Sentence examples for support of war from inspiring English sources

As a result the Levittown rally wasn't held in support of war or its military objectives.

Throughout American history, wartime commanders have jousted with journalists in the battle for public support of war aims.

He had previously indicated that nearly all the troops on Taiwan were necessary mostly in support of war efforts in Vietnam.

Hitchens, who found himself labelled 'the barstool bombardier' for his support of war against Iraq, has for decades impressed his friends with his capacity both for alcohol and work, but as time passes - he is 54 in April - the question is whether his drinking is 'a master or a servant'.

For example, in an experiment in a public space, people who accepted a free poppy "to wear right now" in support of war veterans subsequently contributed 60% less money to a veterans' fund than those who had accepted a poppy simply "to take with you," says a team led by Kirk Kristofferson, a doctoral student at the University of British Columbia.

24 performances of Dr. Strangelove took place, in support of War Child UK.

Patriarch Paulos and the Orthodox Church were extensively involved in the support of war-displaced and drought-hit Ethiopians, making the Church one of the major relief organisations in the country.

Some defenders of Dr. Beckwith have enjoyed noting that Dr. Fetzer's well-publicized conspiratorial view that the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks were "a staged event arranged especially by neocons with the complicity of the Mossad to galvanize the American people in support of wars of aggression for the sake of oil, Israel and ideology".

*Combat deployed is defined as at least one deployment in support of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan between baseline questionnaire and first follow-up questionnaire and reported at least one combat like exposure on follow-up questionnaire.

*Combat deployed defined as having at least one deployment in support of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan between submission dates of baseline and first follow-up questionnaires and report of at least one combat-like exposure on follow-up questionnaire.

The book recounts not only Conant's time at Harvard, but also his contributions to organizing science in support of the war effort during World War II.