Sentence examples for firm peace from inspiring English sources

Because of a recent locust storm and the scarcity of fodder for his horses Vologases I agreed to raise the siege of Tigranocerta and petitioned to be granted Armenia in order to achieve a firm peace.

He announced that he would abandon William Rufus's policies towards the Church, which had been seen as oppressive by the clergy; he promised to prevent royal abuses of the barons' property rights, and assured a return to the gentler customs of Edward the Confessor; he asserted that he would "establish a firm peace" across England and ordered "that this peace shall henceforth be kept".

Did John F. Kennedy ride the winds of change into office or was he the "wind beneath our wings?" Either way, his election signified that, back on firm peace-time footing after President Eisenhower's two terms, America was ready to move ahead with "great vigah".

A source involved in the operation has stated that the firm infiltrated peace campaigns with agents who were eventually appointed to influential positions.

Worse for the firm, the "peace dividend" fall in defence spending coincided with a worldwide slump in civil aviation and a decision by an old customer, British Airways, to equip its new Boeing 777 wide-body planes with GE engines.

Similarly, Robert Zimmerman, New York State chairman of the Gore-Lieberman campaign and a partner at Zimmerman/Edelson Inc., a public relations and marketing firm, finds peace at his Great Neck office from 7 to 9 p.m. on Sunday nights, when he reviews projects and plan his schedule for the week.

If the conventional wisdom that Netanyahu is ultimately a pragmatist is right -- this will strengthen those elements of his constituency who want him to stand firm against peace.

In July the two firms made peace, but not before Mr Ma suggested publicly that Yahoo! ought to be broken up.That thought has occurred to others too.

As for the oil companies, Mearsheimer and Walt say it's obvious the firms want peace because peace is good for business.

Lady Thatcher opened a US thinktank, Sir John Major became chairman of a multinational investment firm, Tony Blair brokered peace talks in the Middle East.

"Until unification is actually fully achieved and a firm guarantee of peace is arranged, we cannot afford to relax," South Korea's leader said in a televised speech.