Sentences with phrase «world war setting»

Hearts of Iron 4 has the same second world war setting of its three exemplary predecessors but there the similarities end.

The script arguably contains elements of both Captain America (the World War setting) and Thor (the fish - out - of - water comedy), but it's better than both of those films.

The action shifts from the World War setting of the first game to the 80s era of the Cold War.

Not exact matches

John spent his life breaking barriers, from defending our freedom as a decorated Marine Corps fighter pilot in World War II and Korea, to setting a transcontinental speed record, to becoming, at age 77, the oldest human to touch the stars.

«I really enjoyed this fast - paced novel that focuses on strong but flawed female protagonists set in two different time periods: World War I and post-World War II,» says «pricing geek» Casey Brown.

Jackson pulled together a World War I movie set, complete with a large cast, military vehicles, aircraft, and explosives.

Last year it was «Call of Duty: WWII,» as seen above — a throwback to the many previous «Call of Duty» games set during the events of World War II.

Disney said Star Wars has rung up $ 440.4 million in U.S. and Canada ticket sales and $ 449.9 million internationally, and it is set to open in China, the world's No. 2 movie market, on Jan. 9.

«There's still recognition that it's a set of first - world problems that don't get to the level of war, starvation, or something like that,» he said.

Walt Disney's «Avengers: Infinity War» set new records for the biggest domestic and global opening of all time this weekend, collecting an estimated $ 250 million in the U.S. and Canada and $ 630 million around the world.

Under either scenario, debt would ultimately well exceed the prior record set just after World War II.

Investors around the world have recently been reacting to the same set of uncertainties, including growing concern over the prospect of a full - blown trade war between the United States and China.

Yet Benedict XVI fulfilled the legacy he set out for himself when choosing the name of the World War I pope....

Indeed the World Wars were fought with such shockingly genocidal, and horrendously homicidal terror that nations, vanquished and victors, resolved to set up by a noble charter for the United Nations, followed by the triple instruments constituting the Magna Carta of Mankind.

After World War II, in the forties and early fifties, some churches in Europe set up specialized family counseling services, especially in England, Finland, Germany, and Switzerland.

The arrival of the First World War, which breaks at the very end of series one, allowed for a grittier set of issues to be explored.

It is grossly unjust, though it is now legitimized under the prevailing positive international law and the United Nations Organization set up by the victors of World War II after 1945.

It is a long way from the gospel of Jesus in Galilee to the Gospel of John in the Hellenistic setting of early second century Christianity, at war on all fronts with an unbelieving world and not least with «the Jews,» who are now viewed as implacable and inveterate foes.

The culture war sets the Church above and against the world, rather than in but not of the world.

There was a rifle range beneath the House of Lords, set up during World War I to make sure honorable members of both Houses would be able to shoot Germans accurately if they ever met any.

The present - day narrative alternates with passages set before, during, and after World War II, and it was in the depiction of the atrocities perpetrated by my Nazi characters that I shocked myself.

The title of this fascinating biography of Billy Graham sets the theme and tone of the entire book: Graham is not a charlatan, a demagogue, or marketeer, but ultimately an honest proponent and worldwide symbol of the New Evangelicalism that emerged in the United States after World War II.

But the following decade saw this European «bible belt» disappear as an unprecedented wave of prosperity would combine with the spiritual exhaustion that had set in after two world wars to produce a nihilistic consumerism largely indifferent, if not altogether hostile, to the traditional faiths.

After World War I, Adler set up the first child - guidance clinic in cooperation with the Vienna school system.

Preparing for the 2014 Poppy Appeal, while poignantly commemorating the lives lost during World War One, the production of the red paper for 40 million Remembrance Poppies is set in motion by a veteran.

Darryl Greenamyer, of Las Vegas, set a world record for unlimited prop planes by flying his World War II P - 51 at a speed of 413.987 mph at the Reno National Championship air rworld record for unlimited prop planes by flying his World War II P - 51 at a speed of 413.987 mph at the Reno National Championship air rWorld War II P - 51 at a speed of 413.987 mph at the Reno National Championship air races.

Helen moved to St. Louis during World War II, and Charles, who was living with his father, set out north to find her when he was 13.

In the years after World War II, however, two handy and efficient devices suddenly set off today's stampede to the Steelhead streams.

The World War II vet and former catcher set aside his own ball - playing dreams to support his family and filled his son's head with the game at an early age, always making time after a day at the paper mill for a quick father - son catch.

Wenger has achieved a huge amount for the club and although some of it was set prior to his arrival and some of it was an extension of his initial success the fact that winds up most of the anti wenger fans is that the club IS spending money and IS trying to rebuild after a long time in the wilderness, but when it comes to the spending on players its always the CHEAPER option in the most important area's Chips Keswick Boasted a # 100» 000 000 war chest during last summers closed season and stated that the club could buy any player they wished (Apart from the worlds top players at that point Messi) yet instead of spending the money in area's that needed drastic improvement Wenger opted for the cheaper replacements and spent just over half of the money allocated.

But, after World War II, the game slipped back across the Appalachians and set up an outpost at Kenyon College.

Add in the mother - in - law factor and you've got the perfect setting for another world war.

It resulted in a job with the Park District in the late 1930s, where he worked for a couple of years before serving for four years with the American Red Cross, setting up USO Clubs in England and France for African - American soldiers during World War II.

That might be because Big Bertha was the name of a type of artillery created before World War I, and giving a baby girl that name might set her up for teasing later in life.

While we can forgive a man like Churchill, who weathered a world war with brandy glass in hand, and whose response to charges of overindulgance was as defiant as that towards the Third Reich - «I took more out of drink than it ever took out of me» - the modern politician must conform to a new set of expectations.

Being a huge producer of arms during the world wars and suffering no foreign invasion that would impede its production or force it to reconstruct post-war made for a large post-war arms industry that continued to grow as the cold war set in.

He confirmed the Imperial War Museum would receive a major upgrade and that school trips to World War One's battlefields would be funded from the # 50 million set aside.

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People had to spend hours setting up barricades where there are never barricades to prevent people from seeing the World War II monument because they're trying to play a charade

On 15 June 1215 at Runnymede (a small meadow outside of London, marking the midpoint between two armies locked in civil war) King John set his seal on Magna Carta — the «great charter» that has become synonymous throughout the world with opposition to arbitrary rule, and with the protection of individual rights and liberties.

In addition, Mr Blair will tomorrow set out his belief in global institutions such as the United Nations and the World Trade Organisation (WTO), although the spokesman noted he would explain how they «need to be updated from how they were designed immediately after world war II.to deal with modern challenges&raWorld Trade Organisation (WTO), although the spokesman noted he would explain how they «need to be updated from how they were designed immediately after world war II.to deal with modern challenges&raworld war II.to deal with modern challenges».

By the 11th of November, 1918, the broad outlines of the 20th Century were set, though it would take a worldwide economic depression, a second world war, the collapse of colonial empires and a generation of Cold War for them become clewar, the collapse of colonial empires and a generation of Cold War for them become cleWar for them become clear.

Working class living standards are set to face an onslaught with the deepest public service cuts since the Second World War and the weakening of pay and working conditions of millions of people.

The rows have led to concern from Robert Zoellick, president of the World Bank, that these potential «currency wars» will set in motion a retreat to market protectionism in the wake of the financial crisis.

After leaving the Army he set up a consultancy called The Curzon Education Ltd, which won a # 120,000 grant to give lectures to schoolchildren about the role of Commonwealth soldiers in the First World War.

The book and show are set in an alternative world where the Axis Powers have won World War II, leading to a world - conquering Nazi regime and Japanese empire occupying the United States of Ameworld where the Axis Powers have won World War II, leading to a world - conquering Nazi regime and Japanese empire occupying the United States of AmeWorld War II, leading to a world - conquering Nazi regime and Japanese empire occupying the United States of Ameworld - conquering Nazi regime and Japanese empire occupying the United States of America.

The instructions will come in a letter from Treasury Chief Secretary Danny Alexander, in the latest step in preparing for what is set to be the toughest spending review since the end of the Second World War.

Huxley set up the biology department at the young Rice Institute (as it then was) in 1912, and taught there until returning to England in 1916 to take part in the First World War.

The international community of scientists may help to abolish war by setting an example to the world of practical cooperation extending across barriers of nationality, language, and culture.

We can sort of look at the European Union as a model where you have all these very powerful nations that have realized that war and militarism just made absolutely no sense anymore; and so they have created this set of treaties that acknowledge their inter-independence [interdependence] and make the possibility of, you know, a repeat of World War I or II extremely unlikewar and militarism just made absolutely no sense anymore; and so they have created this set of treaties that acknowledge their inter-independence [interdependence] and make the possibility of, you know, a repeat of World War I or II extremely unlikeWar I or II extremely unlikely.