Sentence examples for experience of occupation from inspiring English sources

The incident, and the experience of occupation in general, continue to shape France profoundly.

The experience of occupation supposedly fostered a fondness for peering back through time to discover the roots of one or another social malaise.

Amid such scepticism the Latvians, whose historical experience of occupation, struggle and redemption within the EU has left them with strong sympathy for those left outside, see it as their job to stop interest from flickering out.

In terms that would doubtless seem familiar to the inhabitants of other occupied countries, this subtle and humane book shows that the French experience of occupation was one of comfort, deprivation, heroism, pettiness, terror, excitement, pride, and shame.

A siege mentality, bolstered by the experience of occupation for the first half of last century and the island's remoteness, prevails and Britain has been throwing some big, ugly rocks at their front door while refusing to help stave off the ever-increasing threat of national bankruptcy.

His experiences of occupation, living under totalitarian regimes and genocide (he lived in Warsaw during the second world war) gave him "an almost physical disgust" for nationalism and a deep conviction "that as long as we live, we must lift ourselves over new thresholds of consciousness".

This study challenges geopolitical formations of the state as primary actor, and focuses instead on narratives of Palestinians describing their own experiences of occupation by a hostile state.

Only a 'mild' level of depressive symptoms was significantly associated with early retirement intentions between age 62 and 64.> -wrap-foot> Sinnificant in bold MDI: Major Depression Index *Reference group: Retirement at 65 years or above # OR adjusted for: Gender, age, marital status, shift work, work experience, type of occupation.

Even in countries with a direct experience of Japanese occupation, China's approach seems ineffective.

He was born in Haarlem in the Netherlands, and his teenage experience of Nazi occupation never left him.

"With the removal of the army from cities, settlements became the Palestinians' first-hand experience of the occupation," says Menachem Klein, an Israeli political scientist who served as an adviser to Ehud Barak's government.