Sentences with phrase «white flag of»

As a caveat, he notes, «I just urge all alienated parents and relatives, and all therapists who work with these families, not to wave the white flag of surrender too soon.»

A quick search of Wikipedia reveals several uses of black flags, but the most interesting is: «The Black Flag was flown by certain irregular Confederate Army units in the American Civil War of 1861 - 1865 to symbolize that they would neither give, nor accept quarter; symbolizing the opposite of the white flag of surrender.»

The 17th of August marked Indonesia's Independence Day — a day celebrated all over the country with colourful parades and celebrations, and the raising of the red and white flag of Indonesia.

One day we were raising the blue - and - white flag of a nation yet to be born.

Is your old raincoat waving a white flag of surrender?

The worst of the butchery happened after the surviving settlers waved a white flag of surrender, and then were executed at close range after the false truce.

Intimidated by secularism, it follows the path of least resistance: what better way to relieve oneself of the stress of fighting for Christianity then to issue pre-emptive concession speeches and wave the white flag of cultural surrender?

Wal - Mart Stores Inc (NYSE: WMT) is certainly not waving the white flag of surrender.

Not exact matches

In a war of words, that's as good as a white flag.

The Eiffel Tower is lit with the blue, white and red colors of the French flag in Paris on November 16, 2015, to pay tribute to the victims of a series of deadly attacks on Friday in the French capital.

What: An Heir Is Born, a collection of royal baby - inspired blankets, bibs, caps, footies and gowns featuring patterns of crowns, golden rattles and royal carriages — all in the red, white and blue colors of the British flag.

Rather than waving the white flag, however, they invariably dust themselves off and march forward in the face of adversity, never losing their focus nor their drive to innovate.

While Cameron has ordered the blue - and - white Scottish flag to be flown over his office at No. 10 Downing Street until the vote, his critics noted that he did not risk speaking before an uninvited audience of Scots on the street.

The White House proposed «red flag» laws that would allow law enforcement officials to remove firearms from people who are deemed a danger to themselves or others in hopes of preventing shootings like the one at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

This nationalist discourse — Bob White declaring that he would «wrap the fucking flag» around himself to fight for union jobs — contrasted with an American localism that was ineffective in marshalling political support to stem the tide of rust.

The latest to wave the data - center white flag is Verizon Communications Inc., which said on Tuesday that it planned to sell 29 of its data centers for $ 3.6 billion.

(Last year, leaked internal documents indicated that part of the problem is that Facebook's algorithm protected categories like race and gender but not age or social class, so that negative discussion of «white men» would raise red flags, but a post insulting «black teens» would not.)

Another White House official, Director of Legislative Affairs Marc Short, said on NBC News's «Meet the Press» that Trump is standing with the «vast majority» of Americans who believe the flag «should be respected.»

Although Facebook now generates upwards of 80 % of its revenue from mobile ads, the world's largest social network isn't waving the white flag on desktop ad blocking.

More surprising to me, though, was the rare public white flag waved by Bezos, one of the richest humans alive, by looking to a brick - and - mortar retailer for help; after 10 years of trying and mostly failing at making grocery delivery a workable business, this was a «We can't do this on our own» moment.

More than 3,000 people, many waving blue and white Israel flags, attended the Israel Fest celebration in honor of the 70th anniversary of the State of Israel's independence, which took place at the Mizner Park Amphitheater in Boca Raton.

The murders have reignited calls for the Confederate flag - a symbol of slavery and white supremacy - to be taken down from public institutions.

Demonstrators wore the Indonesian flag colours of red and white, and sung the national anthem inside the courtyard of the city hall.

They taught the children about what each of the flags mean — how red is for redemption, how white is for purity and for the Spirit, how purple is for the King of Kings, how gold is for the throne of God.

At the end of the line stood the Rev. Franklin Raddish, wearing a gray suit, white shirt and American flag tie.

It was an emblem of the central place of Jesus when, under the terms of the Geneva Convention of 1864 for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick of Armies in the Field, the international organization created to carry out that moral imperative took the name «Red Cross Society»; its symbol, based on a reversal of the colors of the Swiss flag, is a red cross on a white background.

What at a distance seemed to be a quasi-public edifice flying only the all - inclusive flag of American nationality turned out, on closer inspection, to be the clubhouse of a particular ethnic group — the white Anglo - Saxon Protestants, its operation shot through with the premises and expectations of its parental ethnicity.8

Alleged church shooter Dylann Roof was a white supremacist who posted pictures of himself posing with the flag online.

After nearly 10 years and who knows how many millions or maybe even billions spent I kind of liked the thought of the wrapped in bacon and hanging from flag pole at White House idea.

Another suggestion for how the rainbow flag originated is that at college campuses during the 1960s, some people demonstrated for world peace by carrying a Flag of the Races (also called the Flag of the Human Race) with five horizontal stripes (from top to bottom they were red, black, brown, yellow, and whiflag originated is that at college campuses during the 1960s, some people demonstrated for world peace by carrying a Flag of the Races (also called the Flag of the Human Race) with five horizontal stripes (from top to bottom they were red, black, brown, yellow, and whiFlag of the Races (also called the Flag of the Human Race) with five horizontal stripes (from top to bottom they were red, black, brown, yellow, and whiFlag of the Human Race) with five horizontal stripes (from top to bottom they were red, black, brown, yellow, and white).

They have had few more forceful spokesmen than Mr. E. B. White whose editorials in the New Yorker, published under the title of «The Wild Flag,» put the case for world government with unsurpassed clarity and with a seasoning of humor which makes them far more effective than dry solemnity.

The «lost cause,» the Confederate battle flag, and other Confederate ideas and symbols were adopted as tokens of white supremacy during the desegregation era.

To continue our simile, one of these would resemble the flag of The Ivory Coast, orange - white - green, while the other would resemble the flag of Ireland, green - white - orange.

And white males — including myself — always walked under the flag of objectivity.

In NYC around the last week of June, just before you are bombarded with red, white, and blue for Independence Day, there are sightings of rainbows — rainbow flags to be specific.

A traditional meal eaten during this holiday is Chiles en Nogada a dish representing the Mexican flag with dark green poblano chiles smothered in creamy white walnut sauce and topped with the sweet sprinkling crunch of pomegranate seeds.

Serve on a large platter with a red chile de arbol salsa, white crema Mexicana and green guacamole - the colors of the Mexican flag!

Woolworths» chief executive Brad Banducci flagged a shake - up of the retailer's private label grocery strategy last May, acknowledging that Homebrand, with its no - nonsense red and white logo, had a «perception problem».

I made these because they had all the colors of the American flag — red, white, and blue.

Ingredients: 4 cups vegetable broth 1 cup water 2 sprigs thyme 3 sage leaves pinch of saffron 1 palmful flat leaf parsley 5 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 1 large leek, white and light green parts sliced (dark green flags washed and reserved) 8 ounces cremini mushroom caps, thinly sliced (stems removed and reserved) 1 small red bed pepper, chopped 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 small head green cabbage, shredded 1 bunch broccolini, florets only 16 ounces pasta (campanella or penne) 1 cup white wine 1 cup shredded parmesan cheese (for serving) salt and freshly ground black pepper

This is one of the few things required for the holiday, I think — American flag dessert, fireworks, and little kids in ridiculous red white and blue outfits.

I wasn't able to get a picture of the back of the flags but they were black and white checkered.

At 3 p.m. when the starter dropped his flag, therefore, the rest of the field of 54 cars was left in a spray of rooster tails as the first three white Porsches snapped smartly away and into the first turn.

Deane Beman canceled the Tournament of Champions but, pressured by his touring pros, he hauled out the white flag and reinstated the event

For quarterback Mark Sanchez, for instance, Roges and an assistant created a red, white and green mouth guard that replicated the Mexican flag, right down to the coat of arms: an eagle clutching a rattlesnake.

His Stars wear flags on their uniforms, as do the members of Daniels» Denver boxing team, and his red, white and blue Indianapolis car was informally christened «The Silent Majority Special» two years ago.

When it comes down to the end of the race and you see the white flag waving and the door crack open a little, you have to put your foot in it.

At the foot of the Milvian Bridge, a swollen throng of blue - and - white shrouded fans — pumping fists, waving flags and singing in unison — fill a triangulated piazza.

I mil, reading, we have pulled back ties before so no waving of the white flag, unless theres some red to go with it.

The home jersey is white with teal and pale red, colors that have no association with the Union Jack or the orange and green on the flag of the Republic of Ireland.