Sentence examples for retained a war from inspiring English sources

The mobile company sold its stake in the US telecoms group Verizon Wireless for $130bn£85bnbn) and returned more than £50bn to shareholders last year, but retained a war chest for possible acquisitions.

After the second world war, it was initially planned that Jülich be abandoned and its ruins – which in aerial photography greatly resembled the centre of Hiroshima – be retained as a war memorial.

Spending vast amounts on redundant technology to retain a cold war totem make us look antiquated and out of touch with the reality of the world today.

As the leading opponent of President Obama's move to restore diplomatic relations with Cuba, Rubio invokes an era before he was born to justify retaining a Cold War freeze on trade with our Caribbean neighbor.

Up to now, discussion of Amendment 2 has resulted in arguments focusing on language of the amendment, views of law enforcement and medical professionals, as well opinions of those who retain a drug war perspective on "the evil weed" versus those who emphasize the need to provide medicine to those who can benefit from medical cannabis.

A handful of these castles retained a military role after the war; Dover was used as a nuclear war command centre into the 1950s, while Pitreavie was used by NATO until the turn of the 21st century.

Amid all this gloom Thatcher's press secretary, Bernard Ingham, warned her at the end of July against "going off the deep end", arguing that despite "a manifestly divided and warring cabinet" and the "highest (and rising) level of unemployment since the war" the government still retained a remarkable degree of support.

A similar case in 2009 compelled the Metropolitan police to remove 40% of the photographs it held on a database of protesters after the court of appeal ruled that the force had unlawfully retained an image of an anti-war campaigner, Andrew Wood.

Every nation and region of the UK also retains a clear anti-war majority, with the judgment in Wales – 65% in favour; 22% against – the most emphatic.

Many European officials cite the Afghan model, where Hamid Karzai quickly took control of the country after the war, while the United Nations retained an important role and international troops provided security.

As current controversies reveal, however, the reconciliationist vision of the war retains a powerful hold on many Americans' imaginations.