Sentences with phrase «war heroes in»

So Dodge cajoles Carter, who is a decorated war hero in the bargain, into joining the Bulldogs.

As Ambrose Hilliard, the star of a pre-war detective series, Nighy is never less than splendid, whether cozying up to Catrin so she plumps up his self - sacrificing role as drunken Uncle Frank, patiently coaching the real - life Audie Murphy - style American war hero in the cast (Jake Lacy, leadenness personified) used as bait for Yankee ticket buyers or conducting a sentimental group sing - a-long in a pub.

Broken Sword Hero is based off of real historical war hero in Thailand's history.

First, the brown, churning water - the circle of our river around us; inside that, the quilt squares of our fields, which were turned dirt, newly planted seeds, the bright green carpet of a field just beginning to come to life, fences mended or falling down into the soft new grass, humped haystacks, our cattle herd, our sheep herd, our goats, bare birch trees pointing straight into the heavens; and in the center, in the heart, our cobbled and dirt streets, our red - tiled and gray - shingled roofs radiating out from the town square with its statue of a long - dead war hero in the middle.

Not exact matches

After an excellent performance in sci - fi indie «Ex Machina,» he will also star in HBO miniseries «Show Me a Hero», and a little movie called «Star Wars».

The best thing about Ultron is that his origins paved the way for Stark and the heroes in the MCU to face serious consequences for their actions, starting with «Captain America: Civil War.»

Before we hail Jefferies» Richard Handler as a hero in the CEO pay wars, consider this: He probably shouldn't have qualified for the bonus that he turned down in the first place.

When prime - time hosts — who have never served our country in any capacity — dismiss facts and empirical reality to launch profoundly dishonest assaults on the FBI, the Justice Department, the courts, the intelligence community (in which I served) and, not least, a model public servant and genuine war hero such as Robert Mueller — all the while scaremongering with lurid warnings of «deep - state» machinations — I can not be part of the same organization, even at a remove.

One of my childhood heroes was the pilot Douglas Bader, who lost both his legs in a crash early in his career but went on to fly fighter planes for the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.

While it doesn't tell us anything about the aftermath of «Infinity War,» there are some clues hinting at a new hero and more about the Quantum Realm which will almost definitely come into play in next year's superhero sequel.

«In the aftermath of «Captain America: Civil War,» Scott Lang grapples with the consequences of his choices as both a Super Hero and a father.

While the Boer War proved disastrous for the British in many regards, most Britons lionized the hero of the Transvaal and in 1914 looked to him to lead them back to their former heights of imperial magnificence.

What it's about: «Sargeant York» may have been about World War I — a sharpshooter becomes an unexpected hero after attacking and capturing a German position using the same strategy as turkey hunting — but the American - proud movie became a point of major discussion in the United States over the merits of entering World War II.

In early September, an Apple executive described a shift in the firm's product line with a word usually associated with war heroes and disaster survivorIn early September, an Apple executive described a shift in the firm's product line with a word usually associated with war heroes and disaster survivorin the firm's product line with a word usually associated with war heroes and disaster survivors.

While the president attacks 99 percent of his opponents by mercilessly strafing them in speeches, sound bites and tweets (and has a one - size - fits - all approach to firebombing Democrats, disobedient Republicans, Gold Star families, war heroes, etc.), Daniels fends off her online critics with self - deprecating humor, and has made a point of refraining from saying anything bad about the president himself — which has probably kept him from retaliating and going after her personally.

Through a series of daring escapades and adventures among a dangerous underworld, Han Solo meets future copilot Chewbacca and encounters notorious gambler Lando Calrissian in a journey that sets the course of one of the Star Wars saga's most unlikely heroes.

Christian Isolationism ran so strong that in 1941, just before the war started, there was a propaganda film made to counter it about a religious contientious objector who became a war hero — «Sergeant York.»

One could be forgiven for thinking that Gregory Hanlon's The Hero of Italy: Odoardo Farnese, Duke of Parma, his Soldiers, and his Subjects in the Thirty Years» War is titled backwards.

We don't have much to go on regarding what Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol 3 is going to be about yet, assuming our heroes survive their upcoming Avengers crossover in Infinity War.

well... you'll get a good christian back in and we'll go to war just like your cowardly heroes want... maybe you can enlist and serve on the front lines then

McCloskey had been an early opponent of the Vietnam war, and therefore something of a hero on liberal campuses in the «60s, but few in his Berkeley audience seemed aware of that history.

The CCP stirs the nationalistic emotions of the people by contesting Japan over issues such as: the disputed territorial claims with China: its writing of history that omits Japanese atrocities in its invasion of China, and in recent visits by its leaders to Japan's Yasukuni shrine which honors national heroes including convicted war criminals.2

«Calling millions of Christian victims of bloody civil wars «martyrs» is a bit like calling all the victims of 9/11 «heroes,» he wrote for The Washington Post in 2013.

At a recent public gathering in the heart of the nation's capital, with former civil rights hero and disgraced Mayor Marion Barry on the podium as an object lesson, Farrakhan prepared his black audience for the coming race war.

The modest war hero probably could have published a best «seller in 1945, but he chose to tell his story only much later, when it seemed right to make his children aware of their heritage.

The huge gallery surrounding the 18th green in the late afternoon shadows applauded these two survivors of so much Masters drama as if they were heroes returning from foreign wars.

Iwobi has gone from Star Wars hero to Star Trek Klingon in One failed swoop... His even starting to look like one.?

When we think of heroes we think of brave war heroes, people acting in moments of adrenalin to save others etc. these might be national or community wide heroes We also use the word hero to mean someone we hold in extremely high esteem and look up to for any reason we see fit.

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This Revolutionary War hero's name is one that was loved in the 1980s and 90s!

Quilo is a boy's name and comes from the Greek mythological story of the Trojan War, in which he was the hero filled with «manly beauty and valor.»

Perhaps, as I have always been keen on motorcars and driving, I would go back to the days before speed limits were imposed out of towns and look at those heroes in adventure and detective stories that drove a pre or post - Second World War Bentley or Alvis, with their magnifi cent long bonnets and separate headlights standing up on either side.

Trump expressed no remorse for saying last summer that Sen. John McCain was «not a war hero,» despite being captured in Vietnam and tortured as a prisoner of war.

It is no coincidence that Lazare Carnot, the member of the Committee of Public Safety who was the architect of the French victory in the Revolutionary wars, was one of de Gaulle's heroes.

Lord Ashcroft KCMG PC has had his latest «hero of the month» article published in Britain at War, the country's best - selling military history monthly magazine.

Before you knew it, an excited, beaming, dancing company was pumping fists and flashing «V» (for victory) signs, with their two fore - fingers, a sign original to Winston Churchill, Britain's World War 2 hero; but popularized in these climes by Chief Obafemi Awolowo, first premier of the old Western Region.

If Britain's heroes were people who lived in sixties terraces, people who don't know all six verses of the national anthem, people who had opposed Apartheid in the 80s, and the Iraq war in the noughties, maybe a society with that kind of a hero would be a decent one?

When Tony Blair announced that all the people interned by the Japanese in the second world war would receive compensation, he was hailed as hero by the press the next day.

Tomorrow, Congressman Serrano will be joined by local elected officials for the renaming ceremony of the Morris Heights Post Office in honor of Dr. Roscoe C. Brown, Jr., in order to commemorate the life and legacy of a war hero, civil rights, and community leader.

The attack is a reference to the Star Wars film, in which villain Darth Vader makes gains on the virtuous Rebel Alliance by capturing the friends of protagonist and hero Luke Skywalker.

The name is in honor of Israel Putnam, who was a hero in the French and Indian War and a general in the American Revolutionary War.

In 2012, we routinely see our former war heroes battered and beaten for the pensions they worked hard for.

In a shocking twist on the scandal surrounding MPs» outrageous expenses claims, onetime Tory whip Gray moaned he was # 60 down on the deal after buying three poppy tributes to Britain's fallen heroes to place at war memorials in his North Wiltshire constituencIn a shocking twist on the scandal surrounding MPs» outrageous expenses claims, onetime Tory whip Gray moaned he was # 60 down on the deal after buying three poppy tributes to Britain's fallen heroes to place at war memorials in his North Wiltshire constituencin his North Wiltshire constituency.

Hundreds marched dressed in red colors and the native costumes of Poland, to the monument in Poughkeepsie's Pulaski Park, to celebrate Pulaski Day, in honor of Revolutionary War hero Casimir Pulaski, known as «father of the American cavalry.»

On Friday, their story will be told by some of the soldiers themselves, in a free showing of the film «Men of Bronze: The Black American Heroes of World War I» at the Frank E. Merriweather Jr..

Although McCain spoke at the Conservative conference in 2006 and Brown praised Obama's policies publicly, he may get on well with this war hero who entered elected office in 1983, the same year as Brown.

[citation needed] The Big Issue magazine's readers voted Marsden «Hero of the Year» in 2001 for his opposition to the war in Afghanistan.

I served in the military myself, thankfully during peacetime, and John McCain, not just being a veteran, but a war hero, the way that he was treated... was so despicable.»

The story of Army hero Charles N. DeGlopper reads like a Hollywood script: A small town boy joins the Army in World War II and gives his life to save his platoon, stepping out into the open to fight the Germans alone and stopping them from taking control of a strategic bridge in the Normandy campaign.

Trump, speaking in Iowa at a conference of religious conservatives on Saturday, said McCain «is a war hero because he was captured.