Sentence examples for wars gathering from inspiring English sources

In 2009, with the drug wars gathering force in the wake of the military-led offensive he launched against organized crime at the start of his term, then president Felipe Calderón urged the media to "say nice things" about the country.

Speaking at a Veterans of Foreign Wars gathering in Chicago on Aug. 18, 1980, he expressed in peaceful terms his call for a military buildup.

On Tuesday, the President spoke at a Veterans of Foreign Wars gathering in Kansas City and told his followers to forget about anything else other than what he tells them.

With crude prices edging toward $40 a barrel and a shortfall looming in world production, South America's two main oil producers, Petrobras of Brazil and the Spanish-owned Repsol YPF of Argentina, might be forgiven for spotting a silver lining among the clouds of war gathering over Iraq.

Octavian began to bolster his personal forces with Caesar's veteran legionaries and with troops designated for the Parthian war, gathering support by emphasizing his status as heir to Caesar.

When Luis Alberto Urrea began his epic novel, "The Hummingbird's Daughter," 20 years ago, the United States was in the first phase of a conservative backlash, the culture wars were gathering steam, and the left felt itself to be under a dark cloud.

The New Yorker, June 27 , 1970 P. 26Talk story about an anti-war gathering last Wednesday at the Hotel Commodore of 350 New York businessmen.

By E. J. Kahn The New Yorker, June 27 , 1970 P. 26Talk story about an anti-war gathering last Wednesday at the Hotel Commodore of 350 New York businessmen.

Now campers and counselors were filing onto the basketball court for Sing, the final Color War gathering, when each team's plaques, alma maters and — finally — scores would be revealed.

Iran, which has taken a surprisingly benign view of the war gathering on its horizon, might change its mind once American troops settle into Iraq for the long haul and events across the border make themselves felt among Iranian reformers.

The scene was inspired by two men who took off their clothes to antagonize the police during an informal anti-war gathering.