts, in turn, could trigger mass migrations and violent conflicts.

As climate change impacts interact with features of the social, economic and political landscape, countries with weak governance systems will become overwhelmed, and face a high risk of falling into political instability and violent conflict.

Mistahimaskwa is best known for his refusal to sign Treaty 6 in 1876 and for his band's involvement in violent conflicts associated with the 1885 North - West Rebellion.

Prior research shows mothers in violent relationships are often faced with an internal conflict: while they want their child to grow up with an involved father, they also want to ensure that the father is a positive and healthy role model for their child.

She used brief audio training tapes I developed to modify the conflict interaction of these violent men with their wives, obtaining significant proximal changes in interaction and in the satisfaction of wives with the nature of the interaction following treatment.

There was a significant decrease in self - reported measures of aggression; an increase in psychosocial skills; a decrease in disciplinary incidents; less involvement in conflict mediation; and fewer suspensions for violent behavior compared with the control group.

Other areas of clinical emphasis & interest include individuals, couples and families experiencing depression, anxiety, stress, trauma, and unexpected crisis; families with communication problems, conflict, intimacy issues, parenting techniques, and divorce decisions; perpetrators & victims of family violence, physical abuse, sexual abuse, and victims of violent crimes as well as families or individuals experiencing drug and alcohol abuse.

Several studies of inpatients have noted that depressed individuals are significantly less likely to be violent than individuals with other types of disorders.8 - 10, 23 Moreover, affective disorders were not found to be related to an increased risk for homicide in a Finnish cohort study.15 By contrast, other studies have found a relationship between affective disorders and homicide, 24 self - reported violent behavior, 2 and conduct disorder in childhood and adolescence.25 One possible explanation for these conflicting results could be the potential moderating role of alcohol abuse in this relationship.

But what I do believe is that having the skills to avoid or resolve conflict is going to serve them well in life, and it might even ensure that the teens are not violent with one another and creating an abusive relationship which can so often be seen in teen romances.