"Cities like Hiroshima, Dresden and Berlin all suffered exorbitant damage during World War II but each emerged from the dust-clouds of conflict intact, even vibrant urban entities," the author writes, whereas Jaffa, he claims, was eradicated like Troy.The army kept some remnants for itself.
And under the thick cloud of conflict, aid organizations needed armed protection to guard the lives of aid workers and to secure food and medical supplies from organized theft.
If the confidence of children living under the cloud of conflict is also shattered, it may take much longer to repair the damage.
I fear a dust cloud of conflicting and incomprehensible statements aimed at confusing those (rare) members of the public who believe in human rights and equality in the eyes of the law – a motto that should be particularly relevant to anybody who represents the state and wears a uniform.
The steam from that roiling cauldron of conflict distilled into clouds of freedom, and as the fires of revolution were banked, the cool rain of independence fell from those clouds and began to wash over the mountains and across the continent.
NEW YORK, USA, 18 April 2011 – After four months of conflict, the dark clouds of political uncertainty are slowly clearing in Côte d'Ivoire.
UNICEF unloads first supplies for families displaced by conflict in Côte d'Ivoire NEW YORK, USA, 18 April 2011 – After four months of conflict, the dark clouds of political uncertainty are slowly clearing in Côte d'Ivoire.
Psychochemical warfare certainly promised a form of conflict less deadly than clouds of sarin — even more humane, in that sense, perhaps.
They're recycled phrases drawn from earlier wars and conflicts, trailing vague clouds of glory or obloquy, and smoothed by the selectivity of historical memory.
Swirling clouds of steam.
