Sentence examples for conflagrations over from inspiring English sources

Conferences in Berlin in 1878 and 1884 85 prevented conflagrations over the so-called "Eastern" and "African" questions euphemisms, respectively, for intervention on behalf of Christian interests in the decaying Ottoman Empire and the carving up of Africa into European-ruled colonies.

Wading headlong into the recent conflagrations over Australia's cultural identity, the treasurer declared the lucre will finance the memorialisation of an agent of the British Crown, who in 1770 clambered up a hillock on an island off the northern tip of New Holland to claim possession of an already occupied continent.

It can come in all shapes and sizes, from small disagreements about the order of experiments to massive conflagrations over the quality of the thesis and financial support.

(Dargis) 'Wrath of the Titans' (PG-13, 1 39) Perseus (Sam Worthington) mounts Pegasus once again in this sequel to the 2010 "Clash of the Titans" remake, and once again hammy acting, oversize digital monsters and largely bloodless conflagration takes over ancient Greece.

Still, the region remains a patchwork of armed forces controlling different pieces of territory, leading to frequent clashes and to fears of a larger conflagration over energy resources.

The political conflagration over the cuts only worsened after Andrea Fabra, a conservative parliamentarian from a prominent political family, shouted a vulgar phrase — politely translated as "who cares about them; let them complain" — as Rajoy unveiled his austerity plans in Parliament.

Many of Howells's best works were inspired by grief over the death of a close friend in World War I, over the generalized slaughter in that conflagration, over one excruciating personal tragedy in 1935.

He missed nearly all of the 2009-10 season due to a locker-room conflagration over a gambling debt that saw handguns drawn, an episode that effectively derailed both his career and a Wizards club then on the rise.

Fears of a regional, or wider, conflagration over Israel have receded but only to be replaced by the view that the conflict is a spur to Islamist terrorism, or stirs up hatred towards Israel's mainly western backers.

Still, Iran seems to be seeking to present a softer line.The country has little to gain from getting swept up in military conflagration over Syria, particularly as the regime currently has the upper-hand in the civil war and putative American strikes are unlikely decisively to shift that balance.

The mood of diplomats and United Nations officials here trying to avert a wider war between Croatia and rebel Serbs ranges from "not optimistic" to "very pessimistic". Should their fears become reality -- which may be known within the next few days -- the conflagration over a crescent of territory called Krajina will not be a new one.