2.To be in a state of hostility or rivalry; contend. Idiom: at war In an active state of conflict or contention. [Middle Englishwerre, from Old North French,of Germanic origin; seewers-inIndo-European roots.] Word History:Warcan be traced back to the Indo-European root*wers-,"to con...
UK Armed Forces have been involved in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan for longer than the First or Second World Wars. One intervention has now come to an end, the other continues. But what has been the psychological and social cost? The media predict a tidal wave of mental health ...
Despite the truce that G20 countries made this weekend agreeing not to devalue currencies to tackle financial imbalances, some fear the US has been long involved in a currency war. The US has waged well-known wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Yet some say it is also waging a lesser-known batt...
the USA regard war as the chief means for achieving their political goals in the solution of international questions, and they have a military doctrine corresponding to these goals. Opinions on waging war against the USSR and other socialist countries form the basis of the USA’s military ...
So how did you first become involved inStar Wars? Title Designer Dan Perri, 1978 Dan:Often times, directors would recommend [title designers] to other directors. In this case, the post-production was so complex – it had never been that bad on any film – that an old friend of mine, ...
Really we had to “unlearn what we had learned” and go back to the movies as the defining source material.”[69] In the same year, in an interview featured in Star Wars Insider 103, Gilroy explained, Lucas wanted “a process where he could be involved creatively at every step.” He ...
Lucas has stated that Akira Kurosawa's 1958 film The Hidden Fortress (USA release 1962) was a strong influence. The resemblance between the two buffoon farmers in The Hidden Fortress and the two talkative droids in A New Hope is apparent. Indeed, when the droids find themselves alone on Ta...
And in Georgia, Republicans are already celebrating after Decision Desk HQ projected the state would go to Trump, slapping each other on the back, clinking glasses and chanting “USA! USA!” “People talked about the state being flipped,” said Josh McKoon, the chair of the s...
The last number, distributed in USA before the start of the war. Typical propaganda piece: heroic deeds of the airmen, reports from the front, winners of the Iron Cross, training, adventure, Fuhrer's care, treatment of the wounded, leisure and culture, rough trench humor, some advertising....
Evazan, before Ben gets involved and ends up severing Ponda's arm. In the game, Luke accidentally knocks over Ponda's drink, and when Ben cuts off his arm, the other one soon falls off, and Ponda falls apart, much to Evazan's shock, who quickly downs his drink and runs away. Han ...