When you set up host-nation elements" — units composed of Iraqis, rather than Americans — "it's hard not to have them going off to do what they want to do.
"Daydream Nation" rolls elements of "Juno," "American Beauty," "Donnie Darko" and "Twin Peaks" into a potent blunt.
With a coalition of local and worldwide human rights defenders, an international system of justice that commands growing respect, and a global commitment to defend the innocent in every nation, the elements are in place for a more just and peaceful future.
[Ernest] Renan says that a nation requires three elements: common glories of the past, a desire to share the present, and a uniting idea for the future.
Cuspert has become both a prime security threat for German authorities and a cause celebre for the nation's radical elements.
Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi said in a statement to the nation that "evil elements" still posed a danger but had lost much of their power, a reference to Islamist militants.
The story: The world is composed of four nations, echoing the elements.
In his speech at the United Nations, he went on about how "the majority of people in America," and in "most nations," think that elements of the United States government knocked down the Twin Towers.
Reconciliation: When major crimes disrupt a nation, the final element is reconciliation -- the restoration of social calm, renewed trust between the parties involved and a return to confidence in the institutions of government.
Reconciliation: When major crimes disrupt a nation, the final element is reconciliation -- the restoration of social calm, renewed trust between the parties involved, and a return to confidence in the institutions of government.
Except for the city dwellers, the inhabitants of Laos, who number nearly 3 million, are hardly aware of the nation's three contending elements.
