Sentence examples for ineffective war from inspiring English sources

Returning to the subject in his memoir, "Self-Consciousness," published in 1989, Updike portrayed Roth, then "on the dizzying verge of publishing 'Portnoy's Complaint,' " as looking "puzzled" by Updike's defense of "Johnson and his pitiful ineffective war machine".

He is likely to be best remembered as the fumbling dress manufacturer Harold Fenner, who wages ineffective war against shop steward Miriam Karlin in The Rag Trade, the BBC-TV series which began in 1961, was revived in 1977 and, at its peak, commanded nearly 15m viewers.

Ending the expensive, ineffective war on drugs will need more than limited medical research.

It's a step forward, but it only touches upon a small part of the ineffective war on drugs.

Colorado's example has been watched by other states, helping to put a dent in the costly and ineffective "War on Drugs".

Our nation is making a treacherous tradeoff: wasteful spending on an ineffective "War on Drugs" at the expense of the youth, families, and working folks who are the engine of a thriving economy.

Thus, President Barack Obama gave the public an ineffective air war against the group and a few thousand "non-combat" military advisers.

Surveys have repeatedly shown that Americans are fed up with what they see as an expensive and ineffective drug war, draconian sentencing laws and an irrational adherence to marijuana prohibition.

We therefore announce the Effies, a periodic review of generational-war literature in which we rate our contestants on the "Younger Games" scale, with one "Effie" for ineffective generational-war propaganda and five "Effies" for one that's worthy of any sci-fi dystopia.

The legislation, however, was largely ineffective, and World War I quickly put an end to the critique of young men's cigarette smoking.

Most of the debate over "Zero Dark Thirty" has centered on its depiction of torture and how it was either effective or ineffective in the war on terror.