Sentences with phrase «war time leader»

Winston Churchill's bombast made him a figure of ridicule during the 1930s, but also made him ideally suited to being a war time leader.

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As we've explained numerous times here at FDD's Long War Journal, both the Taliban and Haqqani leaders have repeatedly denied there is separation between the two.

In a New York Times article last year, Perdue compared Trump to Winston Churchill, the former UK prime minister, saying that like the legendary World War II - era leader, Trump was «nobody's choir boy» and «a historic person of destiny at a time and place in America when we've got to make a right - hand turn here.»

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain foresWar II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain foreswar on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

It marked the first time since the end of the Korean War in 1953 that a North Korean leader crossed the border into the South.

Western allies press Trump to maintain nuclear deal with Iran: Reuters US intelligence monitors Iranian cargo shipments into Syria: CNN A trade war is a major risk for China's debt - ridden economy: CNBC Federal judge orders gov» t must accept new DACA immigration applications: WaPo Unification of Koreas still unlikely as leaders prepare to meet: Reuters US Consumer Confidence Index rebounded in April after March decline: CB New home sales in US increased to 4 - month high in March: MarketWatch Richmond Fed Mfg Index turns negative for first time since 2016: Bond Buyer S&P Case - Shiller Home Price Index surged in Feb, up 6.3 % y - o - y: CNBC Federal Housing Finance Agency: US house prices continued to rise in Feb: HW Corp bonds with lowest investment - grade rating look vulnerable: Bloomberg 10 - year Treasury yield reaches 3.0 % for first time since 2014: CNN Money

Mr Abe has upped the ante by visiting Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine — the burial place of war - time leader Tojo — in a gesture aimed at Beijing.

Tell that to all the «Christian» leaders of this country that have sent us to war numerous times where we use this technology for the wrong purposes.

Then there is the sad and, to my mind, unmistakable fact that people who have adopted the so - called «presumption against war» tend to get things wrong, time and again: as the U.S. bishops got the dynamics of the Cold War wrong in their 1983 pastoral letter, «The Challenge of Peace»; as most religious leaders and intellectuals got it wrong in predicting a Middle East Armageddon in the first Gulf War and the recent Iraq Wwar» tend to get things wrong, time and again: as the U.S. bishops got the dynamics of the Cold War wrong in their 1983 pastoral letter, «The Challenge of Peace»; as most religious leaders and intellectuals got it wrong in predicting a Middle East Armageddon in the first Gulf War and the recent Iraq WWar wrong in their 1983 pastoral letter, «The Challenge of Peace»; as most religious leaders and intellectuals got it wrong in predicting a Middle East Armageddon in the first Gulf War and the recent Iraq WWar and the recent Iraq WarWar.

Ingersoll was many things, such as a Union officer in the Civil War, the attorney general of Illinois, one of the great orators of his time (his «Plumed Knight» speech, in which he nominated James G. Blaine at the 1876 Republican convention, is one of the great political speeches of its time), Republican political leader, attorney, and atheist.

If the Christians that served in the crusades really knew what was going on, they probably wouldn't have served, however, the leaders of the time used their beliefs against them and got them to fight for what they called a «holy war.»

War - time leader Winston Churchill summed up the occasion as «a flash of colour on the hard road we travel».

Smithsonian, this is where you are wrong, the book of remembrance, the so called OT, is not a religion, YHWH is not of religion, or Daniel's vision would not have prophesied just what is going on in this time of false religions, and false governments, and those like yourself are suppose to mislead the people this is what this whole spiritual war, of His enemies in Pslams 83, and in Exodus 17:14 - 17, from generation, to generation, it is about the lies of the leaders against YHWH, who has been told, and warned by YHWH, that your knowledge has deceived you, in Isaiah 47, O, daughter of Babylon.

As a result, the editors of the Times and Post legitimize by default «community leaders» whose civic agenda is to provoke a race war.

After World War I had taken four years before German church leaders were invited to ecumenical fellowship; this time it took only four months.

If it was skin color alone that mandated a black President at this time, I do wish it had been Colon Powell, or Herman Cain, or Congressman West, these men have always been leaders and uniter's, not dividers... The US today is more divided than before the Civil War... With obama, we are in deep trouble!

In the endless wars of those times, leaders were absolutely needed for the tribe's survival.

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... 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.

But while Sarkozy emphasised the need for humanitarian safe havens on Syria's borders, UK prime minister David Cameron talked more of gathering evidence on war crimes to hold Syria's leaders to account some time in the future.

- He confirmed discussing the looming Iraq War with Tony Blair in March 2003, but says he only met the New Labour leader two or three times a year, on average.

The time for action has arrived»,» he says, quoting the war leader.

In his partisan role he strongly supported Churchill's conduct as war leader at a time when the war did not always run in the Allies» favour.

What about getting some of the old timers - Kauffman Barron, Blunks [Gerald Kaufman, Kevin Barron and David Blunkett] including peers - to organise a letter to the Times saying we been here before with Labour tearing itself apart 18 Tory years, getting rid of leader meant tory civil war, have we not learnt anything?

In previous league tables both Lloyd George and Churchill were rated highly, because they were war leaders and led war time coalitions.

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos praising Mr. Felders move into the Republican fold is a declaration of war against the Democratic Party and now it's time for Mr. Murphy and everyone else advocating that voters get what they voted for «A Democratic Majority in the State Senate» and nothing less.

However, tipped as the «sacrificial lamb» during the Hutton inquiry into the death of government scientist David Kelly — due to his role as defence secretary at the time of the war and stiff performance during the investigation — Hoon in fact emerged unscathed, not leaving defence until after the 2005 election, and only then for the job of leader of the Commons.

[1][2][3] The word originates from the surname of the Norwegian war - time leader Vidkun Quisling, who headed a domestic Nazi collaborationist regime during the Second World Wwar - time leader Vidkun Quisling, who headed a domestic Nazi collaborationist regime during the Second World WarWar.

During his ten year spell at the Treasury, Brown, as recent autobiographies make clear, spent his time at war with Tony Blair, using his position at the Treasury to undermine his leader and to seek the top job for himself; as John Redwood said recently, «scratching at the plaster of the walls of No 11»!

Tory - Republican relations were poor at the time because of opposition to the Iraq war voiced by Michael Howard, Cameron's predecessor as Conservative leader.

He worked for Stephen Byers when Byers was secretary of state for transport, local government and the regions, and then for Geoff Hoon when he was defence secretary (at the time of the Iraq war) and then leader of the Commons.

One of the company's other founders, Christopher Wylie, told the Times that the leaders of the firm wanted new weapons to «fight a culture war in America,» and that «rules don't matter for them.

Buhari and co must therefore come to the realisation that he is wasting his time and destroying Nigeria along with the likes of war criminals like Gowon and himself if he continues to hold our leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.

Leaving aside the inconvenient fact that even an illegal war isn't necessarily a crime, are we to suppose that Mr Corbyn will now be demanding that Labour's deputy leader, Tom Watson, shadow foreign secretary, Hilary Benn, and shadow justice secretary, Charles Falconer, be added to the fantasy indictment for having supported and voted for the invasion, two (Benn and Falconer) as members of the government at the time?

At a time when a virtual war on women has rocketed to the front lines of the great American culture wars, it's a stunning indication of exactly how out of touch with reality are those who would be our leaders that The Hunger Games books have been so wildly successful.

With Europe on the verge of all - out war, leaders of Churchill's party, ensconced in an actual smoke - filled room, are looking to form a government and fill the prime minister's position, at the time the most important job vacancy in the free world.

Director Rian Johnson kept a lot of ideas and plot elements out of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, including Luke Skywalker's reported third lesson for Rey, Supreme Leader Snoke's origins, and that time a porg sliced its head open with a lightsaber.

With the different African warring factions and political leaders, there were times when I was confused about what was going on.

The plot is a jam - packed muddle, but the basic strokes are that, in the war - torn California of 2029, human resistance leader John Connor (Jason Clarke) is about to stamp out the evil artificial intelligence system Skynet, but before he can, Skynet sends an assassin robot called a T - 800 (Brett Azar's body with Arnold Schwarzenegger's younger face CGI'd on) back in time to 1984.

You might win the war of ideas and corral all the facts and common sense, but unless a legislator and a council member heard from as many disappointed parents as they did from angry union leaders, unless as many of the former showed up for hearings as did the latter, politicians would favor the unions every time.

Built on specific English and world history state standards, the project covered concepts including the pre-World War II global economic crisis, the rise of totalitarianism, and the societal moral dilemmas that world leaders at that time faced, and then had students draw parallels to similar fictional themes in the book.

Throughout the history school curriculum from William the Conquer to present day, history teachers have asked their students what makes a great leader in both peace time and war?

Bruce Feiler, the best - selling author of Walking the Bible, journeyed across time and place through three continents, five countries and four war zones to read, study and interview religious leaders and scholars in search of the man from whom much of the world's population claims to be descended.

It is important to remember that Lincoln's generation of political leaders had grown up in a country where the possibility of disunion was always present but each time a compromise had always averted war.

Sure, it's just virtual fiction, but it's a frightening thought, considering world leaders and the military might have the same distance at times of war.

Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader gives players medals after each mission, weighing in completion time, number of enemies down, shot accuracy, number for allies saved, lives lost and target computer efficiency — the better you do, the more unlockable content you get (including Boba Fett's Slave I and a 1969 Buick Electra 225).

television series — Rick's group of resolute, at times morally questionable but ultimately good band of survivors encounter an unscrupulous rival gang, more often than not led by a charismatic leader, who they then proceed to wage war against for a season or two before triumphing — it's fair to say that same sense of déjà vu hasn't affected Telltale Games» superb interactive drama series of the same name.

One idea was that the leaders would have abilities that charged up over time and could then be used whenever the player wanted, just like «CO powers» in Advance Wars.

One of my favorite games of all time is Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader for the Nintendo Gamecube, a game which featured a fantastic atmosphere, great controls and a very steep but fair level of challenge in it.

By the time she returned to her home country in 1973, she had established herself as a leader of New York's avant - garde movement, known for creating happenings and public orgies to protest the Vietnam War and for the polka dots that had become a trademark of her work.