Sentences with phrase «war years touring»

Shaw spent the war years touring military bases with comedian Jack Benny and harmonica specialist Larry Adler; in the early»50s, she devoted her time to the stage, starring in the touring company of Call Me Madam.

Trained in New York's Works Progress Administration Dramatic Workshop, he spent the war years touring with Maurice Evans» G.I. Hamlet, appearing with another young hopeful, Howard Morris.

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What started as a three month trip sparked an around - the - world tour that lasted five years, leading Asquith to visit Afghanistan during a war and travel by jeep into Somalia.

Moreover, since she had toured the continent frequently during the 15 years before war broke out, the knowledge that familiar haunts both at home and abroad were being devastated must have weighed on her mind.

The soldiers that oversee AIT graduations are NCOs, and if our country has been at war for ten years, then it is only reasonable to conclude they all have multiple combat tours and have made countless sacrifices.

with four legit war tours and one full year in the Asian area.

Instead of coming to an arrangement with the US Government, Ali spent what should have been his prime boxing years touring colleges; speaking out against the war and for civil rights, becoming a lightning rod for anti-war protesters.

A year after the war he, however, could escape and migrated in a very complex and frightening tour to Germany.

What It's About: «19 - year - old private Billy Lynn becomes a war hero after a harrowing Iraq battle and is brought home temporarily for a victory tour.

Edgerton is coming off Black Mass, while Negga starred in 12 Years A Slave and World War Z. Shannon starred for Nichols in a tour de force performance in Take Shelter, and most recently starred in 99 Homes.

In his classic 1926 novel, Moravagine, Cendrars draws on the picaresque form to send his titular hero — a crippled brute given to raping and murdering women — and his psychiatrist, the ironically titled Raymond Science (the book's narrator) on a world tour in the years leading up to the Great War, taking them from Europe to America and back in a darkly comedic odyssey of destruction and non-enlightenment.

In this project, your group will take the role of a virtual tour guide during a particular year of the Civil War.

In this month's cover story, Back on Track: Leyland - Thomas No 1, David Burgess-Wise tells the story of Parry Thomas's first Leyland Eight racer, destroyed in a war - time air raid, and the recent re-creation built around a collection of original parts / Steve Welsh reports from this year's Goodwood Revival, the world's biggest historic motor racing event, with highlights including an all - Ferrari Lavant Cup and a tribute to Bruce McLaren / Inspired by a 1956 Motor Sport article, Justin Marozzi takes his Bristol 405 on a 1000 - mile round trip to the Lake District in his article Filton Fashion / We bring together another group of unrestored cars and lead them on a scenic tour round Rutland, Britain's smallest county, for The Oily Rag Run / In Woodrow: Stockport's sporting cyclecar, John Warburton samples the sole surviving example of this unusual light car built by a hat manufacturer in the north of England / Jörg Sierks visits two world - class concours for An Elegant Weekend, held on opposite sides of the English Channel / Edwardians to Ostend — Stefan Marjoram took his sketchbook and camera on an exciting Continental road trip and shares his experiences / In this month's Back on the Road, Michael Ware visits a 1921 Morris Oxford Sports

Set in the years following World War I, the books chronicle the cases of a Scotland Yard inspector, back after a long and harrowing wartime tour of duty that has left him somewhat shell - shocked.

He befriends a 103 - year - old war reporter, a tour guide who never leaves the Empire State Building, and lovers enraptured or scorned.

After the war he served as a flight instructor on A-6 aircraft for two years, then did a tour as an assistant catapult and arresting gear officer aboard USS Nimitz.

ShoreTrips, which works with 1/2 a million cruise passengers a year, offers a huge variety of unique and distinctive tours, from Vietnam war tunnels tours to private Italian cooking classes in Tuscany.

Enjoy a fully - interpreted two and a half hour tour of Townsville featuring their fascinating pioneer past, the war years and fine examples of early colonial architecture with their expert guides.

September 27th - October 27th During the post war years the British Council promoted a group of British sculptors on the prestigious stage of the Venice Biennale and at subsequent touring exhibitions across Europe, North and South America.

2005 Ten Year Anniversary Exhibition, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, England Dionysiac, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France Lichtkunst aus Kunstlicht, ZKM Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe, Germany (catalogue) War is over 1945 - 2005 la libertà dell «arte da Picasso a Warhol a Cattelan, GAMeC - Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo, Italy (catalogue) ADAM, International exhibition of contemporary art, Smart Project Space, Amsterdam (catalogue) Expérience de la durée, Biennale d'art contemporain de Lyon 2005, Lyon, France (catalogue) Leaps of Faith, Nicosia, Cyprus (catalogue) Daumenkino, The Flip Book Show, Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, Germany (catalogue) CCA Kitakyushu Artist's Books, Galerie Christophe Daviet - Thery, Paris, France Brussels South Airport, Krinzinger Projekte, Vienna, Austria (catalogue) Manmano, Galleria Continua, Beijing, China Looking both ways, Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal (touring show, curated by L.A. Farell, catalogue) Looking both ways, City Art Centre, Edinburgh, UK (touring show, curated by L.A. Farell, catalogue)

The accompanying monograph contains a conversation between the artist and his longtime colleague Lewis Baltz that relates the Landscapes for the Homeless imagery to Hernandez's two - year tour as a medic in the Vietnam War and the dystopic movie Blade Runner.

Mr. Bahar's previous experience includes serving nearly 10 years on Active Duty with the Navy's Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps, where he litigated felony court - martials, dealt with cutting - edge legal issues involving the laws of war, led the capture and investigation of the US Navy's first set of captured pirates in generations, led a team of lawyers deployed to Afghanistan in support of a Special Operations Task Force, and completed two Pentagon tours.

Skills & Achievements Certifications in FEMA Independent Study Programs — IS 100, IS 139, IS 235, IS 700 • Grant Writing • Awarded Soldier of the Year designation during Iraq tour (1 of 4 from Ohio) • Received Combat Action Badge, Humanitarian Service Ribbon, National Defense Service Ribbon, Army Service Ribbon, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, and other distinctions

Education University of Akron Summer 2007 — Spring 2010 Bachelors of Science in Emergency Management University of Akron Spring 2006 — Fall 2008 Associates of Applied Science in Criminal Justice Technology Revere High School Fall 1997 — Spring 2001 High School Diploma Skills and Achievements n Certifications in Fema's Independent study programs o IS — 100, IS — 139, IS — 235, IS — 700 n Grant Writing n Awarded Soldier of the Year during my tour in Iraq, only four soldiers were awarded this in the State of Ohio n Combat Action Badge, Humanitarian Service Ribbon, National Defense Service Ribbon, Army Service Ribbon, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, plus many more medals and ribbons n Excellent communication skills n Hard working, detail oriented n Adapt well to problem solving n Good at multi-tasking

I too spent over 22 years as a member of the Canadian Armed forces and served in many tours such As the Gulf War, Multiple tours in Bosnia and the former republic of Yugoslavia, and many more not mentioned.