Sentences with phrase «war experience for»

At the encouragement of novelist C.S. Forester, Dahl penned a story about his war experience for The Saturday Evening Post.

At the encouragement of novelist C.S. Forester Dahl penned a story about he's war experience for The Saturday Evening Post.

The game also features original dialogue from key members of the theatrical cast, providing the most authentic Star Wars experience for players, including Harrison Ford (Han Solo), Daisy Ridley (Rey), John Boyega (Finn), Adam Driver (Kylo Ren), Carrie Fisher (Leia Organa), Anthony Daniels (C - 3PO), Domhnall Gleeson (General Hux), Gwendoline Christie (Captain Phasma), Lupita Nyong» o (Maz Kanata), Max von Sydow (Lor San Tekka), Oscar Isaac (Poe Dameron) and other top stars from the film.

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But it is precisely because I have experienced war up close that I am the strongest advocate for diplomacy — genuine diplomacy — as the most effective way to pursue our interests globally.

Here are four ways that companies can elevate their employee experience in order to both retain their current employees and win the war for talent next year:

And sometimes, smaller organizations win talent wars by looking for gifted employees where larger companies often fear to tread: Job candidates who lack skills or experience, but seem like cultural fits based on work ethic and personality.

Formative experiences for the leading - edge boomer include the Cold War and nuclear threat, the Civil Rights movement, the Vietnam War, the draft, the assassination of JFK, RFK and Martin Luther King, Jr., the sexual revolution, and Watergate.

In June, U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne readied skeptical Britons for the deepest hack to public spending since the Second World War by painting an almost utopian picture of the Canadian experience.

With decades of experience in both the business and environmental spheres — helping companies braid them together profitably for more than 15 years — Shel helps you identify profitable business opportunities within your organization's existing expertise and interests that help turn hunger and poverty into sufficiency, war into peace, and catastrophic climate change into planetary balance.

Losing the war made the South the South; Southern literature, for example, is all about the experiences of displaced aristocrats and a kind of very otherworldly Christianity that was the product of political defeat.

Well, the last time Americans had a president who was psychologically «programmed» to ignore facts that didn't agree with his beliefs, the USA ended up wasting $ 1T in an illegal war to «liberate» 100's of billions of barrels of Iraqi oil (as many as 1.2 M people died in the process due to violence, disease & starvation resulting from the conflict), nearly $ 5T was added to the U.S. federal debt, a man with experience as the Judges and Stewards Commissioner for the International Arabian Horse Association was put in charge of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the U.S. subprime credit «bubble» expanded hugely & then imploded, wiping out some $ 14T in global wealth & destroying millions of jobs, etc..

By the time W finished his second term, I had graduated from college, come to terms with the fact that the criminalization of abortion is highly unlikely no matter the party in power, expanded my definition of «pro-life» to include Iraqi children and prisoners of war, and experienced first - hand some of the major problems with America's healthcare system, which along with poverty and education issues, contributes to the troubling abortion rate in the U.S. I remained pro-life idealistically, but for the first time, voted for a pro-choice president, hoping that the reforms I wanted to see in the healthcare, the economy, immigration, education, and for the socioeconomically disadvantaged would function pragmatically to reduce abortions.

God in His will through history had into reality seemingly illogical or cruel events to happen in our world, but no one is spared if the purpose is for the good of humanity, wars pestilence even the holocust has a reason and purpose beyond our comprehension at our times but will be reveald in the future, The Phillipine catasthrophy for example is viewed by some as Gods punishment, we experienced the brunt of natures punishing power but it also unveiled the true feelings and concern of the whole world in helping us materially and spiiritually by aiding and consoling us that was unprecedented in history, The whole world had demostrated, to me, a kind of humanitarian concern and love that trancends races and culture, A kind of demonstration by higher being the we humans is one with Him.The cost of human lives and misery is nothing in history compared to its positve historical consequences

• In 1981 the CIA director, William Casey, arranged for Argentinean generals, experienced from a war of terror against their own people, to train the contras.

It is the ardent search for the new, powerful God - talk that Bonhoeffer yearned for, but thought would be forthcoming only after a period of necessary silence and renewal (at least in those quarters where Christianity was most acculturated and where the experience of the Holocaust and two World Wars shattered the confidence of both Western religious streams and alternative humanisms).

But regardless, I say that Dylan, for the sake of civilized and civic - minded decency, and yes, also on the grounds of hesitancy about so categorically pitting his young man's gut instinct against the experienced judgment of men like Kennan and Aron, should have aborted «Masters of War» before it ever emerged from his lips.

For our ethical considerations on peace, peace - ministry, conflict resolution, Christians may profit from reading the Old Testament, our Holy Scripture, as a witness to the experience of a people in war and peace with other nations and as a reflection on what peace requires of the community.

In raising our voice in defence of persecuted Christians, we wish to express our compassion for the suffering experienced by the faithful of other religious traditions who have also become victims of civil war, chaos and terrorist violence.

Several factors contributed to this development, including developments in the mission field and the pressure from the younger churches for unity, experiences of the churches in Europe during the two world wars, the political situation in the West, the theological developments in Europe, and the ecumenical discussions on church unity in the Life and Work and Faith and Order movements and their influence on the missionary movement.

I am trained for and experienced in war.

Yet, curiously for those who have never experienced it, the presence nearby of war and destruction seems to add for Budapest a positive zest for living.

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

St Woolos Cathedral's website outlines the main areas of prayer: «Pray for good order and harmony for the city during the Summit, Pray for the Summit itself - to be positive and productive, Pray for peace and for wise government throughout the world, Pray for the nations, particularly those currently experiencing war and trouble.»

Instead, Stone's experiences became the formula for Vietnam War films to come (Full Metal Jacket, Hamburger Hill, Causalities of War).

It is the relationship between these two men that ground's the story, first, in the experiences of the War of Northern Aggression and second, in the uniquely conservative Southern consciousness of these two men who will take up, for their own reasons, their weapons in defense of an innocent because, in the final analysis, that is what these people do.

He too, an intense patriot, cared supremely for his nation's welfare but, as the nation broke up under the shock of war and exile, his experience of God became a profound, inner possession in the strength of which alone he carried on through tragic days.

These range from stories of the saints, to concerns of people today, to a look at his own personal experience as a child and with L'Arche, all the way to broader comment on resistance to the Nazis, the war in Rwanda, and the conflict in present day Israel and Palestine, and he sees in the Gospel many touchstones for our modern lives.

After the Second World War, pastors like Peter Marshall continued to inculcate a Victorian code and the family ideals associated with it; but the life of men and women in the 1950s bore little resemblance to the lives of Victorian men and women for whom the complementarity of the sexes was a part of daily life experience.

For years, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was thought to be something only war veterans experienced.

Not since the post-World War II boom of the late 1940s through the 1960s have residents of the Arlington Heights Park District experienced such a profound effort by the District to provide parks and recreation options designed by the people and for the people.

As the Iraq War came to an official end Thursday, several Chicago - area veterans and service members talked about the youthful idealism that led them into the military and the hard experience of serving in the Middle East during a war that dragged on for eight yeaWar came to an official end Thursday, several Chicago - area veterans and service members talked about the youthful idealism that led them into the military and the hard experience of serving in the Middle East during a war that dragged on for eight yeawar that dragged on for eight years.

It's almost never too late to switch to a new birth attendant; see the Parenting Squad article Prenatal Care and Doctor Wars: Standing Up For Yourself And Your Child to read about one mom's experience switching doctors at 38 weeks.

While maybe not massively groundbreaking, or as visually compelling as those paintings that are famous for being an homage to victims of everyday horrors reported in the media (Goya's The Third of May 1808 springs to mind), the exhibition is in keeping with the museum's focus on the impact of war on the lives of ordinary people, and a welcome accompaniment to the excellent experience on offer at the museum.

WWII no doubt set up some of the geopolitical landscape for the cold war, but even without the experience Russian had in WWII, It would only be natural for them to want to have a military that can stand up to their rivals in the west.

As a human being: As a human being living in Africa, I am more prone to die through preventable diseases such as cholera and malaria; it is more probable that I will experience wars and conflicts; I am more likely to live under one dollar a day and for either myself or my children to suffer from malnutrition.

For example, refugees fleeing wars of independence faced a perilous and tough experience, but in some cases were welcomed by independent governments in solidarity with states in which the anti-colonial war had not yet been won.

... Delight in smooth - sounding platitudes, refusal to face unpleasant facts, desire for popularity and electoral success irrespective of the vital interests of the State, genuine love of peace and pathetic belief that love can be its sole foundation, obvious lack of intellectual vigour in both leaders of the British Coalition Government, marked ignorance of Europe and aversion from its problems in Mr. Baldwin, the strong and violent pacifism which at this time dominated the Labour - Socialist Party, the utter devotion of the Liberals to sentiment apart from reality, the failure and worse than failure of Mr. Lloyd George, the erstwhile great war - time leader, to address himself to the continuity of his work, the whole supported by overwhelming majorities in both Houses of Parliament: all these constituted a picture of British fatuity and fecklessness which, though devoid of guile, was not devoid of guilt, and, though free from wickedness or evil design, played a definite part in the unleashing upon the world of horrors and miseries which, even so far as they have unfolded, are already beyond comparison in human experience.

The danger for Labour is that economic growth is already evident in other countries; even Japan, which experienced the longest recession since the Second World War.

The write - up titled, «The case for Biafra», credited to an American former government official, Bruce Fein, is most probably written by a young Igbo guy who never experienced the civil war and never read Nigerian pre-Independence history.

His experience is one small battle of a war that has been going on for 30 years.

The northern groups fanning the embers of war have never experienced the pains and after - effects of war because, if they had, they would always pray for the sustenance of peace, unity and stability.»

After an opening statement on his own family's experience in dealing with his father's physical and emotional wounds from World War II combat and the broader shortfalls in government aid for veterans, de Blasio answered questions.

While the track record of western - led intervention in civil wars may not be as bad as some critics occasionally make out — the Western Balkans, for example, today are a far cry from what they were 20 years ago — recent experiences clearly indicate the limits of military interventions to produce desirable outcomes.

That surprise move has been a great success for Labour, uniting the party's warring factions and giving Mr Brown's top team more experience.

The findings of both studies suggest potential avenues for increasing empathy, which is especially critical in treating people who have experienced desensitizing situations like prison or war.

«I feel the new GI Bill will offer more enhanced opportunities in the 21st century for many to pursue college education,» Latigo says, a conclusion he bases «on the experience of the original GI Bill after World War II that expanded opportunities for many, particularly in the technical disciplines.»

It turns out «grumpy old men» — or women, for that matter — may be gruff not because of age, but because they're set in a personality shaped by their youth during times when war, poverty and other harsh experiences were more common.

Valve technology took off in 1958 when engineer and Edwards founder Miles «Lowell» Edwards applied his experience designing hydraulic debarking methods for the lumber industry and a fuel - injection system for World War II aircraft to the medical arena.

After making the decision, I experienced a gentle tug of war between preparing for the future and finishing my postdoctoral research.

June 12, 2007 Double Sucide Risk For Vets Veterans, especially wounded ones, also carry psychic scars of their war experiences.