Sentence examples for strong tribe from inspiring English sources

In 1860 the settlement was renamed Sne-ny-mo (whence Nanaimo) from an Indian word meaning "a big, strong tribe," which was applied to a tribal confederation.

In the technology industry, where it is axiomatic that the most valuable asset of a company is its people, building a strong tribe can have tremendous advantages.

You need a strong tribe to win challenges, and come to the merge with numbers.

Its real value is in these connections and whether they lead to strong tribes or flash-in-the pan novelty conversations that fade.

Both Senators hail from western states with strong tribes.

Former-Marine-turned-journalist Bing West credits Petraeus for using America's power as "the strongest tribe" (to improve rather than worsen the situation. Petraeus literally rewrote the US counter-insurgency manual.

Pira'I is a member of a 350-strong tribe called the Awa.

His new book, The Strongest Tribe: War, Politics and the Endgame in Iraq, has just been released by Random House.

Petraeus, who called himself the former sheik of the strongest tribe in northern Iraq, said it's "hard to say" whether Iraq is better off now than it was under Saddam Hussein — it depends on which Iraqis you ask.

Plus, an amateur surveillance of Africa's history shows stronger tribes regularly treating weaker ones as vermin.

"The strong northern tribes would get the import licenses outside their own businesses and then sell them to the big companies.